Elf

Elf is coming to the Main Auditorium at Weymouth Pavilion this December, with screenings on Saturday 12 December and Thursday 24 Christmas Eve. It's the 2003 comedy Elf, directed by Jon Favreau and starring Will Ferrell, so if you've seen it before, you know the one: the human raised by elves at the North Pole who heads to New York to find his father.

It's a Christmas favourite for a reason, and seeing it on the big screen is a different thing from catching it on the telly. The whole thing is built on Ferrell's wide-eyed, fish-out-of-water energy, and that works best when you've got the scale of a cinema screen to really take in the expressions and the physical comedy. It's a family-friendly comedy, so it's an easy one to bring the kids along to, and it fits the time of year just right.

Having it run on two separate dates gives you a bit of choice. The first is Saturday 12 December, and the second is Christmas Eve itself, with various times across both days. If you're looking for a way to spend the morning or afternoon on the 24th before the main festivities kick off, a trip to the cinema is a decent shout. Tickets are £5, and it's all held in the Main Auditorium at the Pavilion, right here in Weymouth.