Films on TV Cabo 11th / 18th February
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Satellite: Hispasat Position: 30.0 west Frequency: 11811H
February 11 to February 18
Please note change of name
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Escolha 1
Levity (Levity Redencao) (NEW)
Starring Billy Bob Thornton, Kirsten Dunst, Morgan Freeman and Holly Hunter.
Billy Bob Thornton leads this gripping, emotionally-charged story of a paroled murderer’s search to reconcile a single, spontaneous moment in his past which changed the course of his life forever. Manual Jordan is a convicted murderer who is unexpectedly released from prison after serving a 22-year sentence for killing a store clerk in a failed robbery attempt. Haunted by his past and seemingly lost in the present, Manual is drawn back to his old neighborhood. There, he encounters three people that hold the key to his redemption: a self-destructive young woman , an enigmatic inner-city man and the older sister of the boy he killed.
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Escolha 2 (NEW)
Druken Monkey (Um Cretino Nomeado O Satdope)
Starring Lau Kar-Leung, Wu Jing, Yao Yao, Chik Kun-Kwan (Chi Kuan-Chun), Chiang Chun-Wan, Lau Wing-Kin, Gordon Liu Chia-Hui (Lau Kar-Fai), Li Hai-Tao.
Mediocre kung-fu movie. Lau Kar-Leung plays Wen Biao, the owner of a respectable security company. Trouble begins when he is betrayed by his ambitious younger brother Wen Bao and the film’s villain Yu Haiyang, both of whom are more interested in trafficking opium than running a legitimate business. Left for dead in a river, Wen Biao miraculously survives their murder attempt and is tracked down a year later by a couple of zealous Monkey Fist enthusiasts, Chen Jiaye (Lau Wing Kin) and Ah De (Wu Jing), who are determined to put together a definitive Monkey Fist kung fu manual. Jiaye and Ah De are led to Wen Biao by his feisty female companion Xiao Min (Yao Yao, Shannon) and, after some persuading, are tutored by Master Wen in the art of the ‘Drunken Monkey Fist’ – a form of martial arts in which the fighter must consume alcohol in the belief that it improves your fighting and makes you more resistant to pain.
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Escolha 3
Ella Enchanted (Ella Encantada)
Starring Anne Hathaway, Cary Elwes, Eric Idle, Steve Coogan and Joanna Lumley.
Ella (Anne Hathaway of The Princess Diaries) lives in a fanciful and magical world where all children are given a "gift" from a fairy Godmother at the moment of their birth. Little Ella's birthright is the gift - and curse - of obedience. As a result of this unfortunate circumstance, Ella cannot refuse any command, and is often left at the mercy of unscrupulous personalities. In a bid to regain control of her life, Ella goes on a quest to free herself from this mysterious curse. Ella must outwit a kingdom filled with ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, talking books and evil plots. And, if she's lucky, she may find love along the way.
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The Passion of the Christ
Starring Maia Morgenstern, Mattia Sbragia, James Caviezel, Claudia Gerini, Monica Bellucci.
The Passion of The Christ is a film about the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth's life, directed by Mel Gibson. The film opens in the Garden of Olives (Gethsemane) where Jesus has gone to pray after the Last Supper. Jesus resists Satan's temptations. Betrayed by Judas Iscariot, Jesus is arrested and taken back to within the city walls of Jerusalem where the leaders of the Pharisees confront him with accusations of blasphemy and results in his condemnation to death.
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Escolha 4
Blind Flight (Luta Cega)
Starring Ian Hart, Linus Roache, Mohamad Chamas, Ziad Lahoud.
Brian Keenan (Ian Hart) and John McCarthy (Linus Roach) spent four years together as hostages in the Lebanon, victims of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, with the 'wrong' passports. This is a remarkable story about an Irish academic and an English journalist from ostensibly very different backgrounds, thrown together because of other people's politics, who have to rely on their solidarity and a friendship that only exists because of the extreme circumstances to keep them sane, and indeed, alive. Adapted from Keenan's best selling memoir An Evil Cradling, John Furse's directorial debut carries considerable authority. Furse's camera rarely goes beyond the four walls the men are trapped inside, an effective tactic in bringing the viewer close to the harsh, claustrophobic conditions Keenan and McCarthy had to endure, while Hart and Roache give themselves over to the roles with utter conviction.
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Jersey Girl (Era Uma Vez ... Um Pai)
Starring Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, George Carlin and Jennifer Lopez.
This 90-era drama-comedy follows one man's plummet from successful, married New York music promoter to unemployed single father living with his dad. But then he meets a pretty single woman with lovable daughter and they teach him that happiness is not an address, but a state of mind.
Regards Satdude.
