Films on Taquilla 06th / 13th October
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Satellite: Astra 1C-2C & Hispasat
Position: 19.2 east & 30W
Frequency: 10788V & 11097V (19E) ; 12303V & 11931V (30W)
Programming hours: 24 hours
Encryptions: Nagravision 2
October 6 to October 13
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Taquilla 1 & 2
Sideways NEW (2004) Comedy / Drama / Romance
Starring Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Virginia Madsen and Marylouise Burke. Directed by Alexander Payne
Miles Raymond, a failed writer and divorcé who teaches junior high school English takes his best friend, former hot actor Jack, on a weeklong drive up to California's wine country. There they explore the nature of their failures and question their relationships. Jack, about to get married, has an affair with a woman and wonders whether he should call off his wedding. Miles questions whether or not he made the right choice while trying to form a relationship with the woman's best friend, a fellow oenophile who is a waitress at a restaurant that he frequents often when visiting that part of the country.
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Taquilla 3
The Phantom of the Opera NEW (2004) Drama / Fantasy / Musical / Romance / Thriller
Starring Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson and Miranda Richardson. Directed by Joel Schumacher
Based on Gaston Leroux's 20th century French novel, Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical is finally adapted into a film. Our story begins with Opera Populaire's manager, Lefevre, leaving. His successors, Andre and Firmin, take over the opera, and bring with them their new patron, le Victome Raoul de Changy. To celebrate their new managers, the opera throws a gala, at which the leading diva refuses to perform, due to the mysterious 'Opera Ghost' who seems determined to have the screeching diva leave. Without a diva, Andre and Firmin are strong-minded to find a new leading lady, so they invoke the talents of a young, chorus-singer named Christine Daae, who has been taking lessons from a mysterious tutor. Raoul, Christine's old childhood sweetheart, who recognizes her at her triumphant gala performance, wants to bring Christine back into his life. But, suddenly, Christine's mysterious tutor reveals himself to her... Now, will Christine ask everything of Raoul or listen to the Music of the Night?
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Taquilla 4
Ladder 49 (2004) Action / Drama / Thriller
Starring Joaquin Phoenix, John Travolta, Jacinda Barrett and Robert Patrick. Directed by Jay Russell.
Under the watchful eye of his mentor Chief Mike Kennedy (Travolta), probationary firefighter Jack Morrison (Phoenix) matures into a seasoned veteran at a Baltimore fire station. Jack has reached a crossroads, however, as the sacrifices he's made have put him in harm's way innumerable times and significantly impacted his relationship with his wife and kids. Responding to the worst blaze in his career, he becomes trapped inside a 20-story building. And as he reflects on his life, Chief Kennedy frantically coordinates the effort to save him.
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Taquilla 5
White Chicks (2004) Crime / Comedy
Starring Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Jaime King, and Frankie Faison. Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans.
Two disgraced FBI agents go way undercover in an effort to protect hotel heiresses the Wilson Sisters from a kidnapping plot
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Taquilla 6
The Manchurian Candidate (2004) Thriller / Mystery / Sci-Fi
Starring Jeffrey Wright, Pablo Schreiber, Anthony Mackie, Dorian Missick, and Jose Pablo Cantillo. Directed by Jonathan Demme
When his army unit was ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saved his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, Major Ben Marco, was knocked unconscious. Brokering the incident for political capital, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, while Marco is haunted by dreams of what happened -- or didn't happen -- in Iraq. As Marco investigates, the story begins to unravel, to the point where he questions if it happened at all. Is it possible the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed to believe Shaw is a war hero as part of a plot to seize the White House? Some very powerful people at Manchurian Global corporation appear desperate to stop him from finding out.
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Taquilla 7
The Flight of the Phoenix (2004) Action / Adventure
Starring Dennis Quaid, Giovanni Ribisi, Miranda Otto and Tony Curran. Directed by John Moore
A group of air crash survivors are stranded in the Mongolian desert with no chance of rescue. Facing a brutal environment, dwindling resources, and an attack by desert smugglers, they realize their only hope is doing the impossible... building a new plane from the wreckage of the old one.
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Taquilla 8
The Notebook NEW (2004) Drama / Romance
Starring Tim Ivey, Gena Rowlands, Starletta DuPois and James Garner.Directed by Nick Cassavetes
The movie focuses on an old man reading a story to an old woman in a nursing home. The story he reads follows two young lovers named Allie Hamilton and Noah Calhoun, who meet one evening at a carnival. But they are separated by Allie's parents who dissaprove of Noah's unwealthy family, and move Allie away. After waiting for Noah to write her for several years, Allie meets and gets engaged to a handsome young soldier named Lon. Allie, then, with her love for Noah still alive, stops by Noah's 200-year-old home that he restored for her, "to see if he's okay". It is evident that they still have feelings for each other, and Allie has to choose between her fiancé and her first love.
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Taquilla 9
Collateral (2004) Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
Starring Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo, and Peter Berg. Directed by Michael Mann
Max has lived a mundane life as a cab driver for twelve years. The faces have come and gone from his rear-view mirror: people and places he's long since forgotten--until tonight. Vincent is a contract killer. When an off-shore narco-trafficking cartel learns that they're about to be indicted by a federal grand jury, they mount an operation to identify and kill the key witness, and the last stage is tonight. It is on this very night that Vincent has arrived--and five bodies are supposed to fall. Circumstances cause Vincent to hijack Max' taxicab, and Max becomes collateral--an expendable person who's in the wrong place at the wrong time. Through the night, Vincent forces Max to drive him to each assigned destination. And as the L.A.P.D. and F.B.I. race to intercept them, Max and Vincent's survival become dependent on each other, in ways neither would have imagined.
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Taquilla 10
Komodo (1999) NEW Horror / Sci-Fi
Starring Jill Hennessy, Billy Burke, Kevin Zegers, Paul Gleeson and Nina Landis. Directed by Michael Lantieri.
During the 70's, some Komodo Dragon eggs were dumped on the beach of a North Carolina island. Somehow, the baby Komodos survived, and twenty years later they have grown up and taken over the island for themselves. Young Patrick has lost his parents and his dog to the lizards, but didn't see them himself, which has left him traumatized. Now, with his therapist Victoria, who doesn't believe the Dragons are real, he is returning to the island to confront his fears. Soon people are being chomped, and Patrick and Victoria must fight for their lives if they ever hope to make it back home.
Regards Satdude.
