Digitalb TV listings 20th July
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01:20 Dark Water (2005) Drama / Horror / Thriller
Starring Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly, Tim Roth and Dougray Scott. Directed by Walter Salles.
Dahlia Williams is starting a new life; newly separated with a new job and a new apartment, she's determined to put her relationship with her estranged husband behind her and devote herself to raising her daughter, Ceci. But when the strained separation disintegrates into a bitter custody battle, her situation takes a turn for the worse. Her new apartment--dilapidated, cramped, and worn--seems to take on a life of its own. Mysterious noises, persistent leaks of dark water, and strange happenings cause her imagination to run wild, sending her on a puzzling and mystifying pursuit to find out who is behind the endless mind games. As Dahlia frantically searches for the links between the riddles, the dark water seems to close around her. But one thing trumps all others in Dahlia's world: no matter what it is that's out there, she'll stop at nothing to find it.
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03:00 Red Eye (2005) Action / Drama / Thriller
Starring Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, Brian Cox and Jayma Mays. Directed by Wes Craven.
After attending the funeral of her grandmother in Dallas, the Lux Atlantic Hotel manager Lisa (Rachel McAdams) is waiting for a flight to Miami. Due to the bad weather and consequent flight delay, she meets in the airport bar Jack Rippner (Cillian Murphy), who is also in the waiting list. They sit together in the plane, and Jack reveals that he wants Lisa to change the room in Lux of an important American politician to facilitate a terrorist attempt against him. Otherwise, Lisa's father will be killed by a hit man. Lisa has to decide what to do with the menacing man at her side.
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05:00 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005) Comedy / Crime
Starring Sandra Bullock, Regina King, Enrique Murciano and William Shatner. Directed by John Pasquin.
The FBI agent Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock) is assigned to promote the FBI, touring with the brutal agent Sam Fuller (Regina King) as her bodyguard. While traveling around the country, her friend and Miss USA is kidnapped with Stan Fields (William Shatner), and Gracie decides to investigate the abduction in Las Vegas by her own and against the direct orders of local chief Collins (Treat Williams).
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07:00 The Prince & Me (2004) Comedy / Romance
Starring Julia Stiles, Luke Mably, Ben Miller and Miranda Richardson. Directed by Martha Coolidge.
A fairy tale love-story about a pre-med student who falls in love with a Danish Prince who refused to follow the traditions of his parents and has come to the US to quench his thirst for rebellion. Paige (Julia Stiles) and Edvard or Eddy (Luke Mably) come from two different worlds, but there's and undeniable attraction between them.
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09:00 Fei ying (2004) (Silver Hawk )Action / Adventure
Starring Michelle Yeoh, Richie Ren, Luke Goss and Brandon Chang. Directed by Jingle Ma.
Based on the legendary Wong Ngung, a woman who fought for justice for the underdog.
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11:00 Shut Up and Kiss Me! (2004) Action / Comedy
Starring Brad Rowe, Christopher Daniel Barnes, and Krista Allen. Directed by Gary Brockette.
Ryan and Pete are 27-year old best friends in Miami, born on the same day and each searching for the perfect woman. Ryan (Christopher Barnes "The Brady Bunch Movie") is a rookie stockbroker living with his psychic Mom (Victoria Jackson "Saturday Night Live"). Pete (Brad Rowe "Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss") is a slick surfer dude yet to find commitment. Each meets the women of their dreams on the same day. Ryan knocks heads in an elevator with the gorgeous Jessica (Kristin Richardson), passing out before getting her number. Pete falls for the insatiable Tiara (Krista Allen "Anger Management"), but Tiara's Uncle is mob boss Vincent Bublione (Burt Young "Rocky", "Mickey Blue Eyes"), charged with her protection. This high-energy romantic comedy asks to what extent will you go for true love?
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13:00 Four Brothers (2005) Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Starring Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, André Benjamin and Garrett Hedlund. Directed by John Singleton.
After their adoptive mother is murdered during a grocery store hold-up, the Mercer brothers--hotheaded Bobby, hard-edged Angel, family man and businessman Jeremiah, and hard rocking Jack--reunite to take the matter of her death into their own hands. As they track down the killer, they quickly realize that their old ways of doing business have new consequences. Its not as predictable as you might think.
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15:00 The Beautiful Country (2004) Drama
Starring Nick Nolte, Thu Anh, Ling Bai, Glen Bradford and Thi Hong Bui. Directed by Hans Petter Moland.
One of the consequences of America's involvement in the Vietnam war, was the children of GI's by their Vietnamese wives and lovers. For years those women who were involved with Americans were social outcasts, treated as collaborators while their children, even when living with grandparents, endured taunts and abuse. This is the story of one such love child, Binh (Damien Nguyen), being forced from his village at 17, going to Saigon to find his mother, then trying to escape to America with his much younger half brother, Tam (Dang Quoc Thinh Tran), in 1990. The film lingers on the rigors of the voyage: the sampan, the Malaysian detention camps, the illegal refugee ship, and the underground economy with near slavery in New York City. It finally opens up when Binh leaves New York for Houston to find his father.
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17:00 View from the Top (2003) Comedy / Romance
Starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate, Mark Ruffalo and Candice Bergen. Directed by Bruno Barreto.
Donna's a girl from a small town, who wishes to get out of it and see the world. She reads the book of Sally Weston, a flight attendant who was flown to practically everywhere. She then decides to become a flight attendant at a small commuter airline. After gaining a little experience she decides to apply to a major airline. She convinces her two co-workers, Sherry and Christine to join her. While she and Christine get in, Sherry doesn't. Now Donna is putting her heart and soul into it and after meeting Sally Weston, she is determined to be assigned to an international route. But when the asignments are posted, she is shocked to discover that she is been assigned to a commuter route in Cleveland. While she feels that her dreams have been dashed, she meets a great guy but when she decides that she's going to fight for what she wants, she has to chose between him and it.
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19:00 Match Point (2005) Drama / Romance / Thriller
Starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Alexander Armstrong and Paul Kaye. Directed by Woody Allen.
Tennis pro Chris Wilton takes a job as a tennis instructor and hits it off immediately with one of his students, wealthy young Tom Hewitt. Tom introduces Chris to his family and Chris falls quickly into a romance with Tom's sister Chloe. But despite the growing certainty that Chris and Chloe will marry, and the enormous professional and financial advantages that come Chris's way through his relationship with the delighted Hewitt family, Chris becomes increasingly intrigued and eventually romantically involved with Tom's fiancée, Nola Rice, a struggling American actress. Their passionate trysts leave Chris in danger of losing the wealth and position he has now come to enjoy. The only solution to the dilemma seems unthinkable...
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21:00 MirrorMask (2005) Adventure / Drama / Fantasy
Starring Jason Barry, Rob Brydon, Stephanie Leonidas and Gina McKee. Directed by Dave McKean.
MirrorMask centers on Helena, a 15 year old girl in a family of circus entertainers, who often wishes she could run off and join real life. After a fight with her parents about her future plans, her mother falls quite ill and Helena is convinced that it is all her fault. On the eve of her mother's major surgery, she dreams that she is in a strange world with two opposing queens, bizarre creatures, and masked inhabitants. All is not well in this new world - the white queen has fallen ill and can only be restored by the MirrorMask, and it's up to Helena to find it. But as her adventures continue, she begins to wonder whether she's in a dream, or something far more sinister.
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23:00 Window Theory (2004) Comedy / Drama / Romance
Starring Corey Large, Jennifer O'Dell, Luke Flynn and Luke Kirby. Directed by Andrew Putschoegl.
Twenty-five year old Ethan Humphries (Corey Large), unable to let go of his high school glory days, returns to his childhood home to find his high school sweetheart, Stephanie (Jennifer O'Dell), about to marry his best friend Jeff (Luke Flynn).
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