Digitalb TV listings 27th July
Eutelsat W2 - 16.0E
Available on 11.092V SYM:32000 FEC 5/6
Premiere
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01:55 Ray (2004/I) Biography / Drama / Music
Starring Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King and Clifton Powell. Directed by Taylor Hackford.
The true life story of legendary blues singer Ray Charles from loosing his eyesight in early childhood, to his rising career during the 1950s and 1960s, and his problems with racism, drug abuse, failed relationships and his ideas to change the pace music by combining soul and gospel music.
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04:20 The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004) Drama
Starring Asia Argento, Jimmy Bennett, Kara Kemp and Brent Almond. Directed by Asia Argento.
Jeremiah, a child pulled from his foster home, is thrown into a troubled life on the road with his teenage mother, Sarah. With her, he travels through the country roads of the U.S. and learns first hand about the troubles of the world.
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05:55 D.E.B.S. (2004) Action / Comedy / Romance
Starring Sara Foster, Jordana Brewster, Meagan Good and Devon Aoki. Directed by Angela Robinson.
Recruited by the U.S. government for their unique ability to lie, cheat and fight, Amy, Max, Janet and Dominique join an underground academy of secret agents known only as D.E.B.S. These crime fighting hotties set out to save the world and keep their lipstick perfectly applied while doing so. Now the girls must combine their skills for their most important mission- to capture vexing vixen Lucy Diamond, the deadliest criminal the world has ever known. When D.E.B.S. star player, Amy, falls for Lucy, chaos erupts and the D.E.B.S. loyalty is put to the test.
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07:25 The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) Crime / Drama / Thriller
Starring Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Don Cheadle and Jack Thompson. Directed by Niels Mueller.
Fact-based story about a disturbed office furniture salesman (Sean Penn) who in 1972 concocted a plot to kill then-President Nixon by hi-jacking a plane to fly over the White House to drop a gas bomb. At the start of the movie, the man is separated from his wife and stressed in his job where he is made the butt of jokes and is an under-performer. Attempts to get his brother's old tire business resurrected with a black partner is rejected by the banks. When he is officially served with divorce papers, everything comes apart and Richard Nixon's broken promises comes to represent all the evils that have come down on him. A news story about a pilot that landed a helicopter on the White House lawn gives him the idea for his attack. Bolting onto a Baltimore plane, he attempts the hi-jacking.
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09:00 Are We There Yet? (2005) Comedy / Family
Starring Ice Cube, Nia Long, Aleisha Allen, Philip Bolden and Jay Mohr. Directed by Brian Levant.
The fledgling romance between Nick, a playboy bachelor, and Suzanne, a divorced mother of two, is threatened by a particularly harrowing New Year's Eve. When Suzanne's work keeps her in Vancouver for the holiday, Nick offers to bring her kids to the city from Portland, Oregon. The kids, who have never liked any of the men their mom has dated, are determined to turn the trip into a nightmare for Nick.
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11:00 The Brothers Grimm (2005) Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller
Starring Petr Ratimec, Barbora Lukesová, Anna Rust and Jeremy Robson. Directed by Terry Gilliam.
The action-adventure tale revolving around the legendary German brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm is set to start shooting around Prague in June. Written by The Ring scribe Ehren Kruger, the fictional plot has the folklore collectors, now called Jake and Will, traveling from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and pulling off exorcisms. They are put to the test when they encounter a real magical curse, requiring genuine courage.
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13:00 End Game (2006) Action / Drama / Thriller
Starring Cuba Gooding Jr, James Woods, Angie Harmon and Anne Archer. Directed by Andy Cheng.
A White House secret service agent and a hotshot reporter work together to nail the conspirators involved in the assassination of the President.
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15:00 "The Triangle" (2005) (mini) Action / Adventure / Drama / Mystery / Thriller (part 1)
Starring Eric Stoltz, Catherine Bell, Lou Diamond Phillips and Bruce Davison. Directed by Craig R. Baxley.
With his crews and cargo ships disappearing at an alarming rate around the Bermuda Triangle, a billionaire hires a crew full of specialists to understand why. Hand picked by the man himself, the crew consists of a skeptical journalist, an ocean engineer, a scientist, and a psychic. With an attractive financial offer made to each of them, the crew will investigate the legendary, and very mysterious Bermuda Triangle to find answers. But as their findings deepen, the crew finds themselves surrounded by bizarre occurrences that only become all the more nightmarish. The offers made to them may have seem ideal at the time, but now they may have gotten in over their heads against something they may not understand.
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19:10 Fun with Dick and Jane (2005) Comedy / Crime
Starring Jim Carrey, Téa Leoni, Alec Baldwin and Richard Jenkins. Directed by Dean Parisot.
The day before Globodyne's stock tanks, a la Enron, and its pension fund evaporates, the corporation's CEO and CFO set up middle manager Dick Harper to be the public face of the disaster. Jobless, and with no savings, pension, or home equity, Dick and his wife Jane sink slowly into poverty. He looks for work (as do all former Globodyne executives); he even tries day labor with the relatives of their Mexican nanny. A foreclosure notice sends Dick and Jane over the edge into a life of blue-collar crime. Then, as things finally look up, the report of an looming indictment pushes Dick and Jane toward a denouement with the real criminals, the white-collar guys.
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21:00 Freak Out (2004) Action / Comedy / Horror
Starring James Heathcote, Dan Palmer, Nicola Connell and Yazz Fetto. Directed by Christian James.
Merv Doody (James Heathcote) is a true horror aficionado. He's seen it all. That's when fate delivers an inept psycho killer to his doorstep. At first, Merv is interested in not getting killed, but then it becomes something more. He must transform this bumbling reject from the local asylum into the ultimate killing machine. Enlisting the aid of his best friend Onkey (Dan Palmer), they set about making the best slasher in the world. Forget Jason and Freddy. They're losers. The man with the spatula (that's right, I said spatula. You wanna make something of it, Sissy?) learns his lessons too well. It isn't long before the man with the hockey mask and orange jumper is carving a path of destruction through the sleepy town of Redwater Cove. Merv and Onkey find that they are the only two who can stop the murderous rampage of their own creation. The only question is how do you destroy an unstoppable machine of utter madness?
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23:00 Last Holiday (2006) Adventure / Comedy / Drama
Starring Queen Latifah, LL Cool J, Timothy Hutton and Giancarlo Esposito. Directed by Wayne Wang.
In morte veritas. Georgia Byrd clerks at a New Orleans department store. She defers pleasure: cooks gourmet meals, eats Lean Cuisine; likes a co-worker in silence; has savings, but hasn't left Louisiana. All that changes when an MRI discloses she has three weeks to live. She cashes her savings and heads to Europe's Grandhotel Pupp, where Chef Didier presides. She checks into the Presidential Suite, orders everything on the menu, snowboards, and comes to the attention of the chef and the hotel's powerful American guests: a Congressman, a Senator, a retail magnate, and his mistress. She has nothing to lose, so she tells them what she thinks. Will the truth set them free?
Regards Satdude.
