Satdude

Films on TV Cabo 17th / 24th August

''enjoy''

Satellite: Hispasat Position: 30.0 west Frequency: 11771H Encryption: Nagravision 2

August 17 to August 24

Please note change of name

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Video-On-Demand 1

Cargo (2006) Adventure / Drama / Thriller NEW

Starring Samuli Edelmann, Peter Mullan, Daniel Brühl and Luis Tosar. Director Clive Gordon.

After a run-in with local police in an African bazaar, Chris finds himself on the run, stranded in a foreign land without either money or a passport. In desperation, he elects to stow away on a freighter bound for Europe but once aboard, he's soon discovered, and finds himself caught up in a dangerous web of secrets and deceptions. Why are the ship's crew-members vanishing without trace? And what exactly is in the hold? The vessel's brooding captain seems to have the answers but the truth, Chris soon learns, may be more dangerous than ignorance.

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Video-On-Demand 2

The Wicker Man (2006) Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller NEW

Starring Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Beahan, Frances Conroy and Molly Parker. Directed by Neil LaBute.

While recovering from a tragic accident on the road, the patrolman Edward Malus receives a letter from his former fiancée Willow, who left him years ago without any explanation, telling that her daughter Rowan is missing. Edward travels to the private island of Summerisle, where Willow lives in an odd community that plant fruits, and she reveals that Rowan is actually their daughter. Along his investigation with the hostile and unhelpful dwellers, Edward discloses that the locals are pagans, practicing old rituals to improve their harvest, and Rowan is probably alive and being prepared to be sacrificed. When he locates the girl, he finds also the dark truth about the wicker man.

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Video-On-Demand 3

The Return (2006/I) Drama / Mystery / Thriller

Starring Sam Shepard, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Peter O'Brien and Adam Scott. Director Asif Kapadia.

Joanna Mills, a tough young Midwesterner, is determined to learn the truth behind the increasingly terrifying supernatural visions that have been haunting her. Joanna has made a successful career for herself, as sales representative for a trucking company. But her private life has been difficult; estranged from her father, stalked by an obsessed ex-boyfriend, and with few friends, Joanna fears that she is losing control. She sees and feels the brutal murder of a young woman she's never met, at the hands of a heartless killer, a man who appears to be making Joanna his next target. Determined to fight back, Joanna is guided by her nightmares to the murdered woman's hometown. Once there, she will discover that some secrets can't be buried; some spirits never die; and that the murder she is trying to solve may be her own.

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Just My Luck (2006) Comedy / Fantasy / Romance

Starring Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine, Faizon Love and Samaire Armstrong. Director Donald Petrie.

In Manhattan, Ashley Albright is a lucky woman and very successful in the agency where she works. The clumsy Jake Hardin is an unlucky aspirant manager of the rock band McFly, who is unsuccessfully trying to contact the entrepreneur Damon Phillips to promote his band. When Ashley meets Jake in a masquerade party, they kiss each other, swapping her fortune with his bad luck.

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Video-On-Demand 4

Scoop (2006) Comedy / Fantasy / Mystery

Starring Scarlett Johansson, Hugh Jackman, Ian McShane, Woody Allen and Kevin McNally. Directed by Woody Allen.

A young journalist student, Sondra Pransky, travels from America to England to interview a famous actor. After the not-so-complete interview her friend and she go to a magic show. When selected to take part in one of the acts Sondra is contacted by a recently deceased famous journalist who is determined to give her his last scoop. He tells her that the son of Lord Lyman, Peter Lyman, is the tarot card killer. Dragging along Sid Waterman, a kooky magician, Sondra attempts to discover who Peter Lyman really is and if he is a killer. What she doesn't realize is that while she is trying to protect the country of England her heart might be what is really in jeopardy.

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Edmond (2005) Drama / Thriller

Starring William H. Macy, Julia Stiles, Joe Mantegna, Rebecca Pidgeon and Mena Suvari. Directed by Stuart Gordon.

A man in a suit at a Manhattan firm leaves work on Friday; he looks unhappy. He stops at a fortune teller's for a Tarot reading: "You are not where you belong," she tells him. That evening he quits his marriage and walks the streets of New York, passing from a classy bar to a gentleman's club, then to a high-class bordello, a mugging, a pawnshop, and a diner where someone does listen. He shares his insights with her and later with others. Violence, disappointment, and musings entwine as Edmond loses his moorings while believing he's found them. Where does he belong?

Regards Satdude.