Films on Canal+ Film 1 & 2 / 25th January

Satdude

Films on Canal+ Film 1 & 2 / 25th January

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Tuesday 25th January

''enjoy''

Canal Digital on Thor 2/3 at 1.0W

11278V SYM:24500 FEC 7/8

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Canal+ Film1

Going for Broke (2003) (TV)

11:05 Going for Broke / Drama / 2003 / TV / Starring: Delta Burke, Gerald McRaney and Ellen Page. Directed by: Graeme Campbell.

A woman becomes a compulsive gambler and eventually loses everything.

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Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story (2002) (TV)

13:00 Masterspy: The Robert Hanssen Story 1 15 y/o / Drama / 2002 / TV / Starring: William Hurt, Mary-Louise Parker and David Strathairn. Directed by: Lawrence Schiller.

A very interesting story but very uneven and hard to follow. Robert Hanssen was a very complex man and possibly the writer should not have tried to capture him in all his complexities. None the less, worth your time in learning the story about America's most damaging spy.

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Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story (2002) (TV)

14:30 Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story 2 15 y/o / Drama / 2002 / TV / Starring: William Hurt, Mary-Louise Parker and David Strathairn. Directed by: Lawrence Schiller.

A very interesting story but very uneven and hard to follow. Robert Hanssen was a very complex man and possibly the writer should not have tried to capture him in all his complexities. None the less, worth your time in learning the story about America's most damaging spy.

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Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (2003) (TV)

16:00 Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding / Drama / 2003 / TV / Starring: David Hasselhoff, Pamela Anderson and Pamela Anderson. Directed by: Douglas Schwartz.

Mitch Buchannon didn't die in a boat explosion in the 10th season but has been recovering from amnesia in L.A. Mitch comes back to Hawaii to get married again! His new fiancé Allison resembles Lt. Stephanie Holden, a past love. Little does he know, Allison is cooperating with Mason Sato who appeared in the show's 2nd season and now returns for revenge. The Baywatchers come to Hawaii at C.J.'s invitation. She is opening CJ's Bar & Grill at the Turtle Bay Resort. Coincidentally, Caroline Holden is already in Hawaii filming a soap opera. Neely Capshaw (ex-Mrs. Buchannon) comes to stop the wedding because she wants Mitch back.

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Stealing Christmas (2003) (TV)

17:30 Stealing Christmas / comedy / 2003 / TV / Starring: Tony Danza, Lea Thompson and Angela Goethals. Directed by: Gregg Champion.

Tony Danza, one of the most underrated actors in the business today, does a fine job portraying a bad guy who has the potential to be good, given the right circumstances. He finds that opportunity while on the lam from a failed department store breakin, ending up in a small town and meeting a widowed Lea Thompson and her cute daughter and taking a job as the village Santa Claus for 3 weeks. Solid supporting cast and plausible story line make for an excellent USA network film, seemingly shot in Canada with a mostly Canadian cast. Betty White is, well, a very good Betty White. Film isn't hokey, even if Danza does get off a line about the Lea Thompson character: "She's the boss." Come to think of it, there are times when she resembles Judith Light. All in all, good holiday fare.

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Hansel & Gretel (2002)

19:00 Hansel and Gretel 11 y/o / family film / 2002 / Starring: Taylor Momsen, Jacob Smith and Delta Burke. Directed by: Gary J. Tunnicliffe.

The Brothers Grimm wrote a short story called "Hansel & Gretel." Tag Entertainment did a fair job at converting it into a movie, although the film probably would play better on television. The film switches back and forth between the actual story of Hansel & Gretel and the father who is reading the Hansel & Gretel story to his kids. The kids, one of whom is Dakota Fanning (from "I Am Sam") are far better actors than the adults. Delta Burke's character, in particular, is very exaggerated and over-the-top, in the style of Edie McClurg. The woods that Hansel & Gretel get lost in are painfully obvious indoor sets. Trees in the background are flat paintings and, in the more distant background, there appears a blue wall where there should be dense stands of trees. Kids won't notice, though, and the movie is aimed at kids. The Sandman, as portrayed by Howie Mandel, comes across as buffoonish and silly and not very likable. And why oh why does almost every kid-oriented movie have to contain so many farts and belches? But of course "Hansel & Gretel" made no promises to greatness, and the average kid will enjoy it.

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Gacy (2003)

21:00 Gacy / Crime / Drama / Horror / Thriller / 2003 / Starring: Mark Holton, Adam Baldwin and Tom Waldman. Directed by: Clive Saunders.

Based on a true story of serial killer a model citizen, loving father and husband and serial killer John Wayne Gacy, a man with over 30 dead men and boys entombed in the crawl space underneath his house which he shared with his family.

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Jackass: The Movie (2002)

23:00 Jackass: The Movie 15 y/o / comedy / 2002 / Starring: Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera and Steve-O. Directed by: Jeff Tremaine.

Johnny Knoxville and his crazy friends appear on the big screen for the very first time in Jackass: The Movie. They wander around Japan in panda outfits, wreak havoc on a once civilized golf court, they even do stunts involving LIVE alligators, and so on. While Johnny Knoxvile and his pals put their life at risk, they are entertaining people at the same time. Get ready for Jackass: The Movie!!

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Canal+ Film2

Bruce Almighty (2003)

14:55 Bruce Almighty 11 y/o / comedy / 2003 / Starring: Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman and Jennifer Aniston. Directed by: Tom Shadyac.

Bruce Nolan (Carrey), a television reporter in Buffalo, N.Y.,is discontented with almost everything in life despite his popularity and the love of his girlfriend, Grace (Aniston) . At the end of the worst day of his life, Bruce angrily ridicules and rages against God and God responds. God appears in human form (Freeman) and, endowing Bruce with divine powers, challenges Bruce to take on the big job to see if he can do it any better.

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The Rage In Placid Lake (2003)

16:35 The Rage in Placid Lake / comedy / 2003 / Starring: Ben Lee, Rose Byrne and Miranda Richardson. Directed by: Tony McNamara and Tony McNamara.

Precocious, bohemian teenager Placid Lake, finishes high school and decides to do the one thing that will annoy his new age parents the most--go straight! With a few weeks spent reading a library of self-help manuals, Placid has it all sorted out--and he has the haircut and the cheap suit to prove it. Can Placid Lake retire his rage in the pursuit of beige; embrace conformity and leap on the fast track to corporate success. Will his 'brainiac' friend Gemma be able to talk him out of this economic rationalist madness? And will poor Doug and Sylvia survive the ignominy of having a son with a burgeoning future in insurance? Never underestimate the evil of banality.

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The Pentagon Papers (2003) (TV)

20:00 The Pentagon Papers 15 y/o / Thriller / 2003 / TV / Starring: James Spader, Claire Forlani and Paul Giamatti. Directed by: Rod Holcomb.

Defense worker Daniel Ellsberg seeks to publish a series of classified government documents detailing the true nature of America's involvement in the Vietnam War.

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The Bourne Identity (2002)

22:00 The Bourne Identity 11 y/o / Thriller / 2002 / mixed language / Starring: Matt Damon, Franka Potente and Chris Cooper. Directed by: Doug Liman.

Based very loosely on Robert Ludlum's novel, the Bourne Identity is the story of a man whose wounded body is discovered by fisherman who nurse him back to health. He can remember nothing and begins to try to rebuild his memory based on clues such as the Swiss bank account, the number of which, is implanted in his hip. He soon realizes that he is being hunted and takes off with Marie on a search to find out who he is and why he is being hunted.

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