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March 19 - 25, 2008
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Wednesday (Mar 19)Film - Stay on Star Movies at 8.30pm. In this mind-bending psychological thriller, college student Henry Lethem (Ryan Gosling) plans to kill himself in three days, unless psychologist Sam Foster (Ewan McGregor) can save him. But after his first encounter with the disturbed young man, Sam finds he's losing his own grip on reality, as he, too, is thrust into a nightmarish place between life and death

THURSDAY (Mar 20)

Food - Rick Stein's Food Heroes on BBC Prime at 7.30pm

Over the past few years, Rick has embarked on a voyage of discovery taking him the length and breadth of the UK in search of the very best produce it has to offer. Follow his journey as he shows you all there is to learn about Britain's food.

FRIDAY (Mar 21)

Film - King Arthur on Star Movies at 8.30pm

For centuries, most historians believed that King Arthur was only a legend, but that legend was based on a real hero whose actions changed the face of Britain and the world forever. Arthur (Clive Owen) believes that only chaos and devastation will follow Rome's final pullout from Britain. Though he is desperate to return to Rome, his first loyalty is to his pagan knights. It's his duty to free them from their servitude to Rome so they may return to their ancestral homeland in Sarmatia.

SATURDAY (Mar 22)

Film - Shall We Dance on Star Movies at 8.30pm

Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez star in this romantic comedy based on the runaway Japanese hit about the unexpected places one can find passion. John Clark (Gere), a workaholic lawyer with a charming wife (Susan Sarandon) and a loving family, seems to have everything he needs, but nonetheless still feels that there's something missing in his life. On an impulse, he signs up for dance lessons in the hopes of meeting an enchanting young instructor (Lopez) he sees every night on his way home. Will he discover the meaning of passion in an affair or will he find fulfilment in something else?

SUNDAY (Mar 23)

Documentary - Between Earth & Sky: Flight over the Land of Vendas on NGA at 6pm

Sebastien takes again to the skies and heads for the north in search of the Venda tribe, one of the last authentic tribes remaining in South Africa. But the winds have decided otherwise, and strong gusts force him into a rough landing were he damages his back. Before setting off, a visit to the witch-doctor is a must. He meets Marna Dkakane, a genuine local legend who apparently excels in the divinatory arts. The healer's incantations seem salutary, and as a gesture of thanks, Sebastien takes her up with him into the clouds, high above Drakensberg.

MONDAY (Mar 24)

Film - A Walk on the Moon on Cinema City at 7pm

Diane Lane stars as Pearl, a mother and wife who goes with her family to spend the summer in the bungalow community of Catskills. When her husband goes back to work in order to afford the rest of the family's vacation, Pearl begins an affair with The Blouse Man (Voggo Mortensen), a salesman who travels from resort to resort in his converted bus. Pearl's mother-in-law warns her son that his marriage is in trouble.

TUESDAY (Mar 25)

Film - The Missing on Super Movies at 7pm

Set in New Mexico in the 19th Century, Maggie Gilkeson (Cate Blanchett) and her daughters live alone in the wilderness. When one of her daughters is kidnapped she is forced to make an uneasy truce with her father, Samuel Jones - who abandoned her as a child to embrace the American Indian ways - in order to rescue her before she is sold into slavery.







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