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Watch out for it: Splendid line-up of must see movies

October 29 - November 4, 2008
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Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, Robert Downey Jr and Kate Hudson are amongst the stars heading your way this month on Showtime.

The good ship, Comedy, is setting sail once again for the month of November with a treasure chest of movies on board!

When Carl and Molly vowed to be together for better and for worse, they weren't banking on their best man Dupree becoming their houseguest. The honeymoon is well and truly over for newlyweds Matt Dillon and Kate Hudson as Owen Wilson 'helps out' with hilarious results in the comedy You, Me and Dupree.

For a night of laugh-out-loud mayhem, check out Balls Of Fury. In this secret society, the competition is brutal and the stakes are high. It is the unsanctioned, underground, and utterly unhinged world of clandestine ping-pong tournaments. Down-and-out former professional ping-pong phenomenon Randy Daytona is sucked into this maelstrom when FBI Agent Rodriguez recruits him.

Directors The Farrelly Brothers reunite with There's Something About Mary star Ben Stiller for a raucous rom-com in which the course of true love runs anything but smooth. The Heartbreak Kids based on the Cybill Shepherd-starring 1972 movie of the same name, has newlywed Stiller falling head-over-heels on his honeymoon. The problem is it's not with his new bride.

Over on ShowCinema, Robert Downey Jr dons the full metal jacket of Marvel Comics' billionaire techno-genius Tony Stark in the weapons-grade blockbuster Iron Man. A close shave in Afghanistan leaves Stark with a dodgy ticker and a cast-iron idea for righting his arms-dealing wrongs.

Plus Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman and Eric Bana team up in The Other Boleyn Girl, with Peter Morgan, writer of The Queen, scripting this handsomely staged, royally entertaining slice of Tudorama.

Kevin Spacey stars in the crazy-but-true story of six Boston students who turn their number smarts away from books in Boston to the blackjack tables of Vegas in 21.

And there's another chance to catch super-assassins Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy in the pistol packing blockbuster Wanted. It's an action packed month on Showtime!







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