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April 22 - 28, 2009
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Wednesday (Apr 22) Film - An American Rhapsody on Cinema City at 7pm.

Sometimes you have to lose your way to find your home. In 1950, a Hungarian couple, Peter and Margit, are forced to flee from their oppressive Communist country for the US with their eldest daughter Maria. Unfortunately, they are forced to leave behind their infant daughter, Suzanne (Scarlett Johansson), who is raised by a kind foster couple. Six years later, Peter and Margit arrange for the American Red Cross to bring Suzanne to their new home in Los Angeles. At age 15, Suzanne tries to come to terms with her roots and decides to travel back to Budapest.

THURSDAY (Apr 23)

Documentary - Destroyed in Seconds (double bill) on Discovery Channel at 11pm.

In this 10 part series, witness the implosions, explosions and devastation of tornadoes, hurricanes, crashing trains, dilapidated skyscrapers and more. Prepare to be amazed by these incredible spectacles of destruction, showcasing the mesmerising power of savage forces wreaking havoc and devastation. Whether they are acts of nature or caused by man, the series explores the cause and effect of these dramatic catastrophes caught on tape.

FRIDAY (Apr 24)

New Series - In Plain Sight on America Plus at 8pm.

Welcome to witness protection. Now get lost. From the producers of the Emmy-winning series Huff and Dawson's Creek comes In Plain Sight, a compelling drama starring Mary McCormack as a tough-as-nails Federal Marshal working for the highly secretive Witness Protection Branch. Her task is to manage relocated witnesses who are career criminals, compulsive liars, thieves, murderers, and the occasional (and rare) innocent bystander. To make matters worse, she must balance "baby-sitting" her protected witnesses while tending to her own family.

SATURDAY (Apr 25)

Series - Dirt on Fox Series at 11pm.

Powerful tabloid editor Lucy Spiller (Courtney Cox) will stop at nothing to dig up the Hollywood dirt her readers crave. Together with schizophrenic paparazzo Don Konkey, Lucy lands a new source, struggling actor Holt McLaren, who plans to trade tips on his movie-star girlfriend, Julia Mallory, for good press. What none of them yet realise is that the truth can extract a heavy price on those who exploit it. Lucy sends Don to photograph a deceased Kira Klay for a controversial cover shot. Meanwhile, Willa tries to impress Lucy by tracking down information on the imminent birth of "Blogan", love-child of hot couple Blair and Logan.

SUNDAY (Apr 26)

Film - Training Day on Fox Movies at 11pm.

Everyday there is a war being waged on America's inner city streets - a war between residents, drug dealers and the people sworn to protect one from the other. This war has its casualties, none greater than L.A.P.D. Detective Sergeant Alonzo Harris (Denzel Washington), a veteran narcotics officer whose questionable methodology blurs the line between legality and corruption. His optimism has long since been chipped away by his tour of duty in the streets, where fighting crime by the book can get you killed.

MONDAY (Apr 27)

Film - Walk the Line on Fox Movies at 11pm.

In 1955, a tough, skinny guitar-slinger calling himself J R Cash (Joaquin Phoenix) walked into the soon-to-be-famous Sun Studios in Memphis. With his driving freight-train chords, steel-eyed intensity and a voice as deep and black as night, Cash sang blistering songs of heartache and survival. That day kicked off the electrifying early career of Johnny Cash. In the most volatile period of his life, he evolved from a self-destructive pop star into the iconic Man in Black facing down his demons and learning how to walk the razor-thin line between destruction and redemption.

TUESDAY (Apr 28)

Film - Blown Away on Star Movies at 8.30pm.

Starring Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones and Suzy Amis

this film is directed by Stephen Hopkins.

Jimmy Dove (Bridges) works for the bomb squad in Boston and is always on call for the tough jobs. A few days after he decides to quit the force and become a teacher, a bomb kills his former partner. Jimmy suspects that a former friend was behind this bomb. He begins to investigate and finds out that his worst nightmare has returned from his past.







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