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October 14 - 20, 2009
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Wednesday (Oct 14) Film - Donnie Darko on Fox Movies at 9pm.

Some may think that Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a typical maladjusted teenager. Donnie commits antisocial acts while he is undergoing psychotherapy, surviving the vagaries of high-school life and romance, and fortuitously escaping a bizarre death from a falling jet engine.

THURSDAY (Oct 15)

Film - Two Weeks Notice on Fox Movies at 11pm.

Millionaire George Wade (Hugh Grant) doesn't make a move without Lucy (Sandra Bullock), his multi-tasking Chief Counsel at the Wade Corporation. A brilliant attorney, she also has an ulcer and doesn't get much sleep. It's not the job that's getting to her - it's George.

FRIDAY (Oct 16)

Film - Soul Food on Star Movies at 8.30pm.

Soul food centres on a close-knit family of three sisters. Each Sunday, the family gathers for Big Mama's traditional dinners where she plays peacemaker. But when she suffers a stroke and is hospitalized, tensions among the sisters boil over, tearing the family apart.

SATURDAY (Oct 17)

Film - Air Force One on Fox Movies at 11pm.

The President of the United States is on a journey home from Moscow. But on the journey, Russian hijackers take over the plane, disguising themselves as newspaper reporters. They want the President to ring Moscow and release a general.

SUNDAY (Oct 18)

Film - The Greatest Game ever Played on Star Movies at 8.30pm.

Based on a true story, this rags-to-riches tale takes place at the 1913 US Open golf championship where two young men, both from disadvantaged backgrounds, tee off in one of the most exciting and dramatic competitions of the early 20th century.

MONDAY (Oct 19)Film - French Kiss On Star Movies at 8.30pm.

Kate (Meg Ryan) and fiancŽ Charlie (Timothy Hutton) seem set for a predictable life together in Canada - until Charlie attends a seminar in Paris and falls for French beauty, Juliette (Suzan Anbeh). Kate decides to follow and win back her man.

TUESDAY (Oct 20)

Documentary - Meet The Natives on NGC at 6 30pm.

It features two different groups of men venturing to the UK and the US. The theme is reverse anthropology with indigenous tribesmen observing Western culture. Upon reaching England, the five men from Tanna meet their first English tribe: middle-class farmers in Norfolk.







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