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October 14 - 26, 2010
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WEDNESDAY (Oct 20) Film - The Hangover on Showmovies at 8pm

In this raucous buddy comedy, three groomsmen head to Las Vegas for their friend Doug's bachelor party. However, they party a little too hard and wake up the following morning hung over and unable to remember what went on the night before to find a tiger in the hotel bathroom, a baby in the closet, and no sign of the groom.

THURSDAY (Oct 21)

Film - Wuthering Heights (1970) on MGM at 10pm

This is an adaptation from Emily Bronte's classic gothic novel - a story about unfortunate lovers Heathcliff and Cathy who, are forced by circumstance and prejudice to live apart. They first meet as children when her father brings the abandoned boy to live with them. After the old man's death several years later Cathy's brother turns Heathcliff out forcing him to live with the servants. The barrier of class comes between them and she eventually marries a rich neighbour Edgar Linton.

FRIDAY (Oct 22)

Film - Orphan on Showmovies & OSN Movies HD at 8pm and 9pm

The tragic loss of their unborn child has devastated Kate and John, taking a toll on their marriage. The couple decides to adopt another child, at the local orphanage, both John and Kate find themselves strangely drawn to a young girl named Esther. Almost as soon as they welcome Esther into their home, however, an alarming series of events begins to unfold.

SATURDAY (Oct 23)

Series - Scrubs on Fox Series at 10pm

The series focuses on the strange experiences of Dr John Dorian, or JD, a medical attendant, as he continues his healing career in a surreal hospital crammed full of unpredictable staffers and patients, where humour and tragedy can collide at any time. Joining JD are fellow interns Chris Turk, JD's college buddy who is part of the elite surgical group and the beautiful but socially awkward Elliot Reid. Former chief of medicine Dr Bob Kelso has taken up residence at the hospital coffee shop, where he can keep a watchful eye on the attendees and Turk's wife and no-nonsense head nurse, Carla Espinosa.

SUNDAY (Oct 24)

Film - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End on Fox Movies at 11pm

Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann are allied with Captain Barbossa in a desperate quest to free Captain Jack Sparrow from his mind-bending trap in Davy Jones' locker, while the terrifying ghost ship, The Flying Dutchman and Davy Jones, under the control of the East India Trading Company, wreaks havoc across the Seven Seas. Navigating through treachery, betrayal and wild waters, they must forge their way to exotic Singapore and confront the cunning Chinese pirate Sao Feng.

MONDAY (Oct 25)

Film - Manchurian Candidate on Fox Movies at 11pm

US Army Major Bennett Marco can't sleep at night - and he doesn't want to. Marco spends his days giving inspiring speeches about his platoon's ambush in the Kuwaiti desert and the heroics of Sergeant Raymond Shaw, who won the Medal of Honour for saving Marco's crew. But at night, Marco's dreamlike memories of the desert turn sinister and terrifying. And Marco privately wonders whether the two soldiers who died in the firefight might have met darker fates than officially recorded.

TUESDAY (Oct 26)

Series - Boondocks on OSN Comedy Season 3 at 10pm

When Robert 'Granddad' Freeman became legal guardian of his grandkids, he moved them from the south side of Chicago to the quiet and safety of the suburbs - also known as the boondocks. Huey and Riley Freeman may torture each other and provoke the neighbourhood, but they are no match for Granddad. The Boondocks is based on the satiric Aaron McGruder comic strip of the same name.







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