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March 23 - 29, 2011
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WEDNESDAY (Mar 23) Film - Agora on OSN Cinema at 9pm

Agora, which was an ancient marketplace in Egypt, is the setting for the story of a female philosopher named Hypatia. A slave boy named Davus, played by Max Minghella, falls in love with her. But there is turmwwoil in Roman-occupied Egypt, as the rise of Christianity threatens to overthrow the Roman Empire. Davus must choose between his love for Hypatia and the possibility of freedom by joining the rising cause.

THURSDAY (Mar 24)

Film - The Bounty Hunter on OSN Cinema at 9pm

Milo Boyd, a down-on-his-luck bounty hunter, gets his dream job when he is assigned to track down his bail-jumping ex-wife, reporter Nicole Hurly. Milo expects an easy payday, but nothing is ever easy with him and Nicole. The exes continually one-up each other - until they find themselves on the run for their lives.

FRIDAY (Mar 25) Film - Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief on OSN Movies HD at 9pm

Trouble-prone Percy Jackson is having problems in high school - but that's the least of his challenges. It's the 21st Century, but the gods of Mount Olympus seem to have walked out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology texts and into his life. Percy has learned that his real father is Poseidon, god of the sea, which means Percy is a demigod - half human, half god.

SATURDAY (Mar 26)

Series - Sons of Anarchy on OSN first on 9pm

Sons of Anarchy is an adrenalised drama with darkly comedic undertones about a notorious outlaw motorcycle club intent on protecting their sheltered small town of Charming, California, against encroaching drug dealers, corporate developers and overzealous law officers. This critically-acclaimed series saw Katey Sagal win Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series at the 2011 Golden Globes.

SUNDAY (Mar 27)

Series - Two and Half Men on OSN Comedy at 8pm

Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer star in this Emmy-nominated comedy. Sheen plays a Malibu bachelor with an easy way with women. His casual lifestyle is interrupted when his uptight brother (Cryer) and his son stay with him. Despite the complexities of their lives, this unusual family unit promises to make each one of them a better man.

MONDAY (Mar 28) Film - Lethal Weapon 4 at 11pm

Detectives Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh re-teamed for their fourth foray together in this buddy-cop action comedy. Murtaugh's daughter Rianne is about to upgrade Murtaugh to grandfather status, while Riggs' relationship with internal affairs officer Lorna Cole means he'll become a father. Elsewhere, Chinese triad members smuggle families from the mainland, but this is only one item on the agenda of triad leader Wah Sing Ku, who executes martial arts manoeuvres with blinding speed.

TUESDAY (Mar 29)

Film - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen on OSN Movie Action at 9pm

The week Sam Witwicky starts college, the Decepticons make trouble in Shanghai. A presidential envoy believes it's because the Autobots are around. He's wrong: the Decepticons need access to Sam's mind to see some glyphs imprinted there that will lead them to a fragile object that, when inserted in an alien machine hidden in Egypt for centuries, will give them the power to blow out the sun. Sam, his girlfriend Mikaela, and his parents are in danger.







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