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September 28 - October 4, 2011
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Series – Terra Nova: Season 1 on OSN First at 8pm
The series follows an ordinary family on a journey back in time to prehistoric Earth as a small part of a daring experiment to save the human race. In the year 2149, the world is dying. The planet is overdeveloped and overcrowded, with the majority of plant and animal life extinct. The future of mankind is in doubt, and its only hope for survival is in the distant past.

Film – Dinner For Schmucks on OSN Cinema at 9pm
Upwardly mobile executive Tim has just landed his company an extremely wealthy Swiss client when his boss, Lance, invites him to an exclusive, yet unusually mean-spirited dinner party where each of the high-powered executives brings a guest to make fun of. Tim takes along Barry, a sweet, slightly dim-wit IRS agent with an unusual hobby.

Film – Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps on OSN Premiere at 8pm
As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two-tiered mission: To alert the financial community to the coming doom, and to find out who was responsible for the death of the young trader’s mentor.

Film – The Darjeeling Limited on MBC 2 at 9am
Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other – to become brothers again like they used to be. Their ‘spiritual quest’, however, veers rapidly off-course, and they eventually find themselves stranded alone in the middle of the desert with eleven suitcases, a printer, and a laminating machine. At this moment, a new, unplanned journey suddenly begins.

Film – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl on MBC 2 at 5pm
When Elizabeth Swann, the daughter of Governor Swann, is kidnapped by a group of pirates led by Captain Barbossa and taken aboard their ship The Black Pearl, Will Turner, a young man who loves her, sets out to rescue her. But he can’t do it alone, so he enlists the help of swashbuckling ship captain Jack Sparrow.

Film – Blindness on MBC 2 at 11pm
When a big city has a mysterious outbreak of blindness, the victims are quarantined by the government in a hospital without any medical care, treatment or hygiene. Among the first people affected by the so called ‘white blindness’ are an ophthalmologist and his reluctant healthy wife who has not lost her sight but stays with him to help him in the difficult moment.

Film – Rocky Balboa on MBC 2 at 11pm
When he loses a highly publicised virtual boxing match to ex-champ Rocky Balboa, reigning heavyweight titleholder Mason Dixon retaliates by challenging the Itallian Stallion to a nationally televised, 10-round exhibition bout. To the surprise of his son and friends, Rocky agrees to come out of retirement and face an opponent who’s faster, stronger and 30 years his junior.







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