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JUNE
2012
ANOTHER GREAT YEAR OF ENTERTAINMENT
8.30PM FRIDAY ACTION MOVIES
I SPY
ACTION COMEDY
FRIDAY 1ST
In this comedic adventure based on the 1960s TV
series, special agent Alex Scott (OWEN WILSON)
and middleweight champion Kelly Robinson (EDDIE
MURPHY) are reluctantly paired for a dangerous
mission to recover the Switchblade, a sophisticated
prototype spy plane. It has fallen into the hands of
nefarious arms dealer Arnold Gundars (MALCOLM
MCDOWELL), who plans to sell it to a rogue terrorist
with access to nuclear warheads. Robinson is asked
to penetrate Gundars’ palatial headquarters in
Budapest while there to fight in a special bout
arranged by the arms dealer, an avid boxing fan. But
Scott and Robinson’s newly forged friendship is put
to the test when sudden disaster forces allies to
become enemies.
HALF PAST DEAD
MARTIAL ARTS/ACTION ADVENTURE
FRIDAY 8TH
Alcatraz, the most notorious prison in history, has
reopened. Disgruntled prison-bureaucrat-turnedcriminal-mastermind
Donny (MORRIS CHESTNUT)
has assembled a commando team, the 49ers, to
infiltrate the refurbished high-tech fortress to force
Lester (BRUCE WEITZ), a death row inmate, to
reveal the whereabouts of $200 million in gold.
Inmate Nick (JA RULE) must help undercover FBI
agent Sascha (STEVEN SEAGAL) rally the other
inmates to stop the invaders - before they murder
the Supreme Court Justice present for the
impending execution.
BEHIND ENEMY LINES
ACTION THRILLER
FRIDAY 15TH
The fate of the world hangs in the balance in this
explosive action thriller. Brace yourself for nonstop
action and chilling suspense, because there's no
turning back in this pulse-pounding sequel that takes
you BEHIND ENEMY LINES for another adrenalinefueled
adventure! When a team of U.S. Navy SEALs
is assigned to destroy a North Korean missile site
and avert a possible nuclear strike, failure is not an
option.
THE SIEGE
ACTION DRAMA
FRIDAY 22ND
When a bus blows up in Brooklyn and a campaign
of terror begins to make its bloody mark on the
streets of New York City, the men and women who
have sworn to protect the country must now reckon
with the many implications of their oath.
MUNICH
HISTORICAL DRAMA THRILLER
FRIDAY 29TH
After Black September's assassination of Israeli
athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972, Prime
Minister Golda Meir okays a black-box operation to
hunt down and kill all involved. A team of five
gathers in Switzerland led by Avner, a low-level
Mossad techie. It's an expendable team, but relying
on paid informants, they track and kill several in
Europe and Lebanon. They must constantly look
over their shoulders for the CIA, KGB, PLO, and
their own sources. As the body count mounts --
with retribution following retribution -- so do
questions, doubts, and sleepless nights. Loyalties
blur. What does it mean to be a Jew?
8.30PM THURSDAY MOVIES
THE JUROR
SUSPENSE THRILLER
THURSDAY 7TH
DEMI MOORE and ALEC BALDWIN star in this provocative
psychological thriller about a single mother (MOORE) who becomes
embroiled in a dangerous plot when she’s chosen to serve as a
juror in the trial of a powerful mobster. During the jury selection
process, artist and single mother Annie Laird is evaluated not only
by the judge and attorneys, but by a lethal onlooker as well-a
mysterious figure known only as The Teacher (BALDWIN), who
selects the vulnerable Annie to help him tamper with the jury. A vote
to acquit is the only thing that ensures her and her son’s safety, but
the shadowy figure pulling the strings may not let it end there. The
Teacher helps to bring out her inner strength and not only does she
succeed, but in the course of succeeding finds the strength to
eventually turn the tables on him.
SOUL FOOD
FAMILY COMEDY DRAMA
THURSDAY 14TH
Sometimes it takes a lot of good food to keep a family together.
Starring VANESSA WILLIAMS, VIVICA A. FOX and NIA LONG.
MAN OF THE HOUSE
ACTION COMEDY
THURSDAY 21ST
By-the-book Texas Ranger Roland Sharp tracks down a key
informant with the help of a former con man turned preacher. But
when the informant is killed, Roland is assigned to protect the only
witnesses to the crime, a group of University of Texas
cheerleaders, by going undercover and moving in with the five
uncontrollable coeds. Roland learns more than he bargained for
about fathers and daughters as he becomes a paternal presence
to the cheery quintet: determined team captain Anne; resident
brain Evie; tough and catty Teresa ; bouncy blonde Barb, who
develops a crush on Roland; and laconic but spiritual Heather.
HITCH
ROMANTIC COMEDY
THURSDAY 28TH
In this sophisticated romantic comedy, Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens is a
legendary, and deliberately anonymous, New York City 'date
doctor' who, for a fee, has helped countless men woo the women
of their dreams. While coaching Albert, a meek accountant who is
smitten with a glamorous celebrity, Allegra Cole, Hitch finally
meets his match in the person of the gorgeous, whip-smart Sara
Melas, a gossip columnist who follows Allegra’s every move. The
ultimate professional bachelor, Hitch suddenly finds himself falling
deliriously in love with Sara, a reporter whose biggest scoop could
very well be the unmasking of Manhattan’s most famous date
doctor. Starring WILL SMITH, EVA MENDES, KEVIN JAMES and
AMBER VALLETTA.
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