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MUMBAI: THE 13th WARRIOR ,Tuesday, December 5, 2006 at 9:00 p.m.Starring:
Antonio Banderas and Vlamidir Kulich.
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AD 922, Arab courtier Ahmad Ibn Fadlan accompanies a party of Vikings
to the barbaric North. Ibn Fadlan is appalled by the Vikings customs--
their wanton sexuality, their disregard for cleanliness, their cold-blooded
human sacrifices. And then he learns the horrifying truth: he has
been enlisted to combat a terror that slaughters the Vikings and
devours their flesh.
THE 6th DAY,Tuesday, December 5, 2006 at 11 pm,Starring: Arnold
Schwazenneger.
A helicopter pilot survives a near-fatal accident and returns to
his
home - to find that he's been replaced by an exact duplicate of
himself, a clone. When the clone's creators find out the pilot.
Schindlers List,Saturday, December 9,2006 at 10.30 pm. "Schindler's
List" is the based-on-truth story of Nazi Czech business man
Oskar Schindler, who uses Jewish labor to start a factory in occupied
Poland. As World War II progresses, and the fate of the Jews becomes
more and more clear, Schindler's motivations switch from profit
to human sympathy and he is able to save over 1100 Jews from death
in the gas chambers.
THE BEST MAN,Saturday, December 2, 2006 at 8:30 p.m.Starring: Taye
Diggs and Nia Long.
Harper's autobiographical novel is almost out, his girlfriend Robin
desires commitment, and he's best man at the wedding of Lance, a
pro athlete. He goes to New York early (Robin will come for the
wedding) to hang out with Lance and other friends, including Jordan,
his former almost-lover, now in media and privy to an advance copy
of the book. The men discuss women, never facing their own double
standard; Jordan wants to try again with Harper, at least for one
night; and Harper fears that Lance will read his book and learn
that the bride-to-be slept with him once to avenge Lance's many
affairs. Can Harper mature before Lance kills him, Jordan seduces
him, and he loses Robin?
EDTV,Sunday, December 3, 2006 at 8:00 p.m.,Starring: Mathew McConaughey
and Jenna.
A comedy about a video store clerk Ed (Matthew McConaughey) whose
life is thrown into chaos when he agrees to let an executive of
a televison studio (Ellen DeGeneres) film him for 24 hours.
THE TRIAL,Monday, December 4, 2006 at 9:00 p.m.,Starring: Anthony
Hopkins and Kyle Maclachlan.
Joseph K. awakes one morning, to find two strange men in his room,
telling him he has been arrested. Joseph is not told what he is
charged with, and despite being "arrested," is allowed
to remain free and go to work. But despite the strange nature of
his arrest, Joseph soon learns that his trial, however odd, is very
real, and tries desperately to spare himself from the court's judgment.
KATE AND LEOPOID,Wednesday, December 6, 2006 at 9:00 p.m.,Starring:
Meg Ryan and Hugh Jackman.
Kate and her actor brother live in N.Y. in the 21st Century. Her
ex-boy friend, Stuart, lives above her apartment and finds this
space near the Brooklyn Bridge where there is a gap in time. He
goes back to the eighteen hundreds and takes pictures of the place.
Leopold, a man living in the 1870's, was puzzled by Stuart's tiny
camera and decides to follow him and they both ended up in this
century. Leopold is clueless about his new surroundings. He gets
help and insights from Charlie who thinks that Leopold is an actor
who is always in character. Leopold is a highly intelligent man
and tries his best to learn and even improve the modern conveniences
that he encounters.
HIDALGO,Thursday, December 7, 2006 at 9:00 p.m,Staring- Viggo Mortensen
& Omar Sharif.
Held yearly for centuries, the Ocean of Fire--a 3,000 mile survival
race across the Arabian desert--was a challenge restricted to the
finest Arabian horses ever bred, the purest and noblest lines, owned
by the greatest royal families. In 1890, a wealthy sheik invited
an American, Frank T. Hopkins, and his horse to enter the race for
the first time. During the course of his career, Hopkins was a cowboy
and dispatch rider for the U.S. cavalry--and had once been billed
as the greatest rider the West had ever known. The Sheik puts his
claim to the test, pitting the American cowboy and his mustang,
Hidalgo, against the world's greatest Arabian horses and Bedouin
riders--some of whom are determined to prevent a foreigner from
finishing the race. For Frank, the Ocean of Fire becomes not only
a matter of pride and honor, but a race for his very survival as
he and his horse attempt the impossible.
INTERMISSION ,Friday, December 8,2006 at 9.00 p.m,Staring- Colin
Farrel & Kerry Condon.
Intermission is an urban love story about people adrift and their
convoluted journeys in the search for some kind of love. When the
desperately insecure and emotionally inarticulate John (Murphy)
breaks up with Deirdre (Macdonald) to 'give her a little test' his
plan backfires leaving her broken-hearted and him alone and miserable.
Through chance and coincidence, their break-up triggers a roller
coaster ride of interweaving escapades in the lives of everyone
around them. Intermission presents a slice of life, the
WHEN HARRY MET SALLY,Saturday, December 9, 2006 at 8:30 p.m.,Staring-
Meg Ryan & Billy Crystal.
Harry and Sally meet when she gives him a ride to New York after
they both graduate from the University of Chicago. The film jumps
through their lives as they both search for love, but fail, bumping
into each other time and time again. Finally a close friendship
blooms between them, and they both like having a friend of the opposite
sex. But then.
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