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Star Movies lines up Bruce Willis comedy for weekend
 
Indiantelevision.com Team

(11 July 2003 4:30 pm)
 

Star Movies continues with its weekend focus on blockbusters comprising of a blend of different film genres.

This weekend the action kicks off with Disney's The Kid. The film airs on 11 July at 9 pm. It stars Bruce Willis, Spencer Breslin and Lily Tomlin. Willis plays a successful image consultant, whose life grinds to a halt when he magically meets Rusty. Rusty is Willis as an 8-year-old kid. Rusty reminds Russ of everything he hated about himself, and Rusty has one word for a 40-year-old, unmarried man without a dog: loser. Later on though Russ remembers the childhood dreams he once had and rediscovers the grownup he always wanted to be. Like The Sixth Sense this film showcases Willis' strength at acting opposite a child.

On 12 July at the same the channel will air the NRI film Mr. and Mrs. Iyer. It stars Rahul Bose, Konkoka Sen Sharma and Bhisham Sahni. The film centers around Meenakshi Iyer and her nine-month old son, Santanam. With them is a Muslim named, Raja Chowdhary, a wildlife photographer who was introduced to her through a common friend before boarding the bus. Since Meenakshi is traveling alone with her infant, Raja is given the responsibility of looking after her and everyone on the bus assumes them to be a couple. Troubles brews when the bus is stopped by an angry mob of Hindu extremists.

For a change of mood Jean-Claude Van Damme flexes those Belgian biceps in Sudden Death. This airs on July 13 at 6:30 pm. Criminals led by Powers Boothe hold the US VP hostage at a Stanley Cup finals ice hockey game in Pittsburgh's Civic Arena. Van Damme plays Darren McCord, a tough fire marshal skilled in martial arts. McCord, who happens to be attending the game with his two children. He struggles to disconnect the ten bombs set to explode in the arena.

The science fiction genre takes center stage in Star Trek: First Contact. This airs on 13 July at 9 pm and stars Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes and Brent Spiner.

 
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