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February 24 - March 2, 2010
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Wednesday (Feb 24)Film - The Core on Fox Movies at 9pm.

For reasons unknown, the earth's inner core has stopped rotating, causing the planet's electromagnetic field to rapidly deteriorate. Instantly, life around the globe begins to change dramatically. Scrambling to resolve the crisis, government and military officials call upon geophysicist Dr Josh Keyes (Aaron Eckhart) and a team of the world's most gifted scientists to travel into the earth's core in a subterranean craft piloted by terranauts Major Rebecca 'Beck' Childs (Hilary Swank) and Commander Robert Iverson

thursday (Feb 25)

Film - The Jumper on Star Movies at 8.30pm.

David Rice (Hayden Christensen) is a high-school student who discovers that he possesses a genetic anomaly that enables him to 'jump' instantaneously to any place on earth. Eight years later, David is living in New York and using his teleporting abilities to live a life full of adventure, traveling to the world's most exotic places. He returns to his hometown to visit Millie (Rachel Bilson), his high-school crush and invites her to travel with him to Rome. There they meet Griffin (Jamie Bell), who warns him that a dangerous group of government hunters are after him

Friday (Feb 26)

Film - What Happens in Vegas on Star Movies at 8.30pm.

Joy (Cameron Diaz) is a level-headed, career-focused woman. When her fiancŽ unexpectedly dumps her, the New Yorker heads to Vegas with her friend, Tipper (Lake Bell), to forget her troubles and discover her fun, spontaneous side. After a wild night, she wakes up married to out-of-work carpenter, Jack (Ashton Kutcher). Although the two want a quick divorce, things get complicated when Jack wins $3 million on a slot machine using Joy's money.

Film - Monster's Ball on Fox Movies at 11pm

.SATURDAY (Feb 27)

Hank (Billy Bob Thornton), an embittered prison guard, lives with his ageing racist father, Buck, and his own 20-something son, Sonny. Hank and Sonny work for the local prison where they are preparing the electric chair for a black inmate. After the man is executed, Hank falls in love with Leticia (Halle Berry), the inmate's widow. This emotionally-charged affair forces Hank to re-evaluate how deeply prison work and his father's infectious hatred have affected his soul.

SUNDAY (Feb 28)

Film - Seabiscuit on Fox Movies at 11pm.

The tale of three lost men, Johnny 'Red' Pollard (Tobey Maguire), a young man whose spirit has been broken; Charle Howard (Jeff Bridges), a millionaire who lost everything; and Tom Smith, a cowboy whose world was vanishing, who found each other and discovered hope in a down-and-out racehorse named Seabiscuit, that took them and the nation on the ride of a lifetime.

MONDAY (Mar 1)

Series - Saving Grace on America Plus at 9pm.

Passionate about her job,Grace Hanadarko (Holly Hunter), is a smoking, heavy drinking, and promiscuous Oklahoma City detective who meets up with her tobacco chewing, shaggy haired 'last-chance' angel, Earl (Leon Rippy) when she runs down and kills a pedestrian with her car after one of her drinking binges. Investigating crimes and solving homicides, Grace battles her demons and struggles to stay on track.

TUESDAY (Mar 2)

Series - Friday Night Lights on America Plus at 10pm.

In the small town of Dillon, Texas, one night matters: Friday night is football night. Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler) is head coach of the Dillon High School Panthers, the town's pride and joy. Amid personal dramas and injuries, the lives of the team and the people of Dillon unfold with the pressure of a team to win and the hopes of a town for national championship victory.







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