Showtime Women TV Schedule
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FreakonomicsDocumentary anthology inspired by Steven D Levitt and Stephen J Dubner's book. Six film-makers each explore the seemingly inconsequential things that influence human behaviour in unforeseen ways, challenging conventional wisdom on subjects ranging from paying children for academic success, how a baby's name can influence their development and the cause of crime rates
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- 9:20am
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Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Richard E Grant turns in an excellent performance in this entertaining comic adaptation of George Orwell's book about a Depression-era advertising executive who begins to question the importance of money and embarks on an experimental new lifestyle. Helena Bonham Carter, Harriet Walter, Julian Wadham and Jim Carter co-star. Viewers might be left wondering why, with talent like this, Grant's career hasn't been more impressive
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- 11:05am
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The Scarlet Letter
A puritan bride is wrongly informed that her husband has been killed and seeks solace in an affair with clergyman Gary Oldman, but gets pregnant and finds herself ostracised by his devout parishioners. Roland Joffé's period drama, loosely based on the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne starring Demi Moore, Robert Duvall and Robert Prosky.
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- 1:25pm
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How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Simon Pegg stars as an aspiring celebrity journalist struggling to make it big in the US in this romantic comedy. A stunt involving a pig at an awards party gets him noticed by the editor of Sharpes Magazine (Jeff Bridges) and so begins his journey on the road to success he has craved.
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- 3:15pm
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The Scenesters
A crime-scene cleaner, a videographer and investigators collaborate on a secret documentary about a serial killer's crimes.
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- 4:55pm
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Glorious 39
In 1939, an aspiring actress who is the adopted daughter of a prominent ex-politician becomes suspicious when an MP friend seemingly commits suicide. She discovers members of her family may be connected to a sinister plot to avert war with Hitler's Germany at all costs, and her investigations place her life in danger. Steven Poliakoff's period thriller, starring Romola Garai, Bill Nighy, David Tennant and Christopher Lee
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- 6:05pm
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Sylvia
Well-cast biopic of troubled poet and novelist Sylvia Plath whose creativity was deeply affected by her long and ultimately futile battle with depression. The film explores the impact of her mental state on her turbulent marriage to Ted Hughes, culminating in her eventual downward spiral into despair. Gwyneth Paltrow gives a stunning performance in the lead, while Daniel Craig co-stars as Plath's spouse. Jared Harris and Amira Casar also appear
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- 9:00pm
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The Scarlet Letter
A puritan bride is wrongly informed that her husband has been killed and seeks solace in an affair with clergyman Gary Oldman, but gets pregnant and finds herself ostracised by his devout parishioners. Roland Joffé's period drama, loosely based on the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne starring Demi Moore, Robert Duvall and Robert Prosky.
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- 11:20pm
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The Innkeepers
Two hotel employees are left to run the business alone in the last few days before closure, but they have other things on their mind. The building has a reputation for being haunted, and they want to discover if this is true before it shuts down. The arrival of an eccentric guest who shares their interest sparks a series of disturbing events. Horror, starring Sara Paxton and Pat Healy