W MAX--WOMAX TV Schedule
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While You Were SleepingA lonely train-station attendant saves the life of a man she has long loved from afar. While he ends up in a coma, she is mistakenly introduced to his family as his fiancee and decides to continue the deception. Over time, she begins to fall for her supposed partner's brother. Romantic comedy, with Sandra Bullock and Bill Pullman
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- 5:25am
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Collision Course
A top Japanese detective teams up with a streetwise cop to tackle an international car-thieving ring, but a clash of cultures soon causes all manner of complications. Hackneyed comedy thriller, starring Pat Morita, Jay Leno - whose dreadful performance demonstrates why he's better off as a chat show host - Chris Sarandon and Al Waxman
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- 7:05am
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Resurrection
A woman survives a near-fatal experience and later finds she possesses miraculous healing powers. Uplifting drama, starring Ellen Burstyn, Sam Shepard and Richard Farnsworth
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- 8:50am
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Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion
Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow play dizzy gal-pals who, feeling their achievements are rather unimpressive, decide to invent new lives when they attend their school reunion. There are plenty of mishaps along the way as they dream up hare-brained schemes to convince former classmates they are more interesting than they seem. This light comedy is fine - as long as viewers aren't looking for anything taxing. Janeane Garofalo and Alan Cumming co-star
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- 10:30am
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Happy Feet Two
A tap-dancing penguin goes searching for his missing son, but his search leads him to discover a drifting iceberg that threatens to destroy his colony. He sets out to unite all the birds in the Antarctic to avert the catastrophe. Animated musical comedy sequel, with the voices of Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Ava Acres and Hank Azaria
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- 12:10pm
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Hannah and Her Sisters
Woody Allen's heart-warming comedy drama charting the changing lives and loves of three very different sisters over a two-year period. The all-star cast includes Allen himself, with Michael Caine, Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Barbara Hershey, Carrie Fisher and Max von Sydow. Hugely popular at the box office, the film won three Academy Awards, with Allen's writing and the supporting performances of Caine and Wiest getting the judges' approval
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- 2:00pm
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The Contender
A female senator is nominated to be vice president - just as sordid details about her sexual behaviour are dragged into the public eye by a scheming congressman. Intelligent although slightly hysterical drama, starring Joan Allen in an Oscar-nominated performance, alongside Gary Oldman, Jeff Bridges and Sam Elliott
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- 4:15pm
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The American
A hitman's resolve is shaken when he is nearly killed during an assignment, and decides his next mission will be his last. While waiting for details of the target, he lies low in an Italian village and tempts fate by forming a friendship with a priest while pursuing a relationship with a local woman. Thriller, with George Clooney and Violante Placido
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- 6:00pm
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Love Actually
Richard Curtis' directorial debut is a blockbusting romantic comedy following several loosely interlinked individuals as they fall in love. While the British prime minister is drawn to a lowly assistant at 10 Downing Street, a heartbroken writer heads for France to get over his relationship, and a rock star aims to reinvent himself in time for Christmas. Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Colin Firth, Bill Nighy, Martine McCutcheon and Liam Neeson star in an ensemble piece which throws so many different characters and romances into the mix, it's hard not to be moved by at least some of them.
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- 8:15pm
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Garden State
Owing to a childhood illness, a TV actor has shuffled through life emotionally numbed by the drugs prescribed for him by his stern psychiatrist father. However, he decides to ditch the pills when his mother's death obliges him to return home for her funeral. Free of medication, his apathy begins to lift, and an encounter with a vibrant woman reawakens his joy for life. Romantic comedy, written, directed by and starring Zach Braff, with Natalie Portman and Ian Holm.
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- 10:00pm
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Moonstruck
Norman Jewison's heart-warming romantic comedy, telling the story of an Italian-American widow who agrees to marry an older man - only to fall head over heels in love with his younger brother, leaving her facing an impossible choice. Cher stars in an Oscar-winning role, with Nicolas Cage, Olympia Dukakis and Danny Aiello
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- 11:45pm
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The Notorious Bettie Page
Biographical drama, about the life of iconic 1950s pin-up model Bettie Page. After a troubled childhood, she is first propelled into the public eye when she poses for an amateur photographer. The pictures come to the attention of famed brother and sister publishers the Klaws, who persuade her to take part in racier bondage photo shoots - which provoke scandal and provoke the wrath of a conservative senator. With Gretchen Moll, David Strathairn and Lili Taylor