W MAX--WOMAX HD TV Schedule
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Time Show -
- 3:15am
Six Degrees of SeparationWill Smith is excellent in this acclaimed drama based on a true story. He plays a con-man making his way up the ladder of New York society by telling everyone he's Sidney Poitier's son - which allows him to mingle with the rich and famous with ease, giving him ample opportunity to ruin lives wherever he pleases. Fabulous stuff, exploring class guilt, naivety and attitudes to celebrity, with a fine supporting cast boasting the likes of Stockard Channing, Donald Sutherland, Mary Beth Hurt, Ian McKellen and Heather Graham
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- 5:10am
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The Claim
Nineteenth-century prospector Daniel Dillon, who gained great power by exchanging his wife and daughter for the rights to a gold mine, finds his sins coming back to haunt him 20 years later when a mysterious woman appears in his life. Further complications arise after a surveyor shares his plans to build a railway line through the town, threatening Daniel's control of the residents. Taut period drama, loosely based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge, with a top-drawer cast including Peter Mullan, Milla Jovovich, Wes Bentley and Nastassja Kinski.
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- 7:15am
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Born on the Fourth of July
Steeped in realism, Oliver Stone's masterly double Oscar-winning fact-based drama chronicles the life of Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic. Beginning with his early years as an eager-to-impress, patriotic Marine Corps recruit, it shows his terrifying experiences of the conflict and his eventual return from South-East Asia as a disillusioned anti-war activist, paralysed from the chest down and facing a harrowing journey of physical and mental recovery. Tom Cruise gives one of his best performances in the lead, while Willem Dafoe, Kyra Sedgwick and Josh Evans are among the supporting cast
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- 9:40am
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Love in the Time of Cholera
In early 20th-century Columbia, young Florentino falls madly in love with the beautiful Fermina, only to be rejected. While Fermina's father arranges for her to marry a prosperous doctor, Florentino embarks on a series of affairs - but his desire for her continues for decades to come. Romantic drama, based on Gabriel Garcia Marquez' novel and starring Javier Bardem, Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Benjamin Bratt. Every 90 minutes from 6.30am
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- 12:00pm
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Nixon
Anthony Hopkins stars as Richard Nixon in this excellent, surprisingly compassionate biopic of the disgraced US president, charting his political life from lowly congressman through to his second triumphant election win in 1972 - which was soon tarnished by the infamous Watergate scandal. The all-star cast also includes Joan Allen, James Woods, Paul Sorvino, Bob Hoskins, Ed Harris and Mary Steenburgen. Directed by probably America's most politicised mainstream film-maker Oliver Stone, who also co-wrote the screenplay
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- 3:20pm
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Small Town Saturday Night
A country singer looks ahead to performing at Nashville, but realises that pursuing his musical career may cost him the woman he loves. The singer's brother tries to live with his interfering mother, while the town sheriff is dealing with the release from prison of his brother, whose self-destructive behaviour makes keeping the peace tricky. Drama, with Chris Pine, Bre Blair and Shawn Christian
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- 5:00pm
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Hesher
A lonely teenager devastated by his mother's death and bullied at school struggles to cope, with little help from his grief-stricken, pill-popping father. The boy finds an unlikely new friend in a destructive drifter who moves into their home, and whose disruptive presence snaps the family out of grief. Drama, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rainn Wilson and Natalie Portman
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- 6:45pm
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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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- 8:30pm
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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
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- 10:00pm
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The Kids Are All Right
Lesbian couple Nic and Jules have two teenage children, who were both conceived by the same sperm donor. When the kids become curious about their father, they decide to involve him in the family's lives. However, Nic is not happy with the arrangement, placing a strain on the relationship. Comedy drama, with Annette Bening and Julianne Moore
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- 11:50pm
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She Hate Me
An executive finds himself in need of easy money after he's fired - and fortune seems to be smiling on him when an old flame offers to pay if he impregnates her and her lesbian lover. News of his success soon spreads, and it's not long before he's inundated with requests, but the enterprise takes its toll. Spike Lee's comedy drama, starring Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, Ellen Barkin and Monica Bellucci.