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Movie Highlights on M-Net Stars in June 2009

Written by TVSA Team from the blog MNet Stars on 02 Jun 2009
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Movie highlights on M-Net Stars in June, 2009:

MONDAY NIGHT MOVIES

NATIONAL LAMPOON’S MOVIE MADNESS
Monday 1 June at 19:30

1982 Directed by Bob Giraldi, Henry Jaglom. Starring Bob Giraldi, Henry Jaglom

A flik with three stories, each of which pokes fun at a specific movie genre. The first revolves round a corporate lawyer who decides he needs to grow, so the wife must go. The second centres round an exotic dancer who takes revenge on greasy corporate types. And the third is about mismatched buddy cops who must find and stop a serial killer.

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JINXED
Monday 8 June at 19:30

1982 Directed by Don Siegel. Starring Bette Midler, Ken Wahl

Some gamblers have lucky charms. Harold Benson has Willie Brodax, a likeable blackjack dealer whose uncanny knack of losing money to Harold has already cost him two casino jobs. Now Willie is working in Reno, hoping Harold won’t come near him. So when the gambler tracks him down yet again, Willie despairs.

Then he gets some advice from his manager: find something of Harold and break the jinx. But the minute he meets Harold’s sexy girlfriend Bonita, the jinx is forgotten. Together they cook up a scheme to bump off Harold and collect his life insurance money.

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MYSTERY DATE
Monday 15 June at 19:30

1991 Directed by Jonathan Wacks. Starring Ethan Hawke, Teri Polo

Tom is way too shy to ask his cute next door neighbour Geena out on a date. His older brother Craig on the other hand is a real ladies man - he's back from law school and has all the answers. With a new haircut, a sharp suit and his brother’s car and credit card, Tom is soon ready to paint the town red. But what Tom doesn’t know is that Craig has gotten himself in trouble and now the law and Lew, a Chinese mafioso, are after him.

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MARRIED TO THE MOB
Monday 22 June at 19:30

1988 Directed by Jonathan Demme. Starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Dean Stockwell

Angela is tired of living in a house filled with furniture and appliances “that fell off a truck”. She wants a divorce, she tells her husband Frank. Frank, a hit man with a roving eye, tells her she’ll never escape the Mob, but before she can put his statement to the test, he is killed.

Angela puts her son into a different school, moves into a small flat and gets a job in a hair salon. But her freedom is shortlived: an FBI agent, who thinks she has information about her husband’s killer, comes after her, as does the killer, who has developed a crush on her.

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MOONSTRUCK
Monday 29 June at 19:30

1987 Directed by Norman Jewison. Starring Cher, Nicolas Cage

The Costarinos and the Cammareris are thrown together when sensible Loretta, 37, agrees to marry Johnny, 42. Loretta’s not in love, but Johnny’s a nice guy, if something of a mama’s boy.

When Johnny flies to Italy to see his sick mother, he leaves Loretta to make all the wedding arrangements, including invite his estranged younger brother, Ronny, to the nuptials. But the moment Loretta and Ronny clap eyes on one another, it’s love - an all-consuming, crazy, passionate love.

Meanwhile, Loretta’s mother is trying to deal with the fact that her own love life is in turmoil.

TUESDAY NIGHT MOVIES

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Tuesday 2 June at 19:30

1993 Directed by Daniel Stern. Starring Gary Busey, Albert Hall

Henry, 12, loves hanging out with his friends and playing baseball. One day, while trying to catch a fly ball, he breaks his arm. Eventually the cast comes off, but his arm is different. The tendons are tighter and, as a result, he can pitch a ball in excess of 100 miles per hour. Before long, Henry’s playing for the Chicago Cubs and endorsing one product after another. But the boy soon learns that fame and fortune come with a cost.

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BAD MEDICINE
Tuesday 9 June at 19:30

1985 Directed by Harvey Miller. Starring Steve Guttenberg, Alan Arkin

Jeff wants to become a doctor like his parents and their parents before them, but the only medical school that will have him is an unknown facility in Central America, run by the cynical Dr Madera.

Jeff soon discovers there is much more fun to be had with the other students – Cookie, Gladstone, Carlos and Liz – and mayhem ensues until Jeff discovers that there are real medical needs in the community which leads him and his mates to start playing doctor for real.

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THE BABE
Tuesday 16 June at 20:00

1992 Directed by Arthur Hiller. Starring John Goodman, Kelly McGillis

George Herman “Babe” Ruth (1895-1948) was arguably the greatest all-rounder in the history of baseball. In his 20-year-long career, he hit 714 home runs, a record which was only beaten in 1974. He played for the Boston Red Sox, the New York Yankees and the Boston Braves, and did much to lift American spirits during the two world wars. He was an icon, but also a man with big appetites - for food, for drink, for women. But he had a tender streak that manifested itself with children - a legacy of his tortured childhood.

This movie tells his story.

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DANGEROUS DAYS OF ALTAR BOYS
Tuesday 23 June at 19:30

2002 Directed by Peter Care. Starring Emile Hirch, Kieran Culkin

Best friends Tim and Francis attend a Catholic high school, where they combat boredom by working on their underground comic book project, playing pranks on their fellow students, and befriending pretty Margie.

Life seems to be perfect, until Tim suggests they play a prank - involving a mountain lion - on the school’s strict nun, Sister Assumpta. Naturally, things don't go well.

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FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN
Tuesday 30 June at 19:30

2001 Directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi. Starring Voices of: Ming-Na, Alec Baldwin

A small band of humans are locked in a race against time to find the secret to fighting phantom aliens that have all but destroyed mankind.

Final Fantasy is set in a futuristic post apocalyptic world where small pockets of humans constantly have to defend themselves against phantom alien invaders. Scientists Dr Aki Ross and Dr Sid believe if they can collect eight spirits, they will be able to neutralise the aliens, but the vengeful Gen Hein wants to unleash the deadly Zeus laser against the invaders - something that may well destroy what remains of Earth.

To make matters worse, Dr Ross has been infected by the alien force, leaving her - and her small team of fearless helpers - with very little time to complete the mission.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT MOVIES


MEET THE APPLEGATES
Wednesday 3 June at 19:30

1991 Directed by Michael Lehmann. Starring Edd Begley Jnr, Stockard Channing

A look at suburban life as seen through the eyes of outsiders – insects. The film starts in a Brazilian rain forest where intelligent insects have become fed-up with people forever cutting down their trees. So they decide to fight back. They adopt human form and go to live in a small town in Ohio, where they try and fit in as the Applegates - Dick, Jane and their two teenage children.

Dad lands a job at a nuclear plant, Mom learns the joys of credit cards, and the kids do what human kids do the world over.

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LOVE POTION # 9
Wednesday 10 June at 19:30

1992 Directed by Dale Launer. Starring Sandra Bullock, Anne Bancroft

Paul is a shy biochemist. Diane is a repressed psychobiologist. They both admire Einstein, are lonely, and are perfect for one another. They just don’t know it yet. But one day, Paul visits a medium, who gives him a potion she assures him will change his life. He doesn’t believe her, so throws the bottle in the trash. Next thing, his cat is attracting every feline in town, and Paul approaches Diane to help him analyze the contents.

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WRONGFULLY ACCUSED
Wednesday 17 June at 19:30

1998 Directed by Pat Proft. Starring Leslie Neilsen, Michael York

Ryan Harrison is a world famous violinist with a clumsy streak. After a one night stand with a married woman, Harrison finds himself the only suspect in a murder case. With US marshall Fergus Falls hot on his tail, Harrison has to find the real killer, but it’s not going to be easy because the world becomes full of one-armed, one-legged, one-eyed men.

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MAN TROUBLE
Wednesday 24 June at 19:30

1992 Directed by Bob Rafelson. Starring Jack Nicholson, Ellen Barkin

When wealthy opera singer Joan Spruance’s apartment is vandalised, she calls in security expert Harry Bliss. Harry, whose talents range from charming attack dogs to charming the ladies, soon finds himself involved not only in Joan’s troubles, but also those of her glamorous sister Andy, who has just written a tell-all book about her latest husband.

THURSDAY NIGHT MOVIES

COP AND A HALF
Thursday 4 June at 19:30

1993 Directed by Henry Winkler. Starring Burt Reynolds, Ruby Dee

Devon, 8, is crazy about all things to do with law enforcement. When he witnesses a murder, he meticulously jots down all the details, making him a crucial witness. But Devon refuses to part with his information until the officers agree to let him be a cop for a day.

He gets partnered with Nick McKenna, a hardboiled detective who doesn’t like kids. For the next few hours, the mismatched buddies go an unepxceted adventure.

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DADDY’S DYIN’: WHO’S GOT THE WILL
Thursday 11 June at 19:30

1999 Directed by Jack Fisk. Starring Beau Bridges, Beverly D'Angelo

Set in the Deep South, wealthy landowner Buford Turnover is on his deathbed, and the family nanny has called the four adult children home to say goodbye.

The siblings arrive with their partners, and soon there is much bickering as past wrongs and current misdemeanours are raked up, but what everyone wants to know is - where’s the will?

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MASTERMINDS
Thursday 18 June at 19:30

1997 Directed by Roger Christian. Starring Vincent Kartheiser, Patrick Stewart

Fourteen-year-old Ozzie is a rebellious computer geek who has been expelled from his posh private school for pirating video games. One morning, while escorting his sister to the same school, Ozzie discovers that the entire school is being held hostage.

The villain is the school’s security expert, which means that he knows exactly how to keep people in – and out. Now Ozzie has to use his computer know-how and knowledge of the school’s basement to outwit the hostage taker and his team.

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BEST OF TIMES
Thursday 25 June at 19:30

1986 Directed by Roger Spottiswoode. Starring Robin Williams, Kurt Russell

In 1972, Jack dropped a ball that cost his team a vital match. It’s a mistake he has never forgotten. Neither has the rest of the town, who remind him of that day at every opportunity. One day, Jack has an epiphany: he can’t rewrite history, but he can replay it. He looks up Reno, the town’s star quarterback who is now fixing cars. At first, Reno doesn’t want to know, but as word spreads, almost the entire town is caught up in replay fever.

FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIES

REVENGE OF THE NERDS
Friday 5 June at 19:30

1984 Directed by Jeff Kanew. Starring Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards

Brainy guys get pitted against the brawny guys, and the geeky guys win. Set in a fictional college, Lewis and Gilbert are two nerds who team up with two other nerds and a black fraternity to take revenge on the jocks who made them homeless.

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REVENGE OF THE NERDS II
Friday 12 June at 19:30

1987 Directed by Joe Roth. Starring Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards

The nerds are once again put to the test when the jocks get them kicked off a fraternity convention. The nerds end up on an uninhabited island where they discover old military equipment that may just help them put the jocks in their place.

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BILOXI BLUES
Friday 19 June at 19:30

1988 Directed by Mike Nichols. Starring Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken

A wide-eyed young soldier and aspiring playwright reflects on life in bootcamp during the ‘40s, and the people who made an impact on his life: His best friend, a stubborn Jewish intellectual.

His drill sergeant, a slightly deranged man with a plate in his head. The whiskey-voiced prostitute who gave him his first taste of sex. And the local girl, whose melting smile stole his heart.

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BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
Friday 26 June at 19:30

1993 Directed by Penelope Spheeris. Starring Lily Tomlin, Lea Thompson

Dirt poor Jed Clampett is out shooting rabbits on his land when he accidentally strikes oil. Suddenly, Jed is very, very rich. Wanting to make his daughter Elly May more “sophisticated”, he packs up the clan and moves to Beverly Hills, where their redneck ways raise eyebrows and tempers.

When Jed announces plans to remarry, there’s no shortage of willing women, but when a fortune hunter becomes the most likely candidate, Granny and Miss Jane, Jed’s prim and proper assistant, join forces to foil the plan.

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SATURDAY NIGHT MOVIES

HOME ALONE
Saturday 6 June at 19:30

1990 Directed by Chris Columbus. Starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci

Kevin is about to spend Christmas with his extended family in Paris. But when he wakes up, his family has gone, leaving him alone to do all the things a little boy dreams of, like eating loads of ice cream and watching adult TV. But things turn a little scary when Kevin overhears two burglars planning to rob the empty houses in his street. With the help of a neighbour, Kevin boobytraps his house, and waits for the fun to begin.

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HOME ALONE II
Saturday 13 June at 19:30

1992 Directed by Chris Columbus. Starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci

The frazzled McAllister family has, once again, mislaid Kevin, this time in New York. But the resourceful little boy has his dad’s credit card, so he books into the Plaza Hotel and starts running up a tab, raising the suspicion of the hotel manager. As Kevin explores the city, he befriends a pigeon lady and discovers that his old foes Harry and Marv are planning to rob his favourite toy store.

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HOME ALONE III
Saturday 20 June at 19:30

1997 Directed by Raja Gosnell. Starring Alex D Linz, Olek Krupa

Another Home Alone movie, but this time, Macaulay Culkin has been replaced by Alex D Lind. Alex, 8, is home alone with chicken pox, playing with a remote controlled toy car given to him by his kindly neighbour. Unbeknownst to Alex or the neighbour, the car contains a top secret military computer chip – and four international crooks are after it.

When Alex spots suspicious strangers on his street, he calls the police, but by the time they arrive, the men have gone. Now it’s up to the resourceful boy to boobytrap his house, just in case.

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TOYS
Friday 27 June at 19:30

1992 Directed by Barry Levinson. Starring Robin Williams, Joan Cusack

When the founder of the Zevo toy factory dies, he leaves it to his militaristic brother instead of to his son, the eccentric, childlike Leslie. Leslie is happy to let things slide, but when his uncle changes the company's output from harmless playthings to war toys, he and his sister Alsatia are forced to take action.

SUNDAY NIGHT MOVIES

JUMPIN’ JACK FLASH
Sunday 7 June at 19:30

1986 Directed by Penny Marshall. Starring Whoopi Goldberg, John Wood

Terry Doolittle spices up her job at the bank - communicating with bankers around the world via computer - with zany personal messages. One day, she intercepts a distress call from a man calling himself Jumpin’ Jack Flash. He’s a British intelligence agent in an Eastern European country and he needs her help. Soon, the dreadlocked Terry is exchanging her jeans and trainers for a fine frock and heels to attend an embassy ball, the first of many hair-raising adventures.

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BOGUS
Sunday 14 June at 19:30

1996 Directed by Norman Jewison. Starring Whoopi Goldberg, Gerard Depardieu

Albert, 7, has grown up in the circus, and all of his friends are larger than life. So when his mother dies and he is left in charge of Harriet, a busy woman without a motherly bone in her body, he invents an imaginary friend to talk to. Bogus is a big, friendly Frenchman who offers the boy advice and comfort, but also helps Harriet to get in touch with her inner child.

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MONKEYBONE
Sunday 21 June at 19:30

2001 Directed by Henry Selick. Starring Brendan Fraser, Whoopi Goldberg

A popular cartoonist falls into a coma and ends up in Dark World, a strange place populated with toon characters, including his own creation, Monkeybone. Before long, the randy monkey has travelled back to the real world to take over Stu’s body, Stu’s life, and Stu’s fiancée. Meanwhile, Stu must persuade Death that he’s not ready to move on yet.

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ROMANCING THE STONE
Sunday 28 June at 19:30

1984 Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner

The hit movie about a novelist who finds adventure and romance with a soldier of fortune in the jungles of South America.

Plenty of chemistry between the stars of this hit 1984 movie starring Kathleen Turner as Joan, a timid writer of romantic novels who travels to Columbia to find her kidnapped sister. Along the way, she meets Jack, a dashing but rather wicked soldier of fortune, and the two have some smashing adventures together.



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