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SABC2 Home Theatre: December (A –Z of Movies)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
TX TIME : 15:30
TX DATE : Saturday, 6 December 2014
GENRE : Adventure/ Drama
LANGUAGE : English
A nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
Actors:
Thomas Horn,
Tom Hanks,
Sandra Bullock
Director:
Stephen Daldry
Year: 2011
Sliding Doors
TX TIME : 21:00
TX DATE : Saturday, 6 December 2014
A London woman's love life and career both hinge, unknown to her, on whether or not she catches a train. We see it both ways, in parallel.
Actors:
Gwyneth Paltrow,
John Hannah,
John Lynch
Director:
Peter Howitt
Year: 1998
Johnny English Reborn
TX TIME: 22:00
TX DATE: Monday, 8 December 2014
Johnny English goes up against international assassins hunting down the Chinese premier.
Actors:
Rowan Atkinson,
Rosamund Pike,
Dominic West
Director:
Oliver Parker
Year: 2011
The Ultimate Gift
TX TIME : 16:00
TX DATE : Saturday 13 December 2014
A deceased billionaire leaves his spoiled adult grandson a series of odd tasks to perform in order to receive "the ultimate gift," with the resentful grandson having no idea what that might be.
Cast: Drew Fuller, James Garner
Director : Michael O. Sajbel
Year : 2006
The Change-Up
TX TIME : 21:00
TX DATE : Saturday, 13 December 2014
Dave is a married man with two kids and a loving wife and Mitch is a single man who is at the prime of his sexual life. One fateful night while Mitch and Dave are peeing in a fountain when lightning strikes and they switch bodies.
Actors:
Jason Bateman,
Ryan Reynolds,
Olivia Wilde
Director:
David Dobkin
Year: 2011
Wrongfully Accused
TX TIME : 22:00
TX DATE : Monday, 15 December 2014
Ryan Harrison is framed for murder and must prove himself innocent by finding a mysterious one-eyed, one-armed, one-legged man after escaping from a bus accident on the way to jail.
Actors:
Leslie Nielsen,
Richard Crenna,
Kelly LeBrock
Director:
Pat Proft
Year: 1998
Christmas At The Riviera
TX TIME : 16:00
TX DATE : Saturday, 20 December 2014
GENRE : Comedy
LANGUAGE : English
The assistant manager of a seaside hotel is left to run the building over the Christmas period.
Actors:
Alexander Armstrong,
Darren Boyd,
Anna Chancellor
Director:
Mark Bussell,
Justin Sbresni
Year: 2007
Tower Heist
TX TIME : 21:00
TX DATE : Saturday, 20 December 2014
When a group of hard working guys find out they've fallen victim to a wealthy business man's Ponzi scheme, they conspire to rob his high-rise residence.
Actors:
Eddie Murphy,
Ben Stiller,
Casey Affleck
Director:
Brett Ratner
Year: 2011
Loveless In Los Angeles
TX TIME : 22:00
TX DATE : Monday, 21 December 2014
When a womanizing, reality dating TV producer runs into his college crush, he realizes his bar-hopping, bed-hopping ways are leaving him unfulfilled.
Cast: Dash Mihok, Ryan Freeman.
Director: Archie Gips
Year: 2007
Joyful Noise
TX TIME: 16:00
TX DATE: Saturday, 27 December 2014
G.G. Sparrow faces off with her choir's newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill over the group's direction as they head into a national competition.
Actors:
Queen Latifah,
Dolly Parton,
Keke Palmer
Director:
Todd Graff
Year: 2012
Love Actually
TX TIME : 21:00
TX DATE : Saturday, 20 December 2014
Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.
Actors:
Hugh Grant,
Martine McCutcheon,
Liam Neeson
Director:
Richard Curtis
Year: 2003
We'll update with titles for the rest of the month once they become available.