TV recommendations for 23rd to 29th June, 2007

 

 

 

MOVIES

The Good Girl

The film is not your standard Jennifer Aniston fare.It's a work of some substance that requires an investment of attention and effort on the part of the viewer. The Good Girl is not mainstream fare. It does not have happy ending (instead, it has a fitting one) and ignores the traditional formulas. Instead, The Good Girl offers nothing more spectacular than a character study. And, although The Good Girl's protagonist may be trapped by routine, that's one claim that can never be made about the movie.

Starting: 14:00 on Saturday 23rd June. Duration: 3 hours
Showing on Zee Studio.

 

 

Back to the Future

Brilliantly constructed and virtually universal in its appeal, Robert Zemekis's Back to the Future blends equal parts hilarity, nostalgia, science fiction, screwball comedy, and white-knuckle suspense in a complex storyline wound tighter than a yo-yo in a centrifuge. The filmmakers followed up with a pair of back-to-back sequels that were originally intended as one film, and should have been left that way. They're maybe worth watching once or twice, but the original is worth returning to again and again.

Starting: 18:40 on Saturday 23rd June. Duration: 2 hours and 20 minutes
Showing on Star Movies.

 

Exorcism of Emily Rose

A young girl (Jennifer Carpenter) dies under the care of her parish priest (Tom Wilkinson). While attending college, Emily believed she became possessed. After medical care ceases to work, she turned to her faith. In the care of her priest she dies and he goes on trial for her death. A truly spine-chilling film. 

15:45 to 18:00 (2 hours and 15 minutes long).
Sunday 24th June on HBO.

 

Chocolat

Chocolat is a charming new bit of cocoa-flavored fluff from director Lasse Hallstrom (of The Cider House Rules), with Juliette Binoche and Johnny DeppThe result is light-hearted, as pleasurable as a richly fashioned piece of elegant chocolate, and as warm as a homemade cup of cocoa.

15:00 to 17:00 (2 hours long).
Sunday 24th June on Zee Studio

 

 

 

TV SERIES

Heroes
Created and produced by Tim Kring (Crossing Jordan), Heroes chronicles
the story of people who "thought they were like everyone else... until
they woke with incredible abilities." Milo Ventimiglia (Gilmore
Girls), Hayden Panettiere (Ice Princess), Japanese actor Masi Oka
(Scrubs) and Indian talent Sendhil Ramamurthy (Blind Guy Driving) have
become household names in the U.S. after the debut of this breakout
series.

Showing on Star World
Starting: 11:00 (1 hour), Sun 10th June


American Idol
Every season, tens of thousands of hopefuls from across the nation
audition for a shot at stardom and a chance to be the next AMERICAN
IDOL. The show's judges Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson
winnow down the competitors to a select group of semi-finalists, who
sing their hearts out each week for the studio audience and the
television viewers. The judges have their say after every performance,
but it's the viewing public that determines who will advance to the
next round of the competition, and who will go home. Voting via
telephone and text messaging begins immediately after each performance
show, and the results are announced during the broadcast of the
following episode.

Showing on Star World
Starting: 20.00 (1 hour) Wed and Thu


Joey
Just when you thought TV shows were getting smarter he's back. Join
Joey as he adjusts with life in L.A, a brand new career on the big
screen even a steady girl friend. An old girlfriend of Joey's is still
mad at him for something he did to her years ago. She sends Joey a
tape from his past with embarrassing footage and threatens to make the
tape public. To appease her, he agrees to apologize on "The Ellen
DeGeneres Show." ELLEN DeGENERES ("Ellen") guest stars.

Showing on Zee Café
Starting:21.30 (1/2 hour) Thu 14th June

 

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 

Jay Leno follows in the footsteps of legendary NBC late-night hosts Steve Allen, Jack Paar and Johnny Carson. Leno has created his own unique late-night style with a combination of humor, talk and entertainment each night at 11:35 p.m. ET - the wee hours when viewers want to wind down with a few laughs before drifting off to dreamland. Considered by many to be a "variety" show, "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" features a nightly monologue and news-making guests, as well as ongoing comedy segments including "Headlines," "Tonight Show Side Show," "Jaywalking," and "Battle of Jaywalking All-Stars." The result is a unique look at today's pop culture. 

Starting: 22:30 Tuesday-Thursday. Duration: 30 minutes Showing on Zee Cafe. 

 

 

INFOTAINMENT

Legends of the Galapagos.
Steve the star was born after a chance encounter with his friend, a television producer who was filming in the Park for TV. In true Steve style they took a punt and the first documentary, "The Crocodile Hunter" was produced in 1992. The tremendous success of this one program quickly encouraged the making of more and so over the next 3 years.
Starring: Steve Irwin

18:00 to 19:00 (1 hour long).
Saturday 23rd June on Animal Planet

All About Her

From Skeletons In The Cupboard To Men Hiding Under The Bed, From Beauty Tips To Dirty Politics, From Career Moves To Dance Moves, From Personal Finance To Puppies. All About Her Is A Contemporary Weekly Show That's Designed For The Urban Woman.
Starring: Neety Singh

20:30 to 21:00 (30 minutes long).
Saturday 23rd June on Times Now

 

Seconds from Disaster

Who murdered the Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic? We get help from a hostage crisis expert to piece together the puzzle. See the real story behind the Steven Spielberg hit Munich .

22:00 to 23:00 (1 hour long).
Saturday 23rd June on National Geographic Channel

 

SPORTS

 

Wimbledon

17oo hrs onwards. 25^th June Star Sports.        

  India v/s Ireland

23rd June Neo Sports.                                               

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Movies

 

Bad Boys 2

Bad Boys 2 surpasses the original with more action, death-defying stunt work and a pretty good script for its genre. "Bad Boys 2" is exactly what a summer sequel should be – bigger, better and badder than the original. That being said, audiences should be prepared for extremely graphic violence coupled with slow-motion up-close shots of bullets ripping into people. I would have opted for a less violent more comedy approach – and I subtracted a star for the film's extreme excessiveness – for which the lead characters pay no consequence.
Showing on Zee Studio

Starting: 21:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes) Sun 17th June

 

 

Rocky

It's sometimes hard to remember what a great film the original Rocky is because its reputation has been hurt by too many unnecessary sequels.  Nevertheless, it's still impossible to resist the charms of this gritty, moving and sometimes very funny underdog story every time you revisit it. From Stallone's script to the perfect casting to the wonderful performances,  Rocky is one of those rare movies where all the key elements fall into place.  It still manages to inspire, and it's easy to see why this marvelous Cinderella story won the Academy Award for 1976's Best Picture.

Showing on PIX

Starting: 14:00 (3 hours) Sun 17th June.
 

 

Mask of Zorro                                                                                                    

If a good, old-fashioned movie is what you seek, The Legend of Zorro is what you get. Good, it mostly is. Old-fashioned, it definitely is. This family-friendly opus features a handsome, humorous hero, a ravishing, feisty heroine, an adorable moppet and a magnificent horse. As for the villains, most of them are ugly as sin. On these simplistic terms, the movie succeeds stylishly. Regardless of how much derring-do they're up to, handsome Antonio Banderas and ravishing Catherine Zeta-Jones never have a hair out of place. Not that you want them to. The Zorro legends have never relied on grim reality.                                                                          

Showing on Star Movies                                                                                       

Starting: 21:00 (2 hours and 40 minutes) Thu 21st June.
                                                                                               

The Pink Panther

The first outing for one of madcap genius Peter Sellers' most celebrated roles, Inspector Clouseau. Here, cinema's most ineffective detective bumbles along the trail of a mysterious jewel thief, looking everywhere but the right placeThis is the first and, along with its same-year 'sequel' A Shot in the Dark, the best of the eight Panther movies.

Showing on Star Movies.                                                                                                                       

Starting: 21:00 (1 hour and 55 minutes) Fri 22nd June.

 

 

TV Shows

 

Supernatural season 2

After the events at the hospital, the brothers have no idea where the demon that killed their mother is hiding. While biding their time trying to come up with an idea, they investigate murders committed by a killer clown. Writer: John Shiban
Director: Philip Sgriccia

Showing on AXN.                                                                                                                            

Starting: 23:00 (1 hour) Sat 16th June.

Battlestar Galactica                                                                                  

Featuring critically acclaimed veteran actors such as Edward James Olmos as Commander William Adama and Mary McDonnell as President Laura Roslin, the new series began in October 2004. Many fans of the original series were disappointed in how different in tone, style, and content the reimagined version was from its original source material. On Internet message boards, many came to refer to the show as GINO, an acronym for Galactica In Name Only. In the second season episode "Pegasus," Ronald D. Moore named one of the Cylon characters Gina as a reference to the show's nickname

Showing on Zee Cafe.                                                                                                                 

Starting: 21:00 (1 hour) Mon 18th June.

 

That 70s Show- star world                                                                                        

Set in the era of Led Zeppelin 8-tracks, Tab colas and Farrah Fawcett posters, THAT '70s SHOW continues to flash back to the "Me Decade" during the seventh season. The nostalgic series comes from celebrated producers Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner  ("Roseanne," "The Cosby Show") and wildly inventive creators Bonnie Turner and Terry Turner ("3rd Rock from the Sun," "Wayne's World," "Tommy Boy," "The Brady Bunch Movie"), with fellow "3rd Rock" producer Mark Brazil.

Showing on Star World.                                                                                                          

Starting:

20:00 (30 minutes) Mon 18 th June

 

 

Arrested Development                                                                                       

The critically-acclaimed series revolves around Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman), the good son who must run the family business after his father, George Bluth Sr. (Jeffrey Tambor), escapes prison and goes on the lam. While George Sr. spent the last year hiding out in the Bluth attic, Michael continued to pick up the pieces and keep his offbeat family from falling apart. But all Michael really wants is to do right by his 14-year-old son, George Michael (Michael Cera), an earnest kid, who works diligently at the family's frozen banana stand.

Showing on Star World.                                                                                                                  

Starting: 22:00 (30 minutes) Thu 21st June.  

 

Infotainment

Just Books- NDTV Profit

Meet the best authors, attend the top literary events and delve into the world of the latest in publishing on Just Books, the only weekend show devoted to the world of books. It also recommends 5 best fiction and non-fiction books of the week.

Showing on NDTV Profit.

Starting: 18:30 (30 minutes) Sun 17th June.

 

Hardtalk                                                                                                                     

HARDtalk is the hard-hitting flagship news programme shown on BBC World and BBC News 24. The half hour interview is the result of detailed research and in-depth investigations. The programme host asks the difficult questions and gets behind the stories that make the news - from international political leaders to entertainers; from corporate decision-makers to ordinary individuals facing huge challenges.                                  

Showing on BBC World.                                                                                                          

Starting: 21:30 (30 minutes) Mon 18th June.

Animal Plant Insights                                                                                              

Tribal Animals
Animal Planet wanted to deliver on their premise to offer entertainment the whole family can enjoy together. By targeting kids between the ages of six and 11, and their parents, we could let show them that they could enjoy their shows AND learn something new with Wild Wednesday, just by watching the some of the world"s most astonishing creatures.                                                                                   

Showing on Animal Planet.                                                                                                            

Starting: 19:00 (1 hour) Sun 17th June.

 

ZipAZap Recommends - English Movies for 9th to 15th June

Shrek 2

It’s a languidly paced, beautifully made and amusingly told tale in which… duh, love conquers all with the assistance of a kitty cat that winds up the movies top dog. The picture is clever and vivacious -- at times, like the first "Shrek," it seems a bit taken with its own precociousness. But its moments of sheer inventiveness can still catch you off-guard, and some of them are wittily poetic. If you don’t want to shell out 200 bucks on the nearby multiplex to watch Shrek 3 and like animated toys with mature concepts, Shrek 2 is a sheer joy.

 

Showing on Star Movies

Starting: 21:00 (1 hour and 55 mins) Sun 10th June.

 

 

Never Say Never Again

 “Now you’re on this, I hope we’re going to have some gratuitous sex and violence.” These words heralded the return of both James Bond and Sean Connery from semi-retirement in Never Say Never Again, but more pointedly, they stood as a challenge to the “official” Bond series. In retrospect, however, Never Say Never Again is as good a Bond film as any of its close contemporaries in the official franchise.This is due in no small measure to the presence of Connery, who so fully embodies the role that even a mediocre performance outclasses all other contenders. Perhaps the greatest Bond ever, watch Sean Connery in action- a phenomenon the Indian tv audience rarely has the opportunity to watch.

 

Showing on Star Movies

Starting: 14:05  (2 hours and 35 minutes) Sun 10th June.

 

 

Star Wars III- Revenge of the Sith

SW3 stands as a remarkable achievement. Every moment is enthralling. The special effects are dazzling and the finely crafted story unites all the dangling pieces. All the nagging questions are answered. This time, the dialogue is mature, insightful, and haunting. George Lucas delivered the goods! The film opens with zest, zeal, a screen full of action, space ships in flight, large, small, bursting in flames, firing round after round. Anakin and Obi-Wan banter via intercoms in their small crafts racing to save the Chancellor. It's a shimmering spectacle of special effects and choreography splendidly set into light. Revenge Of The Sith is what we wanted all along: a chunky, funky space opera spectacular

Showing on Star Movies

Starting: 23:45 (2 hours and 40 minutes)

Sat 9th June

Also Showing

Starting: 09:25

Sun 10th June.

 

 

 

 

The Polar Express

These moments, richly detailed and always surprising, make for a truly satisfying holiday picture, the kind everyone can enjoy, and which may even restore a little lost childhood in many adult viewers. You can't ask for much more. For the big, final narration, Mr. Tom ‘Oscar Winner’ Hanks himself pours it on with a heart-wrenching, tear-inducing, 4-boxes-of-tissues final narration that made the toughest and most cynical of audience members weep (I'm only human). While some of the dialogue involving a character known as lonely boy (also referred to as Billy) comes close, it's that final scene that will stick in your head for years. So watch it for the sake of your long forgotten childhood.

 

Showing on HBO

Starting: 12:00 (2 hours) Sun 10th June.

 

Born on The Fourth of July

Say what you will about Tom Cruise. Say he's a Scientologist loon. Say he's insane if he prefers Mushmouth Cruz over Ginger-Bush Kidman. Say he looked like a total prat trying to make the Mission Impossible movies, Vanilla Sky and Eyes Wide Shut seem worth the price of admission. But for every ten things about Tom Cruise that you can laugh at while drunk, there's one thing that tilts the scales back in his favor. For every gay porn actor that claims Tom rattled the rim, there's a performance like that in Minority Report. And for every time we ever wished we could see Cruise beaten to a bloody pulp so that our girlfriends would stop drooling over him, there's Born on the Fourth of July.

 

Showing on HBO.                                                                                                                                                                              Starting: 23:00 (2 hrs 45 mins) Thu 14th June                                                                                                                                 

 

 

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We will only give you the schedule for an action packed weekend for if you are a sports freak you need not be informed about how Roger Federer, Justine Henin Hardene, Saurav Ganguly, Shaun Pollock, Fernando Alonso, David Beckham and many more are coming live on your screen this weekend!!!

09-Jun-07	18:30	Tennis	STAR Sports	ROLAND GARROS (TENNIS) PARIS, FRANCE Women'S Singles & Men'S Doubles Finals (L)	03:30
09-Jun-07	13:30	Cricket	ESPN	AFRO-ASIA CUP 2007 (CRICKET) CHENNAI, TN INDIA Asia Vs Africa Asia Xi V Africa Xi-2nd Odi -1st & 2nd Session (L)	04:00
09-Jun-07	22:30	Auto Racing	ESPN	2007 FORMULA ONE QUALIFYING (AUTO RACING) MONTREAL, CANADA Canadian Grand Prix Qualifying (L)	01:00
10-Jun-07	00:25	Soccer/Football	STAR Sports	SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE (SOCCER/FUTBOL) ZARAGOZA, SPAIN Zaragoza Vs Real Madrid (L)	02:05
10-Jun-07	14:25	Cricket	ESPN	AFRO-ASIA CUP 2007 (CRICKET) CHENNAI, TN INDIA Asia Vs Africa Asia Xi V Africa Xi-3rd Odi -1st Session (L)	03:35
10-Jun-07	14:27	Motor Cycle Racing	STAR Sports	MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2007 (ON THE GRID) (MOTOR CYCLE RACING) CATALUNYA, SPAIN Gran Premi De Catalonian (L)	04:03
10-Jun-07	21:30	Auto Racing	STAR Sports	RACE DAY (AUTO RACING) Canadian Grand Prix (L)	01:00
10-Jun-07	22:30	Auto Racing	STAR Sports	2007 FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (AUTO RACING) MONTREAL, CANADA Canadian Grand Prix (L)	01:30

 

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