[Submitted via press release]
NOVEMBER HIGHLIGHTS
The M-Net Movies Premiere channel features four new blockbusters each Friday, starting 5 October at 18h30 with the biggest blockbuster on Sundays (shared with sister channel M-Net, half an hour later at 20h30).
AT A GLANCE ...
FRIDAY NIGHT BLOCKBUSTERS - 18:30 to 00:30
2 NOVEMBER:Animals United - at 18:30
Nowhere Boy - at 20:30
Guide to Recognising your Saints - at 22:30
Beautiful - at 00:30
9 NOVEMBER:Honey 2 - at 18:30
The Change-Up - at 20:30
Paper Man - at 22:30
True Legend - at 00:30
16 NOVEMBER:Spooky Buddies - at 18:30
John Carter - at 20:30
The Beaver - at 22:30
Love & Other Impossible Pursuits - at 00:30
23 NOVEMBER:
Treasure Buddies - at 18:30
Underworld: Awakening - at 20:30
Attack the Block - at 22:30
Straw Dogs - at 00:30
30 NOVEMBER: The Muppets Movie - at 18:30
London Boulevard - at 20:30
The Way Back - at 22:30
Better Life (A Gardener) - at 00:30
SUNDAY BLOCKBUSTERS - 20:30Johnny English - Sunday 4 November at 20:30
Horrible Bosses - Friday 11 November at 20:30
Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1 - Friday 18 November at 20:30
Abduction - Friday 25 November at 20:30
IN DETAIL ...
FRIDAY NIGHT PREMIERES
ANIMALS UNITED
Friday 2 November at 18:30Directed by Reinhard Klooss, Holger Tappe. Starring Billy Beach, Jim Broadbent (2010)In the African savannah a group of animal friends go on a journey to find water, and unite against a human threat when they discover where the water's gone.
NOWHERE BOY
Friday 2 November at 20:30Directed by Sam Taylor-Wood. Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Anne-Marie Duff (2009)A chronicle of John Lennon's first years, focused mainly in his adolescence and his relationship with his stern aunt Mimi, who raised him, and his absentee mother Julia, who re-entered his life at a crucial moment in his young life.
GUIDE TO RECOGNISING YOUR SAINTS
Friday 2 November at 22:30Directed by Dito Montiel. Starring Robert Downey Jnr, Rosario Dawson (2006)
A boy growing up in New York during the 1980’s believes his life has been saved by various so-called saints.
BEAUTIFUL
Friday 2 November at 00:30Directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. Starring Javier Bardem, Maricel AlvarezA single father of two children finds his life in chaos as he is forced to overcome several trying circumstances.
HONEY 2
Friday 9 November at 18:30Directed by Bille Woodruff. Starring Kat Graham, Randy Wayne (2011)Recently released from juvenile detention, talented dancer Maria Ramirez finds an outlet for her passion with a new dance crew.
THE CHANGE-UP
Friday 9 November at 20:30Directed by David Dobkin. Starring Jason Bateman, Ryan Reynolds (2011)Two men, one a party animal and the other a family man - switch bodies with hilarious consequences.
PAPER MAN
Friday 9 November at 22:30Directed by Kieran Mulroney, Michelle Mulroney. Starring Jeff Daniels, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds (2009)A washed-up writer forms an unlikely friendship with a teenager from Long Island.
TRUE LEGEND
Friday 9 November at 00:30Directed by Woo-ping Yuen. Starring Wenzhuo Zhao, Xun Zhou, Michelle Yeoh (2010) Su Qi-Er retired from his life as a renowned Qing dynasty general in order to pursue his dream of a family and his own martial arts school.
SPOOKY BUDDIES
Friday 16 November at 18:30Directed by Robert Vince. Starring Tucker Albrizzi, Diedrich Bader, Ameko Eks Mass Carroll (2011)The talking puppies are taken far across town to a mysterious mansion where something very spooky is going on. In a race against a no-good hound, the Buddies and their new friends, Pip, Zelda, Rodney and Skip, must stop Warwick the Warlock -and save the world from his dastardly deeds.
JOHN CARTER
Friday 16 November at 20:30Directed by Andrew Stanton. Starring Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins (2012)A Civil War veteran in 1868 is warped onto Mars, where he must eventually become the savior to a princess and an entire race.
THE BEAVER
Friday 16 November at 22:30
Directed by Jodie Foster. Starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster (2011)A depressed family man finds a Beaver hand-puppet to be a comfortable communication outlet.
LOVE & OTHER IMPOSSIBLE PURSUITS
Friday 16 November at 00:30Directed by Don Roos. Starring Natalie Portman, Scott Cohen, Lisa Kudrow (2009)A drama that details the story of a woman's difficult relationship with her stepson.
TREASURE BUDDIES
Friday 23 November at 18:30Directed by Robert Vince. Starring Tucker Albrizzi, Adam Alexi-Malle, Tim Conway (2011)The Buddies are off on an all new adventure, and this time their journey takes them all the way to the ruins of ancient Egypt where, with the help of some new friends, including Digger, an Egyptian pup and One Hump, a baby camel, they explore mysterious tombs, dodge treacherous booby traps, and race against a devious cat in search of the greatest treasure known to animal-kind.
UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING 3D
Friday 23 November at 20:30
Directed by Mans Marlind, Bjorn Stein. Starring Kate Beckinsale, Michael Ealy, India Eisley (2011)When human forces discover the existence of the Vampire and Lycan clans, a war to eradicate both species commences. The female vampire warrior Selene leads the battle against humankind.
ATTACK THE BLOCK
Friday 23 November at 22:30
Directed by Joe Cornish. Starring John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker (2011)A gang of tough London teens defend their apartment complex against an alien attack.
STRAW DOGS
Friday 23 November at 00:30Directed by Rod Lurie. Starring James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgard (2011)L.A. screenwriter David Sumner relocates with his wife to her hometown in the deep South. There, while tensions build between them, a brewing conflict with locals becomes a threat to them both.
THE MUPPETS MOVIE
Friday 30 November at 18:30Directed by James Bobin. Starring Amy Adams, Jason Segel, Chris Cooper (2011)With the help of three fans, The Muppets must reunite to save their old theater from a greedy oil tycoon.
LONDON BOULEVARD
Friday 30 November at 20:30
Directed by William Monahan. Starring Colin Farrell, Keira Knightley, Ray Winstone (2010)An ex-con hired to look after a reclusive young actress finds himself falling in love, which puts him in direct confrontation with one of London's most vicious gangsters.
THE WAY BACK
Friday 30 November at 22:30
Directed by Peter Weir. Starring Colin Farrell, Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris (2010)The Way Back chronicles the escape of a small group of multi-national prisoners from a Siberian gulag in 1940 and their epic life affirming journey over thousands of miles across five hostile countries.
BETTER LIFE
Friday 30 November at 00:30
Directed by Chris Weitz. Starring Demian Bichir, Jose Julian (2011)
A Mexican gardener in California struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while also trying to avoid deportation.
SUNDAY NIGHT PREMIERES
JOHNNY ENGLISH
Sunday 4 November at 20:30Directed by Peter Howitt. Starring Rowan Atkinson, John Malkovich, Natalie Imbruglia (2003)After a sudden attack on the MI5, Johnny English, Britain's most confident yet unintelligent spy, becomes Britain's only spy.
HORRIBLE BOSSES
Sunday 11 November at 20:30Directed by Seth Gordon. Starring Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis (2011)Three friends conspire to murder their awful bosses when they realise they are standing in the way of their happiness.
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1
Sunday 18 November at 20:30Directed by Bill Condon. Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner (2011)The Quileutes close in on expecting parents Edward and Bella, whose unborn child poses a threat to the Wolf Pack and the town’s people of Forks.
ABDUCTION
Sunday 25 November at 20:30
Directed by John Singleton. Starring Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins (2011)When a teenager comes to realise what his true identity is, it’s a race to evade an army of assassins and federal operatives.
M-Net Movies Premiere is on DStv, Channel 103.