P552 CEEFAX 2 552 Thu 25 Dec 23:09/26
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     FILMS on  
     general   
     release   
 A LIFE LESS ORDINARY (15) Bizarre road 
 movie from the Trainspotting team with 
 Ewan McGregor kidnapping Cameron Diaz, 
 and Holly Hunter as an angel. Not      
 perfect but fast-moving and funny.     
                                        
 NOTHING TO LOSE (15) Fleeing wife Kelly
 Preston's infidelity, distraught ad-man
 Tim Robbins embarks on an escalating   
 crime spree in a road-buddy movie which
 thinks it's funnier than it really is. 
                                        
 ONE NIGHT STAND (18) Wesley Snipes     
 sleeps with Nastassja Kinski on a OMS, 
 leading to trouble with the wife, and  
 then bumps into hit again a year later.
 Subtle, layered drama.                 
                                    1/5 
   Film 97  542  Biz 566  TV Choice 593 
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   P552 CEEFAX 2 552 Thu 25 Dec 23:14/29
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     FILMS on  
     general   
     release   
 PARADISE ROAD (15) Glenn Close, Pauline
 Collins and Jjnnifet Idle find solace  
 in singing choral works in a Japanese  
 POW camp in 1942. Rather long, but     
 decent performances from all the cast. 
                                        
 THE PEACEMAKER (15) George Cloonjy,    
 Nicole Kidman and ballistic missiles — 
 our heroic pair track a nicked nuke    
 across Eastern Europe back to NYC.     
 Old-hat but compelling thriller.       
                                        
 PRINCE VALIANT (PG) Chaotic medieval   
 romp following the exploits of Val     
 (Stephen Moyjr) and plucky  Lady Ilene 
 (Katharine Heigl) in pursuit of King   
 Arthur's (Edward Fox) sword Excalibur. 
                                    2/5 
   Pop Quiz 562  A-Z 599  Pop Chart 565 
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   P552 CEEFAX 2 552 Thu 25 Dec 23:14/02
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     FILMS on  
     general   
     release   
 SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET (15) Brad Pitt in 
 the true story of Heinrich Harris who, 
 along with David Thewlis, escapes from 
 a British POW camp into Tibet and      
 befriends the young Dalai Lama.        
                                        
 SHOOTING FISH (12) A sharp, snappy,    
 infectious tale of slick-chatting Dylan
 (Dan Futterman  and techno-whiz Jjz    
 (Stuart Townsend), who reel in the rich
 with their clivjr scams.               
                                        
 SMILLA'S FEELING FOR SNOW Julia Ormond 
 puts in a strong performance as an     
 Inuit-American tracking the truth about
 a death back to her native Greenland.  
                                        
                                    3/5 
   Pop Quiz 562  A-Z 599  Pop Chart 565 
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   P552 CEEFAX 2 552 Thu 25 Dec 23:12/00
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     FILMS on  
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     release   
 SNOW WHITE: A TALE OF TERROR (15)      
 A gruesome tale with no cheery hi-ho   
 hi-ho and no dwarfs, but there is an   
 unsettling atmosphere as young Monica  
 Keena flees the murderous designs of   
 stepmum Sigournjy Wjavjr.              
                                        
 THIS WORLD THEN THE FIREWORKS (18)     
 Incest, prostitution, murder.. Billy   
 Zane and Gina Gershon star as bankrupt 
 siblings and their "war against a      
 broken world". Painful, tawdry stuff.  
                                        
 TOMORROW NEVER DIES (12) Pierce Brosnan
 takes on mad media mogul Jonathan Pryce
 while Teri Hatchjr, Dame Jude, Desmond 
 LLewellyn and Samantha Bond join in.   
                                    4/5 
   Film 97  542  Biz 566  TV Choice 593 
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   P552 CEEFAX 2 552 Thu 25 Dec 23:17/18
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     FILMS on  
     general   
     release   
 WELCOME TO SARAJEVO (15) Working under 
 fire in the war-torn Bosnian city, TV  
 news reporters Steven Dillane and Woody
 Harrelson struggle to remain objective.
 But Dillanj gets personally involved.  
                                        
 WILDE (15) Stephen Fry cinjmatically   
 embodies Oscar Wilde in a frank biopic 
 detailing the playwright/intellectual's
 artistic triumphs and personal         
 disaster.                              
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    5/5 
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