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FreeviewThis Friday 25th March 2011 sees the long awaited release date of The Eagle. The Eagle has been highly anticipated by critics and the public. It looks certain to please action packed, thriller lovers; not forgetting history boffs. The storyline and A-List cast look to please the rest of us though. So here is a brief synopsis of what it’s all about. It is released in all major cinemas 25/03/2011.
PLOT
20 years earlier, Rome‘s 5,000–strong Ninth Legion, under the command of Flavius Aquila, marched north carrying their treasured golden Eagle emblem. They never returned; Legion and Eagle simply vanished into the mists. Hearing a rumor that the Eagle has been seen in a tribal temple in the far north, Flavius‘ son Marcus (Tatum), determined to restore the tarnished reputation of his father, is galvanized into action. Accompanied only by his slave Esca (Bell), Marcus sets out into the vast and dangerous highlands of Scotland – to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father‘s memory, and retrieve the hallowed Eagle. Along the way Marcus realizes that the mystery of his father‘s disappearance may well be linked to the secret of his own slave‘s identity and loyalty – a secret all the more pressing when the two come face–to–face with the warriors of the fearsome Seal Prince (Tahar Rahim).
STARRING
Channing Tatum,
Mark Strong,
Jamie Bell,
Donald Sutherland
DIRECTED BY
Kevin Macdonald
The eagerly awaited and highly acclaimed Adjustment Bureau will be released tomorrow Friday 4th March 2011. Reviews and ratings are expected to be high due to the star cast and plot line, we won’t give too much away but this is our brief review.
“Big Brother fantasy with style and real feeling, courtesy of an excellent Matt Damon-Emily Blunt pairing.”
Plot
Matt Damon stars in the thriller The Adjustment Bureau as a man who glimpses the future Fate has planned for him and realizes he wants something else. To get it, he must pursue the only woman he’s ever loved across, under and through the streets of modern-day New York. On the brink of winning a seat in the U.S. Senate, ambitious politician David Norris (Damon) meets beautiful contemporary ballet dancer Elise Sellas (Emily Blunt)-a woman like none he’s ever known. But just as he realizes he’s falling for her, mysterious men conspire to keep the two apart. David learns he is up against the agents of Fate itself-the men of The Adjustment Bureau-who will do everything in their considerable power to prevent David and Elise from being together. In the face of overwhelming odds, he must either let her go and accept a predetermined path…
Cast
Matt Damon,
Emily Blunt,
Anthony Mackie,
John Slattery,
Michael Kelly,
Terence Stamp,
Donnie Keshawarz,
David Bishins
Director-screenwriter
George Nolfi, based on the short story “Adjustment Team” by Philip K. Dick
This week Robert Downey Jr and Zach Galifianakis are on the road trip to hell in DUE DATE (showing the same day it’s out on DVD) Sky Box Office have released the hilarious comedy, and it is definitely worth watching!
Due Date, like The Hangover, follows the loose code that ‘everything that could go wrong, does go wrong’. It casts Zach Galifinakis, his fame coming from his first major movie – The Hangover, and alongside Robert Downey Jr the pair make a great team. Downey Jr plays uptight writer Peter Highman who after a misunderstanding on a plane with a federal marshall is put on the no-fly list, days before his pregnant wife’s due date. Like all the best buddy movies, he is forced into a situation beyond his control, in this case sharing a rental car with clueless actor Ethan Tremblay (Galifinakis) as they drive from Atlanta to LA.
It’s a madcap road trip ‘bromance’ buddy movie, with derivations of all of those coming into play, often retreading similar ground to The Hangover. It also doesn’t quite share the same hit rate of successful gags as that film or. But Due Date remains buoyant throughout thanks to the considerable chemistry of its two excellent leads. Downey Jr is on fine form. And Galifinakis essentially plays the same character as he did in The Hangover – huge, sweaty, tactless, moronic, a child in a man’s body. And like his previous collaboration with the director, he is probably the best thing in it.
Due Date is available on Sky Box Office this week so put your feet up, get some snacks and get ready for lots of laughs and above all enjoy the special early release of this Blockbuster.
With Christmas firmly in the mind here is ChannelFinder’s top family friday night premieres in December on Sky Movies HD.
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| Four Christmases |
| Rated 12A |
| Link to Sky Review |
| Christmas comes but once a year and when it does, happily unmarried couple Brad and Kate (Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon) always go on holiday to avoid their divorced folks and gruesome siblings. But then their flight is cancelled. |
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| St Trinian’s 2: The Legend of Fritton’s Goldk |
Avatar | Alice in Wonderland |
| Rated PG | Rated 12A | Rated PG |
| Link to Sky Review | Link to Sky Review | Link to Sky Review |
| Available; Friday 17th December | Available; Friday 24th December | Available; Friday 31st December |
| The cheeky noughties reboot of the classic 50s Ealing comedy continues with the belles of St Trinian’s on the hunt for the mythical Fritton’s gold – the hidden plunder of a 17th century pirate. David Tennant stars | James Cameron is back with the cutting-edge sci-fi thriller has changed the face of cinema. And it rocks. It’s the future and the resource-starved human race has found rich pickings on the lush moon Pandora… But the moon is populated by the Na’vi – blue and ten feet tall. | Director Tim Burton – Hollywood’s own Mad Hatter – sublimely reworks Lewis Carroll’s literary nonsense yarn into a dark tale of good versus evil in an unhinged parallel world. Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter and a roll call of Brit voice talent from Babs Windsor to Matt Lucas. |
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| Iron Man 2 | Get Him to the Greek | Four Lions |
| Rated 12A | Rated 15 | Rated 15 |
| 4.0/5 Stars | 3.5/5 Stars | 3.5/5 Stars |
| Robert Downey Jr returns as Tony Stark in this hugely satisfying action-packed sequel, which sees our armour-clad hero cross swords with Mickey Rourke’s hi-tech killer. | Jonah Hill plays a record company intern who’s handed an impossible task – to accompany out-of-control rock star Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) to a show in LA’s Greek Theater. | This explosively funny and deeply dark film from controversial comedian and the brains behind Brass Eye, Chris Morris, follows a quartet of bumbling terrorists in Britain’s first ‘bomb com’. |
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| UB40: Home Grown in Hollan | Pineapple Dance Studios | Salvage Code Red |
| Bio (156) | Sky1 (106) | National Geographic Channel (526) |
| 11pm | 6pm | 9pm |
| A chance to enjoy the Uks best loved reggae band perfoming live in Rotterdam | Hilarious antics from behind the scenes at the Uks most popular dance studios | Watch the dangerous and enthralling adventures of the brave high seas salvage crews |
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| Love, Life & Prison | Chris Ryan Strikes Back | Paranormal Cops |
| Bio (156) | Sky1 (106) | Bio (156) |
| 8pm | 9pm | 9pm |
| A documentary that explores the concept of jailbird love | A gripping drama staring Richard Armitage about a risky SAS rescue mission | The real life ghostbusters of a Chicago Police Dpepartment explore the activities of ghosts and ghouls |
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| Cake Boss | Oil Riggers | 24 |
| Discovery Real Time (240) | History (529) | Sky1 (106) |
| 10pm | 8pm | 9pm |
| A behind the scenes programme from on the worlds finest cake makers | A programme into the lives of those risking their lives for black gold | Jacks new mission continues |
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| Dance your ass off | V | Wheeler Dealers |
| Sky Real Lives (243) | SyFy (129) | Discovery Turbo (523) |
| 9pm | 10pm | 9pm |
| 12 Contestants fight the flab with flamenco dancing | The remake of the classic 80’s sci fi series continues with some more lizard liasions | Mike and Edd return with a new series ready to hunt down bargain bangers |
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| Alaska State Troppers | Olivia | Made in China: Copy Artists |
| National Geographic Channel (526) | Nick Jr | Sky Arts 1 |
| 9pm | 9.30am | 7pm |
| Go for a ride with the Alaska State troppers | New series of this delightful little piggy and her pals | John Matt introduces the world to some of the higly skilled forgers found in China |
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| Kids in Prison | Churchills Spy School | Ruby |
| Crime & Investigation Network | History (529) | E! (151) |
| 9pm | 9pm | 10pm |
| A tale of two young inmates from behind the bars of a US jail | Tales of the real secret agents during the second world war | Ruby Gettinger is on the never dull path of losing weight |
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| The Real Goldfiner | Drop Dead Diva | Liza & Huets Pet Nations |
| History (529) | Living (112) | Sky 1 (106) |
| 9pm | 8pm | 6pm |
| Here is your chance to meet the real spy who plotted to blow up the Bank of England! | A laugh a minute comedy following the life of a deceased catwalk model who is reborn into the life of a plain jane! | Animal Lovers Huey Morgan and Liza Tarbuck have more fun with the animals |
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| Big Time Rush | House | Celebrity Parents SOS |
| Nickelodean (604) | Sky 1 (106) | Sky Real Lives (243) |
| 8pm | 10pm | 8.30pm |
| Leaving school behind these four hotties are on the road to be pop sensations | The last in the new series of House | Celebrity Parents, including those of Jeremy Clarkson help clueless families |
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| Royal Inquest | Human Target | Bones |
| History (529) | SyFy (129) | Sky 1 (106) |
| 9pm | 10pm | 10pm |
| A new series beginning tonight looking into the truth behind the kidnap rumours of Princess Anne in 1974 | Pretending to be them, Mark Valley is able to protect them with his body guarding skills | Is love in the air between Booth and Brennan…however cases do keep getting in the way |
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| Lost | The Book Show at Hay | Going Postal |
| Sky 1 (106) | Sky Arts 1 | Sky 1 (106) |
| 9pm & 10pm | 7pm | |
| The shows finale spread across two back to back episodes, will the truth finally be revealed about the island? | Coverage from this popular literary festival from Marielle Frostrup and other guests | Fantasy adaption of Terry Pratchetts novel of the same name |
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| History (529) | ||
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| Survivours of the 2008 attack in Mumbai recount their experiences |
The Freeview HD is all up and running, all you need now is something to receive it with. If you pick up Freeview with a fairly good signal you should be able to receive HD.
The channels currently available are 4HD, BBC HD and ITV 1 HD, but there are always more channels coming on board.
You will need either a HD Freeview Box or a TV with HD Freeview built in. There are several machines on the market, but we know who does Freeview the best Humax.
The Humax HD-FOX T2 are £179.99 in the shops, such as Amazon, John Lewis, Comet, Currys etc.
Enjoy subscription free access to the full range of SD and HD Freeview channels with the Humax HD-FOX T2 Digital Receiver.
Compliant with both DVB-T2 and DVB-T standards, the HD-FOX T2 Digital Receiver comes with a HDMI connector to provide outstanding image quality. Additionally this superior HD Tuner has the advantage of 1080p upscaling to optimise Standard Definition picture from all your non-HD channels.
The Humax HDFOX T2 Digital Receiver also includes a USB port so you can make the most of your multimedia content from a HDD or USB memory stick, and supports mp3, JPg and Xvid formats. There’s also a RJ-45 Ethernet connector to let you share content via devices such as a PC and NAS.
Take TV viewing to the next level with this excellent Humax HD-FOX T2 Digital Receiver.
| Terrestrial demodulation | Demodulation | OFDM |
| Mpeg video de-coder | Decompression | MPEG-2 MP@HL, MPEG-4 AVC MP@L3, MP@L4, HP@L4 |
| Teletext and programs | teletext and subtitles | Subtitle and Audio description |
| User functions | Automatic menu installation | Yes |
| Electronic Programme Guide | 8-day on screen electronic programme guide | |
| Connectors | RF input | Yes |
| RF outputs | Yes | |
| Scart plug | 2 | |
| Audio outputs | 1 x RCA (Video & Audio R/L) S/PDIF (Digital Audio Output) |
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| Video outputs | 1 x HDMI (with HDCP) 1 x USB 2.0 |
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| screen | LED: Standby on/off, TV, Radio | |
| General information | Included accessories | RCU, Batteries(AAAx2), User Manual, Quick guide, Warranty card, HDMI/SCART cables |
Back in 2001, HBO presented us with Band Of Brothers – the most riveting World War II saga ever to grace the small screen. they look set to surpass it with The Pacific, a colossal ten-part epic giving a troops-eye view of the American response to Pearl Harbor.
Produced by Saving Private Ryan duo Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, it promises to be an unflinching and authentic account of the war in the Pacific, whilst delivering more action, drama and sheer spectacle than any other television event of 2010… or any other year.
Watch the trailer below and you’ll see what we mean. You might even be as excited as we are…
Because when it comes to the UK, t’s coming exclusively to Sky Movies in glorious HD.
Make sure you get signed up to Sky with Sky Movies HD, don’t miss out.
Because you can’t be in two places at once, remote record is a life saver when you have gone out and forgot about your favorite TV show that you never normally miss.
Remote records is a free and simple.
You can use remote record from the Sky website or now from your iPhone using an application available from iTunes App Store.
HD television is coming soon freeview.
