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Movie Of The Week

Transamerica (2005) SBS, 10pm

Highlights

638 WAYS TO KILL CASTRO ABC1, 8.30pm NONE of the 638 ways devised to kill Cuba's revolutionary leader Fidel Castro (pictured) would look out of place in a James Bond movie. Exploding cigars, femme fatales, noxious gas and a poison syringe disguised in a ballpoint pen all failed.

Movie Of The Week

Magnificent 7 (2005) ABC1, 8.30pm

All Talk

ALL TALK She insisted on auditioning, and got it, and had her three scenes with Robert De Niro, which I thought was absolutely wild at the age of eight. Kate Beckinsale on her daughter auditioning for a part as a young Kate in the movie Everybodys Fine.

News

SEVERAL months ago this column talked about a coming film about the love affair between a teenage girl and a moody vampire and suggested that if you valued your safety you would not get between the expectant adolescent audience and the queue to see the movie. Twilight, released locally last Thursday, has subsequently obtained blockbuster status internationally. It's something of a phenomenon in that it has achieved the holy grail of the film business: repeat business. Fans of Stephenie Meyer's ...

Cheap Tix

See Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa or any other movie during December and get $5 off when you buy two adult tickets at Greater Union Newcastle or Greater Union Glendale.

Letters

Costello's movie review missed a few home truths It is all well and good for Peter Costello to say that if a child has only one parent, who is a homicidal maniac, the authorities should be looking to take them away ("An Aussie love story that strays far from fact", December 10). However, as anyone who played a little closer attention to both history and Australia will know, they are not removing Nullah for this reason.

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See Twilight or any other movie during December and get $5 off when you buy two adult tickets at Greater Union Newcastle or Greater Union Glendale. Present this coupon at the box office.

Movie Of The Week

The Girl in the Cafe (2005) ABC1, Sunday, 9pm

Cheap Tix

See High School Musical 3 or any other movie during December and get $5 off when you buy two adult tickets at Greater Union Newcastle or Greater Union Glendale.

Pay Tv

Entourage Arena, 8.30pm The Kill Point Movie Extra, 9.30pm Step It Up And Dance Arena, 7.30pm

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See Australia or any other movie during November and December and get $5 off when you buy two adult tickets at Greater Union Newcastle or Greater Union Glendale.

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Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie Cartoon Network, 6pm Cold Blood Discovery, 7.30pm Hell's Kitchen USA Lifestyle, 8.30pm

Rise Social Spy

PREMIERE BONDING THE audience were shaken, not stirred, on Wednesday night at the premiere of the latest James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, at Glendale Greater Union. The event was a special opening for 2NURFM and guests were treated to choctops and chocolate bullets.

Socialise

All week Hit musical Priscilla: Queen Of The Desert is still camping up Sydney (more than a million people have seen it since its world premiere in 2006). See what all the fuss is about and sing along to disco favourites I Will Survive, Finally, I Love The Nightlife and other classics the much-loved film turned into favourites for a new generation. Veteran Aussie actor Bill Hunter treads the boards as the character he played in the movie. He's joined onstage by Collette Mann, Todd McKenney and ...

All Shook Up

The handheld camera adds to the confusion in this B-movie screamfest. Quarantine Directed by John Erick Dowdle Screenplay by John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle from the film [REC] Rated MA Running time 89 minutes Showing From Thursday Cinemas Everywhere Rating: 1/5

Cheap Tix

See Quantum of Solace or any other movie during November and get $5 off when you buy two adult tickets at Greater Union Newcastle or Greater Union Glendale.

Frankly My Dear, We Do Give A Damn

NICOLE KIDMAN, the star of Baz Luhrmann's epic movie Australia, seems to be one of the few people in the country willing to put the film into some perspective.

Small Talk

THE actor son of Hollywood icon Will Smith is to star in a remake of the hit 1984 film The Karate Kid. Jaden Smith, 10, will play the lead role in the new film, which will contain elements of the original movie's plot but is to be set in Beijing and other cities, Daily Variety reported. Jaden Smith made his feature film debut alongside his more famous father in the successful 2006 hit The Pursuit of Happyness.