Movie Of The Week

Magnificent 7 (2005) ABC1, 8.30pm

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.

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.

Movie Of The Week

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

Cheap Tix

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.

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.

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

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