WEEK 5: Sunday, 26 January
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b WEEK 5: Sunday, 26 January - Saturday, 1 February 2020 ALL MARKETS Start Consumer Closed Date Genre Title TV Guide Text Country of Origin Language Year Repeat Classification Subtitles Time Advice Captions The mischievous Monkey King acquires the famed As-You-Will Gold-Banded 2020-01-26 0640 Fantasy Uproar In Heaven CHINA Mandarin-100 1963 RPT PG a v Y Cudgel, and goes up against the might of the Jade Emperor. A tiny nymph found inside a bamboo stalk grows into a beautiful and desirable Studio 2020-01-26 0820 Fantasy The Tale Of Princess Kaguya young woman, who orders her suitors to prove their love by completing a JAPAN English-100 2013 RPT PG a n v Ghibli series of near-impossible tasks. An assassin accepts a dangerous mission to kill a political leader in eighth 2020-01-26 1055 Martial Arts The Assassin CHINA Mandarin-100 2015 RPT PG v Y century China. In Shanghai in the 1940s, residents of a poor community fight back when they Lunar are invaded by the notorious Axe Gang. This is a kung fu comedy full of action Cantonese-50; 2020-01-26 1255 Action Adventure Kung Fu Hustle New and mixed with The Matrix-like scenes. Nominated for a 2006 Golden Globe CHINA 2004 RPT M v Y Mandarin-50 Year for Best Foreign Language Film. Directed by and stars Stephen Chow. Also stars Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu and Lam Tze-Chung. Set in the artistic underground of 1930’s China, this is the epic story of Mei Lanfang - the performer who overcame prejudice to become China’s greatest opera star. Born in Beijing in 1894, Mei grew up in a period where an opera 2020-01-26 1450 Biography Forever Enthralled CHINA Mandarin-100 2008 RPT PG Y Y career was only slightly more respectable than prostitution. Nominated for the Golden Bear at the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival. Directed by Chen Kaige and stars Leon Lai, Zhang Ziyi and Sun Hong-Lei. Lu Yanshi (Chen Daoming) and Feng Wanyu (Gong Li) are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labour camp as a political prisoner, just as his wife is injured in an accident. Released during the last days Lunar of the Cultural Revolution, he finally returns home only to find that his 2020-01-26 1730 Drama Coming Home New CHINA Mandarin-100 2015 RPT PG beloved wife has amnesia and remembers little of her past. Unable to Year recognise Lu, she patiently waits for her husband's return. A stranger alone in the heart of his broken family, Lu Yanshi determines to resurrect their past together and reawaken his wife's memory. A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of Hindi-33.34; Homegrown 2020-01-26 1930 Drama Lion kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by USA Bengali-33.33; 2016 RPT PG a Y Y Cinema a couple in Australia. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family. English-33.33 Meet Ali, the charming son of a Muslim cleric who despite the best of intentions, just can’t seem to make the right life choices. Ali dreams big - he wants to be with the girl he loves, but he’s been promised to another girl at his father’s mosque. He wants to be the great doctor that the community expects Homegrown 2020-01-26 2135 Romantic Comedy Ali's Wedding him to be, but he doesn’t get the marks. And above all, he wants to make his AUSTRALIA English-100 2016 RPT M a l Y Cinema father proud - really proud. So what will Ali do to live up to the impossible expectations? He must fake it, because as the son of the cleric, he doesn’t have a choice. It’s one bad decision after another as Ali’s wayward quest to please his father spirals out of control, with cataclysmic consequences. In Shanghai in the 1940s, residents of a poor community fight back when they Lunar are invaded by the notorious Axe Gang. This is a kung fu comedy full of action Cantonese-50; 2020-01-26 2345 Action Adventure Kung Fu Hustle New and mixed with The Matrix-like scenes. Nominated for a 2006 Golden Globe CHINA 2004 RPT M v Y Mandarin-50 Year for Best Foreign Language Film. Directed by and stars Stephen Chow. Also stars Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu and Lam Tze-Chung. The final chapter of legendary director John Woo's two-part action epic centring on politics and war in 3rd century China. Scheming and manipulative Lunar Prime Minister Cao Cao is attempting to unify the country, and in doing so 2020-01-26 2540 Action Adventure Red Cliff - Part 2 New CHINA Mandarin-100 2008 RPT MAV v Y overthrow the authority of a young and politically impotent Emperor. Winner Year of five 2009 Hong Kong Film Awards. Stars Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Fengyi Zhang. Set in the artistic underground of 1930’s China, this is the epic story of Mei Lanfang - the performer who overcame prejudice to become China’s greatest opera star. Born in Beijing in 1894, Mei grew up in a period where an opera 2020-01-26 2815 Biography Forever Enthralled CHINA Mandarin-100 2008 RPT PG Y Y career was only slightly more respectable than prostitution. Nominated for the Golden Bear at the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival. Directed by Chen Kaige and stars Leon Lai, Zhang Ziyi and Sun Hong-Lei. A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of Hindi-33.34; Homegrown 2020-01-27 0700 Drama Lion kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by USA Bengali-33.33; 2016 RPT PG a Y Y Cinema a couple in Australia. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family. English-33.33 Zhigen, an old Chinese farmer,has lived alone in Beijing for over 20 years after moving to the city to allow his son Chongyi to attend university. He decides to 2020-01-27 0910 Drama The Nightingale make the long journey from Beijing to Yangshuo to honour the promise he CHINA Mandarin-100 2013 RPT G Y made to his wife to bring back the bird that has been his only companion in the city. The mischievous Monkey King acquires the famed As-You-Will Gold-Banded 2020-01-27 1105 Fantasy Uproar In Heaven CHINA Mandarin-100 1963 RPT PG a v Y Cudgel, and goes up against the might of the Jade Emperor. When the country is threatened, the Emperor issues a decree that all families must defend their homeland against the invaders. Mulan, a young girl from a family without a male heir, disguises herself as a man to save her aging father 2020-01-27 1245 Action Adventure Mulan CHINA Mandarin-100 2009 RPT M v Y from the horrors of the battlefield. Her remarkable courage in an all-male army made her a true leader, playing a critical role in defending the nation in a time of war. An assassin accepts a dangerous mission to kill a political leader in eighth 2020-01-27 1450 Martial Arts The Assassin CHINA Mandarin-100 2015 RPT PG v Y century China. A tiny nymph found inside a bamboo stalk grows into a beautiful and desirable Studio 2020-01-27 1650 Fantasy The Tale Of Princess Kaguya young woman, who orders her suitors to prove their love by completing a JAPAN English-100 2013 RPT PG a n v Ghibli series of near-impossible tasks. Academy Award-winning directors Joel and Ethan Coen return to their comedy roots with this original and darkly humorous story about one ordinary man's quest to become a serious man. Physics professor Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg) can't believe his life. His wife is leaving him for his best friend, his 2020-01-27 1930 Comedy A Serious Man unemployed brother won't move off the couch, someone is threatening his USA English-100 2009 RPT M a d l n s v Y career, his kids are a mystery and his neighbor is tormenting him by sunbathing nude. Struggling to make sense of it all, Larry consults three different rabbis and their answers lead him on a twisted journey of faith, family, delinquent behavior and mortality. When psychiatrist Dr Valerie Somers disappears, Homicide Detective Leon Zat and his partner Claudia attempt to solve the mystery of her absence. As they Homegrown investigate, a complex web of love, sex and deceit emerges - drawing in four 2020-01-27 2130 Drama Lantana AUSTRALIA English-100 2002 RPT M a l s v Y Cinema related couples whose various partners are distrustful and suspicious about each other's involvement. Directed by Ray Lawrence, and stars Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush and Barbara Hershey. Claire (rising French star Anais Demoustier) discovers a secret about the husband of her late best friend, Laura. Following Laura's death, Claire reaches out to comfort bereaved David, only to discover his secret: he enjoys dressing 2020-01-27 2345 Drama The New Girlfriend FRANCE French-100 2014 RPT MA a s Y as a woman. In acclaimed writer-director Francois Ozon’s provocative new film, he elevates his exploration of modern sexuality and femininity to a whole new level. Japanese-90; Japan is plunged into chaos when an enormous monster emerges from Tokyo 2020-01-27 2545 Science Fiction Shin Godzilla JAPAN English-9; 2016 RPT M a Y Bay and terrorises the city, leaving a path of destruction and casualties.