M-NET MOVIES

Selection of three good movies from November 21.

M-Net (Channel 101) has three good movies coming up from November 21.

November 21 at 20h00: Death Defying Acts (PG13V Drama) directed by Gillian Armstrong starring Guy Pearce, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Timothy Spall and Saoirse Ronan. While trying to expose psychics as frauds, escape artist Harry Houdini falls in love with a beautiful psychic who may be the real thing. It’s 1926, and escape artist Harry Houdini is about to do something that doesn’t involve trunks and chains: he offers $10,000 to the psychic who can tell him what his late mother’s last words were. When he meets the lovely Mary McGarvie, there’s an instant attraction, but Mary is not all she seems. She is a con artist who, with her young daughter Benji, can get people to reveal almost anything about themselves. Houdini, however, has a guardian angel in the form of his manager, Mr Sugarman. As the females plot their next move, Mary starts wondering if the money is really that important.

November22 at 20h05: Get Smart (PG13VL Comedy) directed by Peter Segal and starring Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Arkin, Terrence Stamp and James Caan. This is a droll comedy about a bumbling analyst who turns secret agent when all the spies in his top secret organisation become deskbound. Meet Maxwell Smart, analyst-turned-secret agent. He’s not exactly 007, but right now, top secret government agency control will take anyone. A terrorist has compromised the identities of all the agency’s spies, and Smart is the only one who can move freely around the globe without being recognised. Together with Agent 99, an experienced female spy who recently had plastic surgery, Smart now has to find the villain and stop his nefarious plans. He is willing and enthusiastic, but is he smart enough? This droll comedy is based on the 1965-1970 TV series of the same name.

November 28 at 20h00: Love Guru (The 13VSL Comedy) directed by Marco Schnabel and starring Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, Vern Troyer and Ben Kingsley. An Indian love guru arrives in America, determined to become the number one guru and appear on the Oprah Winfrey Show. But then love enters the picture. Mike Myers creates another memorable character in this goofy comedy, playing a wacky guru who yearns for fame and fortune. He gets his chance when Jane, fabulously beautiful and fabulously rich, asks him to “treat” her star hockey player Darren, who is a nervous wreck since his wife left him for another athlete. If he restores Darren’s winning streak, he’ll get $2 million and a spot on the Oprah Winfrey Show. The Love Guru gets to work, only to find his dreams compromised by love – and a chastity belt he can’t remove!