Its award season and all month Showtime have been rolling out the red carpet for the hottest stars with the BAFTA's, Globes and SAG's behind us, anticipation builds for the Oscars. This month we salute some of Hollywood's A-listers in their recent work so sit back and enjoy another month of award winning blockbusters.
The Wild West comedy Bandidas sports the dream team Penolope Cruz and Salma Hayek, who star as two Mexican women who turn to bank robbery to save their town. Salma Hayek scored gold this month at the Globes and SAG's for her fabulous comedy Ugly Betty in which she is Executive Producer. Oscar nominated Penelope Cruz gave a sensational performance in her recent movie Volver where she wowed Cannes and picked up an army of awards for Best Actress.
Jamie Foxx is currently lighting up the screen in the hit movie Dreamgirls alongside Beyonce which is proving to be a real winner at the awards. The Movie Channel takes us back to Jamie's knockout multi award winning performance in the movie Ray which tells the extraordinary life story of the legendry blues singer and pianist Ray Charles.
Triple Academy Award winning Crash hits our Home Cinema screens with an all-star cast including Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock and Matt Dillon that is nothing less than spectacular. Crash is an intricate, explosive crime drama which unflinchingly examines post-9/11 America's continuing battle with racial tolerance. Crash is a movie the critics are hailing a masterpiece.
One of the most challenging roles of Reese Witherspoon's career was as June Carter Cash alongside Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash in Walk the Line. All the hard work paid off and she scored Best Actress at the Academy Awards and The Golden Globes. Now with her clutch of accolades Reese has just negotiated a $40 million fee for her new movie, making her the highest-paid female star of all time ahead of the likes of Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz. This month on Showtime Reese stars in the spirited romantic comedy Just Like Heaven alongside Mark Ruffalo.
To see all these stars and more join E! on the red carpet on Sunday 25th for the 79th Annual Academy Awards from 20:00 KSA exclusively on the Showtime network.
THE 79TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS: COUNTDOWN TO THE RED CARPET | E! at 20:00 KSA
E! Entertainment celebrates the Academy Awards, its' nominees, celebrity lifestyles, and Hollywood. From what do they wear to how they feel, we'll immerse the audience in the celebratory atmosphere. NEW & EXCLUSIVE to Showtime on E!
THE 79TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS: LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET | E! at 01:00 KSA
E! will be live on the red carpet to meet and greet the arrivals for the 2006 Academy Awards. Red carpet coverage of the Oscars hosted by E!'s own Ryan Seacrest and Giuliana Depandi.
NEW & EXCLUSIVE to Showtime on E!
1st March, 6th & 14th @ 23:00 KSA
RAY (2004)| The Movie Channel at 21:00 KSA
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King, Clifton Powell, Harry Lennix
Director: Taylor Hackford
Genre: Biography, Drama
This biopic focuses on legendary rhythm and blues singer Ray Charles and traces his career from his early days as a poor musician in the segregated South to his rise to fame as one of the most influential musicians of his time. NEW & EXCLUSIVE to Showtime on The Movie Channel and on TMC+1 at 22:00 KSA
BANDIDAS (2006) Home Cinema channel 1 - 3 every 40 minutes from 9th - 15th March and channel 4 every 2 hours from 16th - 22nd March
Starring: Penlope Cruz, Salma Hayek, Steve Zahn, Dwight Yoakam
Director: Joachim Roenning
Genre: Action
In turn-of-the-century Mexico, a New York investigator (Steve Zahn) investigates a string of robberies but soon finds himself kidnapped by two beautiful crooks (Salma Hayek, Penlope Cruz). NEW to Showtime on Home Cinema
CRASH (2004) Home Cinema channel 1- 3 every 40 minutes from 23rd - 29th March
Starring: Don Cheadle, Jennifer Esposito, Brendan Fraser, Sandra Bullock
Director: Paul Haggis
Genre: Drama
Set in Los Angeles shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, this ensemble drama tracks the intersecting lives of a Brentwood housewife and her attorney husband, a Persian store owner, two police detectives who are also lovers, an African-American television director and his wife, a Mexican locksmith, two car-jackers, a rookie cop, and a middle-aged Korean couple. NEW to Showtime on Home Cinema
22nd March
JUST LIKE HEAVEN (2005) | The Movie Channel at 21:00 KSA
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo, Donal Logue
Director: Mark Waters
Genre: Comedy
An architect living in San Francisco (Ruffalo) falls in love with a female spirit he's found in his closet (Witherspoon). The woman whose ghost he's wooing has been in a coma at a local hospital for the past six months, and unless he can intervene, her body will be taken off life support. NEW & EXCLUSIVE to Showtime on The Movie Channel and on TMC+1 at 22:00 KSA
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