Wednesday, December 29th 2010

A 2 day A-Z movie marathon on Abaza TV

6:00am
Movie: "American Hot Wax" (1978)
Tim Mcintire, Fran Drescher, Jay Leno
This is the story loosely based on Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed, who introduced rock'n'roll to teenage American radio audiences in the 1950's.

7:30am
Movie: "Barbarians at the Gate" (1993) (TV)
James Garner, Jonathan Pryce
The president of a major tobacco company decides to buy the company himself, but a bidding war ensues as other companies make their own offers.

9:20am
Movie: "Capricorn One" (1977)
Elliot Gould, James Brolin
A NASA Mars mission won't work, and its funding is endangered, so they decide to fake it just this once.

11:20am
Movie: "Dogma" (1999)
Matt Damon, Ben Affleck
An abortion clinic worker with a special heritage is called upon to save the existence of humanity from being negated by two renegade angels trying to exploit a loophole and re-enter Heaven.

1:30pm
Movie: "Eastern Promises" (2007)
Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts
A Russian teenager living in London who dies during childbirth leaves clues to a midwife in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.

3:10pm
Movie: "From The Hip" (1987)
Judd Nelson, Elizabeth Perkins
Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade.

5:00pm
Movie: "Gotcha!" (1985)
Anthony Edwards, Linda Fiorentino
Jonathan plays a game called Gotcha in which he hunts and is hunted by other students with paint guns. After a big win, he goes off for a vacation in France where he meets the sexy Sasha who says she is only interested in him because he is a virgin. She takes him with her to East Germany where they are separated and he has to escape back to the west on his own, all the while being trailed by East German spies. He arrives home only to find the game is still going on, and a canister of film is in his backpack. Then Sasha re-appears.

6:40pm
Movie: "Hard to Kill" (1990)
Steven Seagal, Kelly LeBrock
Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too.

8:20pm
Movie: "Invincible" (2006)
Mark Wahlberg, Greg Kinnear
Based on the story of Vince Papale, a 30-year-old bartender from South Philadelphia who overcame long odds to play for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles in 1976.

10:05pm
Movie: "Jackie Brown" (1997)
Pam Grier, Samuel L Jackson
A female flight attendant becomes a key figure in a plot between the police and an arms dealer.

12:40am
Movie: "Kiss of Death" (1995)
David Caruso, Samuel L Jackson, Nicolas Cage
A reformed convict goes undercover with the help of an angry detective to ensnare a psychotic mobster.

2:20am
Movie: "Less Than Zero" (1987)
Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey Jr
A college freshman returns to L.A. for the holidays at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit.

4:00am
Movie" "Mallrats" (1995) (extended cut)
Shannen Doherty, Jason Lee
Both dumped by their girlfriends, two best friends seek refuge in the local mall.

6:00am