Movies

05:30 robot & frank (m-net) comedy. an ex jewel thief gets his robot butler to help him with a heist. peter sarsgaard, frank langella, susan sarandon (2012) (pg13). 10:00 parental guidance (m-net) comedy. two grandparents babysit their grandkids while the kids’ parents are out of town, but they have no idea what they’re getting themselves into. billy crystal, bette midler (2012) (pg). 14:30 dennis the menace: the menace returns (sabc3) comedy. mr wilson gets a break from dennis when the boy’s grandfather visits, but then mr wilson starts to miss dennis and creates a plan to win back the boy. justin cooper, don rickles, george kennedy (1998) (a). 20:00 dark blue (sabc1) crime. a corrupt police detective questions his own actions when a crime investigation causes a sequence of events that not even he can manipulate. kurt russell, ving rhames (2002) (16). 20:00 the world is not enough (e.tv) action. james bond is ordered to protect a personal connection of m’s – an oil heiress whose father was killed at mi6 – from a terrorist who can’t feel pain. while on the case, bond goes undercover as a russian nuclear scientist and after a run-in with the least believable physicist in film history, uncovers a plot to boost petrol prices by detonating a nuclear device in turkey. pierce brosnan, robert carlyle, sophie marceau, judi dench (1999) (pg13). 20:05 about last night (mnet) comedy. the trials and tribulations of two couples from the time they meet up at a bar, to the time they end up sleeping together. kevin hart, michael ealy, regina hall (2014) (16). 00:30 spinning boris (e.tv) comedy. a true story of three americans hired to convince the russian people to denounce communism by spearheading boris yeltsin’s bid for russia’s presidency. liev schreiber, anthony lapaglia, jeff goldblum (2003) (16). 01:15 temptation: confessions of a marriage counselor (m-net) drama. a woman who’s bored in her relationship discreetly shops around for another man. but she finds a whole lot more than she was expecting, just around the corner. jurnee smollett-bell, vanessa williams, brandy norwood (2013) (pg13). 02:35 once in the life (e.tv) crime. two estranged half-brothers connect through crime after they rob the wrong drug dealer who then plans to kill them both. eamonn walker, gregory hines, laurence fishburne (2000) (16). 03:15 safe haven (m-net) drama. a woman with a shady past ends up in a small town trying to start her life over again. as soon as it seems that it’s all working out, her past catches up with her. julianne hough, josh duhamel, cobie smulders (2013) (pg13).