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2001: A Space Odyssey 7.45pm beIN Movies Stars

THIS stunningly visual and thought-provoking Space saga is one of the greatest sci-fi epics. A must-see movie.

In 1968, director Stanley Kubrick co-wrote the script with famous sci-fi author Arthur C Clarke based on his story The Sentinel. Clarke suggests alien life forces have been in contact with humans for millions of years.

From our ape ancestors onwards, we have been nudged along by alien intelligen­ce.

In modern times, we see an explorer on the moon uncovering a strange artefact emitting a radio signal that seems to come from the planet Jupiter. A space probe is launched to track the source, but the onboard computer Hal malfunctio­ns and only one astronaut Keir Dullea survives to make it through “the space gate”. This fascinatin­g essay deals with other dimensions of reality and reincarnat­ion.

The special effects are mesmeric. Planets waltz to the music of Richard and Johann Strauss and these 19th century masters found their way into contempora­ry pop music charts. It was the winner of the Oscar for Special Effects.

The Rough Guide To Cult Movies called it: “The sci-fi movie against which all others are measured.”

(All films TRNC local time)

2008 comedy. A Hollywood movie company goes to Vietnam to make an action film but nothing goes right. With Ben Stiller. 4.45pm beIN Movies Comedy

Shutter Island.

2010 thriller. Cops Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo investigat­e the disappeara­nce of a violent mental patient. 5.15pm beIN Movies Stars

Mission: Impossible.

1996 thriller. CIA agent Tom Cruise investigat­es why a mission went wrong in Prague. With Jon Voight. 5.40pm beIN Movies Action 2

Pirates Of The Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge.

2017 adventure. Captain Jack Sparrow seeks a fabled relic. With Johnny Depp. 8pm beIN Movies Premier

2016 biopic. An American pilot becomes a hero by landing a failing passenger plane on the Hudson River. 7.40pm beIN Movies Premier 2

Sully: Miracle On The Hudson. Lucky Number Slevin.

2006 thriller. Josh Hartnett is mistaken for a man who owes money to gangsters Ben Kingsley and Morgan Freeman. 8.30pm beIN Movies Action

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