TV HIGHLIGHT
LORDS OF DOGTOWN
Fans of the late Aussie actor Heath Ledger will have the opportunity of seeing their idol in action. The film came out in 2005, which was also the year of release of Brokeback Mountain, the film that gave Ledger’s career the stamp of respectability. Up until that point, he was seen as just a “pretty boy” with no thespian substance. Less than four years later, he was found dead of an overdose of pills.
Another young actor appearing alongside Ledger is Emile Hirsch; a promising talent who’s kept himself alive and working in largely independent titles.
The film isn’t a “highlight” in the sense that it’s any kind of milestone in film-making.
I’ve picked it, rather, as a time capsule that brings to life a slice of Californian pop-cultural history, in much the same way as Endless Summer captured the early days of surf culture. – Tat Wolfen A catastrophic crop blight has made farming increasingly difficult and threatens humanity’s survival. Joe Cooper, a widowed former Nasa pilot, runs a farm with his father-in-law, son, and daughter Murphy, who believes her bedroom is haunted by a poltergeist. When the “ghost” creates a pattern in the dust, Cooper realises someone is using gravity to communicate, and interprets the pattern as geographic co-ordinates. Cooper and his team of explorers travel through the wormhole and are hell-bent in an attempt to ensure humanity’s survival from aliens. Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain This reality TV show follows the lives of Atlanta’s hip-hop elite as they take on their trials and tribulations of juggling both their professional and personal lives… which often intersect and unravel for the whole world to see! With artists rising and falling, and families growing or being torn apart, the cast members are about to have their lives changed in ways they never imagined… for better or worse. Nothing is off-limits as they explore the good, the bad and sometimes the Successful single businesswoman Kate Holbrook has always put her career before her personal life. Now in her late thirties, she finally decides to have a child of her own. But her plans are foiled when she discovers she has a minuscule chance of becoming pregnant due to her uterus being T-shaped. Also denied the chance to adopt, Kate hires an immature, obnoxious South Philly woman to become a surrogate mother for her. When Angie becomes pregnant, Kate begins preparing for motherhood in her own typically driven fashion – until her surrogate shows up at her door with no place to live. Their conflicting personalities put them at odds as Kate learns first-hand about balancing motherhood and career and her relationship with an owner of a local blended juice café. Cast: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Sigourney Weaver In each new episode this series gives an indepth investigative exploration of a celebrity’s paranormal experience. During the precarious journey, medium Kim Russo unlocks the secrets that haunted each celebrity on that fateful day and explains the unexplained. Kim also unveils shocking psychic moments and surprising revelations as she tunes into the Pitbull Steve is a successful Long Island mechanic who has built his business from the ground up. Pitbull thinks he may have found the man who can help him turn his junk into gold. His name is Leepu Nizamuddin Awlia, a household name in Bangladesh. Known simply as Leepu, this creative takes junk automobiles using nothing but old hammers, sheet metal and spare parts, transforms these wrecks into stunning supercars. Now the fasttalking Long Island mechanic is putting his money where his mouth is. This series follows the twisted life of Sarah Pender, a charismatic, intelligent young woman who would become one of America’s most sought-after fugitives. Purportedly on the road to a productive and successful life after being abandoned by her mother at a young age, Sarah enrols in college. But then two roommates are tragically shot dead. Although she claimed she was not home when the murders occurred, all evidence pointed to Sarah and she was eventually found guilty of masterminding the double murder and sentenced to 110 years in a maximum security prison.