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FILM CHOICE

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The Magnificen­t Seven Channel 5, 10pm

GRIEVING widow Emma Cullen (Haley Bennett) and her friend Teddy (Luke Grimes) enlist the services of bounty hunter Sam Chisolm (Denzel Washington) to kill greedy industrial­ist Bartholome­w Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard), who is terrorizin­g the God-fearing folk of Rose Creek. Moved by Emma’s tearful plight, the gunslinger corrals six men of dubious character to wage war in Rose Creek: compulsive gambler Josh Farraday (Chris

Pratt), sharp shooter Goodnight Robicheaux (Ethan Hawke), assassin Billy Rocks (Byunghun Lee), tracker Jack Horne (Vincent D’onofrio), Mexican outlaw Vasquez (Manuel Garciarulf­o) and Comanche warrior

Red Harvest (Martin Sensmeier). The Magnificen­t Seven is a stylish western remake that lassos a stellar cast and a rollicking soundtrack.

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