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Lindy Leslie and Gemma Charles worth both age 8, get into the new MGM movie Stay Tuned Sundays 9am - lOam
According to this movie, the aver- They have just 24 hours to get At first she's too busy with her
age numberof hours people watch back, or they're stuck for good friends to notice, but she finally
TV each day is seven. switching between channels that agrees. Using Diane's stereo and
Roy Knable (Jack Ritter) feature bad game shows, the neighbour's electricity meter,
watches much more than that. He wrestlemania, Dwayne's Under- Darryl rigs up an invention to get
loves the telly so much that when world, cartoons and old black n them out.
the devil offers him a satellite dish white detective movies. But it's up to Roy to realise the
with 666 channels, he can't resist. When Roy and Helen's son only way out of the TV trap is to
Part of the bargain Roy doesn't Darryl starts flipping channels and just turn the telly off!
know is that he and his wife Helen finds his parents as mice being We both liked the movie and
(Pam Dawber) get sucked into chased by a mechanical cat, he would give it 7/10.
the television and star in one bi- tries to convince his sister Diane One warning: it's rated PG and
zarre programme after another. to help get them out. there are some bad words used.

Films for March From Friday 5 March political leader who became the SATURDAY
Malcolm X(15) MGM leading voice for America's black
From Friday 26 February Spike Lee's dramatic and explos- consciousness. MORNING
Honeymoon in Vegas (12) MGM ive biopic about Malcolm X,
Nicholas Gage loses his wife in a played by Denzel Washington Lorenzo's Oil (12) MGM MOVIES FOR
card game and then goes chasing (pictured below), the controversial A true story starring Nick Nolte
after her and gets mixed up with a and Susan Sarandon as Augusta KIDS AT
bunch of parachuting Elvis and Michela Odone, who in a THE MGM
lookalikes. remarkable tale of faith and
Under Seige (15) MGM courage, battled against time and
Bad guys take over warship com- the medical establishment to save
plete with nuclear arsenal and their son's life. 6 March
threaten the world. Stephan Segal Waynes
foils their plot. From Friday 12 March
Scent of a Woman (15) MGM World
Wednesday 3 March Charlie Simms is a young college
Everybody's Fine (15) Arts Cen- student who spends one Thanks-
tre, Devizes Road giving weekend getting the 13 March
A civil servant makes a nostalgic education of a lifetime looking
journey to visit his grown up chil- after the blind Lt. Col. Frank Joe versus The
dren and experiences both joy and Slade, played by Al Pacino in a Volcano
disappointment. Stunning Italian movie that has already won 3
scenery. Directed by Guiseppe Golden Globes and has received
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Tornatore. Arts Centre, Devizes 4 Oscar nominations.
Road. 7.45pm 20 March
From Friday 19 March Fern
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From the imagination of Clive Gully
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decides to find out whether he is Moonwalker
real or a myth.
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Wednesday 24 March
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Q1 Saturdays lOam
Uranus (15) Arts Centre
Powerful drama set in a French Tickets: £1.70
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town at end of the Second World MGM
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Shaw Ridge
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