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  • HBO spices up Friday nights with ‘Double Bill’ programme initiative

    HBO spices up Friday nights with ‘Double Bill’ programme initiative

    HBO is all set to add juice to weekend entertainment this month by introducing HBO Friday Double Bill .Two films will be shown back to back under the programme initiatives She-Heroes at 9:30 pm, followed by After Dark. 

    In May, the She-Heroes programme initiative will be replaced with Kung-Fu Knights. 

    Interestingly, arch rival Star Movies used to have a Double Bill programme initiative on Wednesdays some time back. Two films starring one actor were shown back to back every Wednesday. The initiative was discontinued as the channel felt it would be better to concentrate on a genre each night at 9:30 pm with the exception of Fridays, when the channel telecasts premieres. 

    She Heroes deals with female protagonists saving the day in a variety of situations. Barb Wire sees Pamela Anderson of Baywatch fame enter the action film genre. Anjelina Jolie uses the help of a paralysed Denzel Washington to track a serial killer in The Bone Collector. Tanya Roberts plays a young girl raised by a mystical African woman using her ability to talk to animals and knowledge of jungle lore against high tech weapons of mercenaries in Sheena.

    The After Dark programme initiative sees action films with a noirish feel take centrestage. Films include Second Skin with Natasha Henstridge and Angus MacFadyen, The Arena with Karen McDougal & Lisa Dergan. 

    Body Double deals with an actor getting involved with a murder plot in the thriller. It stars Melanie Griffith, Craig Wasson and Gregg Henry.

    The Double Bill schedule

    She-Heroes ( Fridays 9:30 pm)

    5 April    The Bone Collector
    12 April    The Assassin
    19 April    Barb Wire
    26 April    Sheena
    After Dark

    5 April    Body Double    12:00 am
    12 April    The Arena    11:45 pm
    19 April    Second Skin    11:30 pm
    26 April    Wild Things    11:45 pm

  • HBO offers great escape routes every Wednesday

    HBO offers great escape routes every Wednesday

    HBO will, from April, feature legendary films showcasing main protagonists battling against all odds. The programme band is called Great Escapes.

    On 3 April, Christopher Lambert stars in Fortress 2. The enemy of an ultra powerful corporation must break out of a maximum-security prison 26,000 miles away from Earth in space and make his way back home to save his wife and son in this sci-fi action thriller.

    The Clint Eastwood classic Escape From Alcatraz airs on 10 April. Based on a true story, a group of prisoners escape from the infamous maximum-security prison.

    Flight of a different kind is on display in Escape Under Pressure. Fleeing terrorists, a scholar and her daredevil husband find themselves trapped on a sinking ship and must find a way to get out in time. The film stars Rob Lowe, Larissa Miller and Craig Wasson and and airs on 17 April.

    Escape From L.A. the sequel to the cult classic Escape from New York airs on 24 April. Set in 2013, a former Special Forces hero played by Kurt Russell is sent to bring back a valuable destruction device from L.A. The city has now become an island and a penal colony for America's undesirables.