Saturday 17/3
FILM: Kundun The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet foresees Chinese oppression and tries to deal with it by peaceful means as he gradually enters adulthood and realizes that politics is a dirty business. Martin Scorsese history drama, starring Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong. (Star-0.45) FILM: Silkwood A metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant is purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant. Mike Nichols drama thriller, starring Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher and Craig T. Nelson. (ET3-0.30) FILM: Dolores Claiborne A big-shot reporter who has returned to her home town to investigate a murder case against her mother learns some very bitter facts about the past. Taylor Hackford thriller based on the book by Stephen King, starring Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judy Parfitt and Christopher Plummer. (Antenna-0.30) FILM: Out of Time Respected police chief Matt Lee Whitlock must stay a step ahead of his own force and solve a double homicide before he himself comes under suspicion. Crime thriller starring Denzel Washington, Eva Mendes and Dean Cain. (Star-22.30)
