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BINGE: THE LEGEND OF ZORRO
Airing 20 December 2013 (Friday), 9:05pm onwards
SYNOPSIS
The original caped crusader is back! Antonio Banderas and Academy Award®-winner Catherine Zeta-Jones (2002, Best Supporting Actress, Chicago) return for more swashbuckling action, adventure and excitement in the explosive cinematic thrill-ride, THE LEGEND OF ZORRO! Having spent the last ten years fighting injustice and cruelty, Alejandro de la Vega (Banderas) is now facing his greatest challenge: his loving wife Elena (Zeta-Jones) has thrown him out of the house! Elena has filed for divorce and found comfort in the arms of Count Armand (Rufus Sewell), a dashing French aristocrat. But Alejandro knows something she doesn’t: Armand is the evil mastermind behind a terrorist plot to destroy the United States. And so, with his marriage and country’s future at stake, it’s up to Zorro to try and save two unions before it’s too late.
Source: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/
BINGE: THE MASK OF ZORRO
SYNOPSIS
When a power-crazed despot schemes to buy California from Mexico, it takes two Zorros–the legendary Don Diego de la Vega (Anthony Hopkins) and his chosen successor Alejandro Murrieta (Antonio Banderas), a dashing bandit-turned-hero– to defeat the tyrant’s unscrupulous plans. But can even their combined skills, bravado and derring-do be enough to achieve de la Vega’s ultimate goal: revenge against the man who killed his wife, kidnapped his daughter and held him prisoner for twenty years?
Source: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/
BINGE: THE BLACKLIST
Airing 21 December 2013 (Saturday), 9:05pm onwards
SYNOPSIS
For decades, ex-government agent Raymond “Red” Reddington (James Spader, “The Office,” “Boston Legal”) has been one of the FBI’s most wanted fugitives. Brokering shadowy deals for criminals across the globe, Red was known by many as “The Concierge of Crime.” Now, he’s mysteriously surrendered to the FBI with an explosive offer: He will help catch a long-thought-dead terrorist, Ranko Zamani, under the condition that he speaks only to Elizabeth “Liz” Keen (Megan Boone, “Law & Order: Los Angeles”), an FBI profiler fresh out of Quantico. For Liz, it’s going to be one hell of a first day on the job.
What follows is a twisting series of events as the race to stop a terrorist begins. What are Red’s true intentions? Why has he chosen Liz, a woman with whom he seemingly has no connection? Does Liz have secrets of her own? Zamani is only the first of many on a list that Red has compiled over the years: a “blacklist” of politicians, mobsters, spies and international terrorists. He will help catch them all… with the caveat that Liz continues to work as his partner. Red will teach Liz to think like a criminal to “see the bigger picture” – whether she wants to or not.
Source: http://www.sonypictures.com/theblacklist
BINGE: THE VOICE 5 SEASON FINALE
Airing 22 December 2013 (Sunday), 9:05pm onwards
OVERVIEW
As with previous seasons, the decisions from the musician coaches are based solely on voice and not on appearances. The coaches hear the artists perform, but they don’t get to see them – thanks to rotating chairs. If a coach is impressed by the artiste’s voice, a button is pressed to select the artist for his/her team. At this point, the coach’s chair will swivel to face the artist he/she has selected. If more than one coach pushes their button, the artistes choose which coach they want to work with.
Once the teams are set, the battle is on. Coaches dedicate themselves to develop their teams of artistes, offer advice and share the secrets of their success, along with help from their celebrity advisers. During the battle rounds, the coaches will pit their own team members against each other and choose which singers will advance to the next round of competition, while those not selected are available to be stolen by another coach. Each coach has two steals available during the battle rounds.
At the end of the battles, only the strongest members of each coach’s roster remain and proceed to the knockout rounds. The artistes will be paired again with a member of their own teams, but this time, they find out with whom they are competing only minutes before performing. The artistes each select their own songs to perform individually, while their direct competitor watches and waits. They vie for their coach’s confidence and decision to take them to the live shows. The coach will choose the winner, and the artistes not selected will be sent home.
In the final live performance phase of the competition, the top artistes from each team will compete against each other at a live broadcast. America’s TV audience will vote to save their favourite artists, and the two artists with the fewest votes will be sent home each week. At stake is the grand prize of a recording contract for ‘The Voice’.
BINGE: HAWAII FIVE-0 SEASON 3 (Ep#6, 11, 13, 20)
Airing 23 December 2013 (Monday), 9:05pm onwards
EPISODIC SUMMARY
Episode 6: I Ka Wa Mamua (In a Time Past)
The team investigates an explosion where they find traces of acetone peroxide, which are used by Middle Eastern terrorists, indicating a terrorist cell is active in Hawaii. A discovery of a terrorist hideout leads Five-0 to a planned attack at a military base where the Secretary of Defense is speaking at an event. Five-0 and HPD manage to secure the area, locate and disarm the bomb, but the terrorist responsible has escaped. Danny ultimately finds the man and shoots him, but find the terrorist was strapped with a bomb with a proximity center, and Danny has to stay still or the vest would explode. As the bomb squad works to defuse the device, McGarrett distracts Danny from his anxiety by asking him to tell the story of how he escaped death in New Jersey. Danny recalls the incident on September 11, 2001, before the attacks, when he and his then partner, Grace Tilwell (Sydney Tamiia Poitier), are captured by gang members (T.I. and Terrence Howard) in their drug operation. The gang members kill Tilwell before Danny could escape and kill all three members responsible. At the time Danny’s wife was pregnant with their daughter, who was named Grace after Tilwell.
Episode 11: Kahu (Guardian)
Christmas time in Hawaii finds McGarrett and Catherine helping teenager Ethan Awana (Tristan Lake Leabu) find his missing father, after blood is found in the general store he owns. It is later revealed the blood does not belong to the father, but a shooter he was defending himself from. While searching Ethan’s home, Catherine finds $30,000 in the basement. It is later revealed that Ethan’s father was unknowingly helping a member of a gang that robbed a bank in Chicago some time ago, whose colleagues are now after his cut. Catherine manages to subdue Bruce’s captor in the basement and locks him there until Five-0 arrests him.
Episode 13: Olelo HoʻOpaʻI Make (Death Sentence)
Chin Ho is drugged and abducted, later waking up behind bars at the Halawa Correctional Facility. He asks a guard for assistance, only to find out he is in on the conspiracy, and taken to corrupt and imprisononed detective Kaleo. Sang Min intervenes to help Chin Ho, and both decide to attempt an escape. However their plans is hampered when Kaleo starts a prison riot. Later, Chin Ho is discovered, captured and taken back to Kaleo. In the meantime, Five-0, at first believing he is taking time off to cope with Malia, become suspicious when he misses his appointment with a psychiatrist. They find that Chin Ho was kidnapped by Paul Delano, Frank Delano’s brother. They later make it to Halawa, and use Kamekona’s helicopter to storm it and disperse the rioters. Before they are able to rescue him, Chin Ho kills Kaleo. Sang Min however, takes the opportunity to escape by posing as a guard. Kono contemplates snooping into Adam’s Yakuza affairs, and eventually manages to ping his cell phone.
Episode 20: Olelo Paʻa (The Promise)
Before the events of the episode, flashbacks show McGarrett training with Freddie Hart (Alan Ritchson), who considers giving up, until McGarrett convinces him to stay, Freddie ends up becoming a better SEAL. In September 2010, before the events of the pilot, McGarrett and Hart are on a top secret mission to North Korea to capture Anton Hesse, who is under the protection of a militia owned by Han Ji-Woon (Rick Yune). However, Freddie is mortally wounded in the process. In the present, McGarrett and Catherine enter the Korean Demilitarized Zone to bring his body back to the US, however the body they found is not Freddie’s (Freddie had a tattoo of his wife’s name, the body did not). The couple sneaks into North Korea to find the real body. McGarrett captures a militia man and find the body. On finding the body desecrated, McGarrett decides to enact revenge on Ji-Woon. Both are captured, but they manage to free themselves, and kill Ji-Woon. McGarrett and Catherine later return to the U.S. with the remains where at a cemetery, with Freddie’s family along with members of the Naval and SEALS including Joe White as well as Kono, Chin and Danny in attendance, Freddie is given a proper military funeral and buried at last.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii_Five-0_(season_3)#Episodes
MAGICAL XMAS EVE: David Blaine Specials & Cyril’s Family Vacation
Airing 24 December 2013 (Tuesday), 9:05pm onwards
David Blaine Specials: Discover Magic & Beautiful Struggle
OVERVIEW
Magician David Blaine was born on April 4, 1973, to a single mother in Brooklyn, New York. A street performer provided Blaine’s introduction to magic, as the curious 4-year-old waited for a subway train. Magic was not his only interest, however, and Blaine went on to attend the Neighborhood Playhouse drama school and appeared in several TV commercials and soap operas. It was during this time that his ability to levitate off of the ground surfaced and, at the urging of his personal physician, Blaine underwent a thorough examination.
Source: http://www.biography.com/people/david-blaine-12127585
David Blaine – Discover Magic
This TV special offers unprecedented access to Blaine’s yet-to-be seen magic through his early years; including the first tape he shot to redefine the concept of magic.
The show follows Blaineʼs evolution from his beginnings performing magic tricks at children’s parties to his teen years, independently shooting a pilot for a chance at a network broadcast, through his development into a prime time star whose special brand of magic is recognized around the world.
Enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at how this incredible performer gets people from all walks of life in America absorbed in his magic and elicits great reactions.
David Blaine – Beautiful Struggle
Have you ever wondered what moves David Blaine to risk his life in order to progress contemporary magic? This offers an insight into how Blaine has become one of the world’s foremost magicians of our time.
Revealing the inspiration behind Blaine’s legendary endurance art, we will see WHY he performs his stunts, WHAT drives him, and his meetings with greats along the way. They include Evel Knievel, accident survivor Aron Ralston, Kobe Bryant, high wire artist Philippe Petit, elite Navy SEALs, and world record-holding free divers.
The show will explore the risks Blaine takes in performing these acts, as well as the beauty he sees in completing them. It will also feature beautiful and never-before-released footage of Blaine’s encounters with some of nature’s most dangerous beasts.
It will mark the first time the groundbreaking magician will share some of his failures, as well as successes.
CYRIL’S FAMILY VACATION: HAWAII EDITION
OVERVIEW
A departure from the traditional street magic series that established Cyril, CYRIL’S FAMILY VACATION: HAWAII EDITION features a new and innovative way of magic storytelling. With one of Japan’s award winning special effects make-up teams at work, each character is brought to life with striking and convincing realism. Set against scenic Honolulu where Japanese culture is part of Hawaiian traditions and kanji is written alongside English on street signs, CYRIL’S FAMILY VACATION: HAWAII EDITION is a voyeuristic and addicting magical social experiment that tests the limits of what is and is not possible.
COOL BLUE CHRISTMAS: The Smurfs & Mr Deeds
Airing 24 December 2013 (Wednesday), 9:05pm
THE SMURFS
OVERVIEW
When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours — in fact, smack dab in the middle of Central Park. Just three apples high and stuck in the Big Apple, the Smurfs must find a way to get back to their village before Gargamel tracks them down.
The Smurfs is an American 3D family comedy film loosely based on The Smurfs comic book series created by the Belgian comics artist Peyo and the 1980s animated TV series it spawned. It was directed by Raja Gosnell and stars Hank Azaria, Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays and Sofía Vergara, with Jonathan Winters and Katy Perry as the voices of Papa Smurf and Smurfette.
MR. DEEDS
OVERVIEW
Small-town guy Longfellow Deeds (SANDLER) goes to the big city to collect a $40 billion inheritance from a long lost uncle. Living in a palatial mansion with the services of an unusual personal valet (JOHN TURTURRO) isn’t too bad. Things get even better when he meets a beautiful school nurse (WINONA RYDER). But money changes everything, and things aren’t what they seem – his sweetie is actually a journalist feeding reports of his outrageous behavior to the press! Now, it’s up to Deeds to straighten everybody out – with a few right hooks and lots of common sense.
Source: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/
REALITY THURSDAY BINGE: AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR 3, THE HERO & 72 HOURS
Airing 26 December 2013 (Thursday), 9:05pm onwards
AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR 3
OVERVIEW
American Ninja Warrior, in its third season will feature tougher than ever trials and more accomplished competitors which combine for intense obstacles, heart-racing tests and stunning upsets.
This series is part of Ninja Warrior (or Sasuke, as it is known in Japan) where athletes from around the world attempt to conquer the ultimate obstacle course in Japan.
Since Ninja Warrior began in 1997, only three competitors out of 2,600 have ever successfully completed all four stages – none of whom were American.
THE HERO
OVERVIEW
This November, AXN brings to Asia the latest hit US adventure reality competition TV series, The Hero! International action movie star and former professional wrestler Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson (Fast and Furious 6) hosts an epic adventure reality competition testing the strength, courage, and integrity of a group of nine individuals of different walks of life from across the U.S.
Episode 7: Sacrifice
In the final episode before America’s vote, contestants attempt a face-first rappel down the tallest building in Central America, a harrowing high-wire walk. They also must deal with a near impossible decision. The contestants make their final pleas to America. There can only be one. Starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
72 HOURS
OVERVIEW
From Howard Schultz’ Lighthearted Entertainment comes an action-packed, white-knuckle competition series that drops three competing teams of strangers into the wilderness. The competitors have just three days to find a hidden briefcase full of cash. Along the way they must survive treacherous terrain and battle the elements to be the first to locate $100,000.
KARATE KID BINGE: THE KARATE KID & THE KARATE KID PART 2
Airing 27 December 2013 (Friday), 9:05pm onwards
KARATE KID
OVERVIEW
12-year-old Dre Parker (Jaden Smith) could’ve been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother’s (Taraji P. Henson) latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying – and the feeling is mutual – but cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre’s feelings make an enemy of the class bully, Cheng. In the land of kung fu, Dre knows only a little karate, and Cheng puts “the karate kid” on the floor with ease. With no friends in a strange land, Dre has nowhere to turn but maintenance man Mr. Han (Jackie Chan), who is secretly a master of kung fu. As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm, Dre realizes that facing down the bullies will be the fight of his life.
Source: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/
THE KARATE KID PART II
OVERVIEW
The price of honor. The power of friendship. THE KARATE KID, Part II. Ralph Macchio and Noriyuki “Pat” Morita re-create the roles that brought them international acclaim in The Karate Kid. Karate student, Daniel Larusso (Macchio), accompanies his wise and whimsical teacher, Mr. Miyagi (Morita), to his ancestral home in Okinawa. For the boy, it’s a journey to an exotic new world offering new clues to his mentor’s secret past. For Miyagi, it’s an opportunity to see his father one last time and tore kindle a romance with his childhood sweetheart (Nobu McCarthy). But Miyagi’s return also re-ignites a bitter feud with long-time enemy, Sato (Danny Kamekona) – a feud that involves young Daniel in a brilliant collision of cultures and combat. Now, far away from the tournaments, the cheering crowds and the safety of home, Daniel will face his greatest challenge ever when teacher becomes student and the price of honor is life itself.
Source: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/
BLOCKBUSTER: The Da Vinci Code & Hancock
Airing 28 December 2013 (Saturday), 9:05pm onwards
The Da Vinci Code
OVERVIEW
Dan Brown’s international bestseller comes alive in the film The Da Vinci Code, directed by Ron Howard with a screenplay by Akiva Goldsman. Join symbologist Robert Langdon (Academy Award® winner Tom Hanks, 1993 Best Actor, Philadelphia, and 1994 Best Actor, Forrest Gump) and cryptologist Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou) in their heart-racing quest to solve a bizarre murder mystery that will take them from France to England – and behind the veil of a mysterious ancient society, where they discover a secret protected since the time of Christ.
Source: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/
Synopsis
A murder in the Louvre and clues in Da Vinci paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years — which could shake the foundations of Christianity.
While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon (‘Tom Hanks’) receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. Solving the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci – clues visible for all to see, and yet ingeniously disguised by the painter. Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou), and learns the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion – an actual secret society. In a breathless race through Paris, London and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker who appears to work for Opus Dei – a clandestine, Vatican-sanctioned Catholic organization believed to have long plotted to seize the Priory’s secret. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the Priory’s secret – and a stunning historical truth – will be lost forever.
HANCOCK
SYNOPSIS
Academy Award® nominee Will Smith (Best Actor, The Pursuit of Happiness, 2006) stars in this action-packed comedy as Hancock, a sarcastic, hard-living and misunderstood superhero who has fallen out of favor with the public. When Hancock grudgingly agrees to an extreme makeover from idealistic publicist Ray Embrey (Jason Bateman, Juno), his life and reputation rise from the ashes and all seems right again–until he meets a woman (2003 Academy Award® winner Charlize Theron, Best Actress, Monster) with similar powers to his and the key to his secret past.
Source: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/
COSNPIRACY THEORY: ANGEL & DEMONS & VANTAGE POINT
Airing 29 December 2013 (Sunday), 9:05pm onwards
ANGELS & DEMONS
OVERVIEW
In Ron Howard’s thrilling follow-up to The Da Vinci Code, expert symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) follows ancient clues on a heart-racing hunt through Rome to find the four Cardinals kidnapped by the deadly secret society, the Illuminati. With the Cardinals’ lives on the line, and the Camerlengo (Ewan McGregor) desperate for help, Langdon embarks on a nonstop, action-packed race through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, and the most secretive vault on Earth!
Source: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/
VANTAGE POINT
SYNOPSIS
During an historic counter-terrorism summit in Spain, the President of the United States is struck down by an assassin’s bullet. Eight strangers have a perfect view of the kill, but what did they really see? As the minutes leading up to the fatal shot are replayed through the eyes of each eyewitness, the reality of the assassination takes shape. But just when you think you know the answer, the shattering final truth is revealed. VANTAGE POINT is a mindbending political action-thriller starring Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Academy Award® Winner Forest Whitaker (Best Actor 2006, The Last King of Scotland), with Sigourney Weaver and Academy Award® winner William Hurt (Best Actor 1985, Kiss of the Spider Woman).
Source: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/
CSI BINGE: CSI 13 (EP#4, 8, 12, 16)
Airing 30 December 2013 (Monday), 9:05pm onwards
Episode 4
When a famed music historian is murdered and left in a piano, it has an emotional effect on Sanders, who had a past with her.
Episode 8
When five bodies are found in what appears to be a meteor site in the middle of the desert, CSI Finlay recognizes one of the casualties, prompting her to revisit her past.
Episode 12
The CSIs investigate a case involving a rising tennis star. Meanwhile, Hodges surprises the team with a startling revelation.
Episode 16
The team investigates the murders of several prominent poker players, who were linked to a cheating scandal at a prestigious tournament.
CURTAIN CALL BINGE: CSI NY 9 FINALE, CSI MIAMI 10 FINALE & LEVERAGE 5 FINALE
Airing 31 December 2013 (Tuesday), 9:05pm onwards
SYNOPSIS
After his recent brush with death, Mac (Gary Sinise) returns for a ninth season of crime solving, and he’s wasting no time turning up the heat on New York’s bad guys. In CSI: NY’s season opener, he teams up with an arsonist recently released from prison (played by Numb3rs vet Rob Morrow) in order to catch a copycat. Crime aside, the procedural will take the occasional break from the lab this season to offer a peek into the team’s private lives. For Mac, this means dealing with the emotional fallout of last season’s shooting and his developing relationship with girlfriend Christine (Megan Dodds). In this season, learn more romantic secrets about Jo (Sela Ward), particularly her affinity for FBI agents; what Medical Examiner Sid (Robert Joy) did with his lottery winningsl; how Danny (Carmine Glovinazzo) and Lindsay (Anna Belknap) are handling potential life changes; and what kind of adventures Flack (Eddie Cahill) gets into with sister Samantha (Kathleen Munroe).
Source: TVGuide.com
Episode 17
When a patrol officer shoots an unarmed man after a jewelry store robbery, a mob is formed in front of the precinct. The team struggles to figure out the truth quickly, but they are hindered because Mac, Flack, and the officer are trapped in the station. Later, Mac asks Christine to marry him and she accepts.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSI:_NY_(season_9)
CSI MIAMI 10 FINALE
SYNOPSIS
CSI Wolfe is a suspect when one of the team’s enemies, ASA Josh Avery is murdered. When the investigation becomes deadly, Samantha Owens ends up having to be rescued. The episode ends with Ryan discovering that Sam is the one responsible for killing Josh. Also Calleigh ends up adopting Austin North and his sister.
Finale Episode: Habeas Corpse (Part 2)
CSI Wolfe is a suspect when one of the team’s enemies, ASA Josh Avery, is murdered. When the investigation becomes deadly, Samantha Owens ends up having to be rescued. The episode ends with Ryan’s discovering that Sam is the one responsible for killing Josh. Also, Calleigh ends up adopting Austin and Patty North.
LEVERAGE SEASON 5 FINALE
OVERVIEW
Timothy Hutton stars as Nate Ford, an insurance investigator known for his ability to recover stolen goods for his employer. However, after the firm denies insurance claims for his dying son, Ford decides to go against the corporate world taking freelance jobs. Ford is soon hired by an aeronautics executive in order to recover stolen designs. Helping Ford are Parker (Beth Riesgraf), a thief; Alec Hardison (Aldis Hodge), an Internet specialist; Eliot Spencer (Christian Kane), a “retrieval specialist” and martial artist; and Sophie Devereaux (Gina Bellman), a grifter whose acting skills play an important part in setting up difficult scams. Together, this group of con artists have the ability to target the greediest and most unjust people.
Episode 15
The team embarks on their riskiest con yet when Nate takes a case linked to his son’s death.
THE HERO BINGE: THE HERO MARATHON (Ep#5-7)
Airing 1 January 2014 (Wednesday), 9:05pm onwards
OVERVIEW
This November, AXN brings to Asia the latest hit US adventure reality competition TV series, The Hero! International action movie star and former professional wrestler Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson (Fast and Furious 6) hosts an epic adventure reality competition testing the strength, courage, and integrity of a group of nine individuals of different walks of life from across the U.S.
Episode 5
HONESTY
When contestants are forced to take a lie detector test about each other as part of the Team Challenge, tensions rise in the house. A contestant gets tear-gassed and Lydia bares her soul in the War Room. Starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
Episode 6
ENDURANCE
Contestants test their skills with primitive weapons and navigate a dangerous underground cave in the Team Challenge. As the competition nears America vote, the contestants fight to prove who is most heroic. In the War Room, the Rocks asks…”What if?”
Episode 7
SACRIFICE
In the final episode before America’s vote, contestants attempt a face-first rappel down the tallest building in Central America, a harrowing high-wire walk. They also must deal with a near impossible decision. The contestants make their final pleas to America. There can only be one. Starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
