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Couch potatoes: New York plants go to the movies
20/03/2010 : From "Avatar" to "Lord of the Rings" plants are no strangers to playing big movie roles, but no one's ever shot a film the plants themselves can watch. Until now.
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para phernaliaThai film-maker phenom
20/03/2010 : Anocha Suwichakornpong is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter and producer whose work - Jao Nok Krajok ("Mundane History") - recently won the Tiger Award from the International Film Festival Rotterdam this year.
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DVD ADDICT
Swamped in tension
19/03/2010 : LA CIENAGA
MOVIE Review
Wrong place, wrong time
19/03/2010 : Released against a backdrop of bloody unrest, GTH's latest bit of bland escapism seems more inconsequential than ever.
HISTORY CHANNEL
Shrouded in mystery
19/03/2010 : The Turin Shroud is the Christian world's most famous and sacred relic. For centuries, the faithful believed it held the image of Jesus Christ, tortured and crucified, but how it was made has baffled scientists for decades.
DISCOVERY CHANNEL
Risking life and limb
19/03/2010 : It's winter in New England, which means only one thing to the lobstermen - hunting season! This month, Discovery Channel's series Lobstermen will take you right to the edge of the Continental Shelf to join five captains and their crews as they risk life and limb in pursuit of the prized Maine lobster.
Ex-Disney animator brings Hollywood to Nepal
14/03/2010 : In a busy office in downtown Kathmandu, young Nepalese are using state-of-the-art technology to create special effects for a Hollywood remake of the cult movie classic "Straw Dogs".
Divine Intervention
12/03/2010 : The ritual usually takes place in the open, or when the heat is searing, under a white tent. Sometimes the chanting is audible, sometimes not, depending on the man who's responsible for soliciting the gods from the 31 cosmic worlds to bear down to the feast propped up by humans. The serpent Naga is summoned, as is the avian Kinnaree. The gods must be propitiated and fed. Only then can the cameras roll and the director can direct, confident now that the gods are on his side.
MOVIE Review
Red hot action in the Green Zone
12/03/2010 : Another blistering collaboration from Greengrass and Damon moves in the opposite direction to Hollywood's introspective movie of the moment.
HISTORY CHANNEL
Secrets of the cosmos
12/03/2010 : It's time for a new look at a very old universe. In delving into its mysteries, we are finding the secrets of our past and the key to our future. This is a history of how we know what we do about space.
ANIMAL PLANET
Peaceful co-existence
12/03/2010 : Zoologist and big cat trainer Dave Salmoni is on a mission to prove that humans can live in harmony with wild lions.
'The Hurt Locker' rules on historic Oscars night
08/03/2010 : Iraq war drama "The Hurt Locker" blew away box office king "Avatar" to take six Oscars, with Kathryn Bigelow becoming the first woman to win the best director award on a historic Hollywood night.
