TV Movie Guide: 13 – 19 July | Movie News

• Audio Description (AD) available for The Game, Vox Lux, Get Santa, The Face of Love, Adam Goodes – The Final Quarter and The Fountain
• Closed Captions (CC) available for Ningla A-Na, The Game, Milpirri: Winds of Change, Get Santa, Adam Goodes – The Final Quarter and Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time – Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

WEDNESDAY 13 JULY

Alcatraz: Search for the Truth
12:00pm, SBS VICELAND

M
USA, 2015
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Director: Brad Bernstein, David Karabinas, Chip Rives
What’s it about?
In 1962, John Anglin, Clarence Anglin, and Frank Morris broke out of the toughest penitentiary America had ever conceived – Alcatraz. Presumed dead, their bodies were never found. This documentary follows the family of the Anglin brothers as they work alongside a retired lawman who has been obsessed with this case for decades.

The Game
10:10pm, SBS VICELAND

M, AD, CC
USA, 1997
Genre: Thriller, Mystery
Language: English
Director: David Fincher
Starring: Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Carroll Baker
What’s it about?
Nicholas Van Orton (Douglas) is a joyless San Francisco investment banker who receives an unusual birthday present from his estranged younger brother, Conrad (Penn). The gift enrols Nicholas in CRS (Consumer Recreation Services), a company that designs elaborate real-life games for each specific participant. Nicholas then becomes the victim of a series of pranks that quickly turn malicious and dangerous. Directed by David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club, The Social Network).

Original 1997 Movie Show Review

THURSDAY 14 JULY

Bank Robber
8:30pm, NITV (repeats Saturday 16 July, 9:30pm)

MA15+
USA, 1993
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Language: English
Director: Nick Mead
Starring: Patrick Dempsey, Lisa Bonet, Judge Reinhold, Forest Whitaker, Olivia d’Abo
What’s it about?
After robbing a bank, a small-time crook (Dempsey) hides out from the police in a seedy hotel where he is forced to bribe various tenants for protection as well as their silence, which becomes more difficult as greed takes over and the people demand more exuberant bribes from the bank robber to shelter and hide him.

Atlantis Found
11:50pm, SBS VICELAND

G
USA, 2015
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Director: David Lee
What’s it about?
Adventurer-geologist Dr. Martin Pepper sets out to prove his theory – that the true Atlantis existed on the Greek island of Santorini, and was destroyed in the biggest volcanic eruption in human history. In order to achieve his goal, Pepper will use new scientific evidence gathered using state-of-the-art sonar scans of the sea bed and microscopic analysis of the ancient landscape. 

FRIDAY 15 JULY

Get Santa
7:30pm, NITV (repeats Saturday 16 July, 10:00am)

PG, AD, CC
UK, USA, 2014
Genre: Comedy, Family
Language: English
Director: Christopher Smith
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Rafe Spall, Kit Connor, Warwick Davis, Jodie Whittaker, Stephen Graham
What’s it about?
A father (Spall) and son (Connor) must team up to save Christmas when they discover Santa Claus (Broadbent) sleeping in their garage, having crashed his sleigh and found himself on the run from the police.

The Face of Love
2:05am, SBS VICELAND

M, AD
USA, 2013
Genre: Drama, Romance
Language: English
Director: Arie Posin
Starring: Annette Bening, Ed Harris, Robin Williams
What’s it about?
Lonely widow Nikki (Bening) begins a romance with art teacher Tom (Harris), who bears a startling resemblance to her late husband Garret (also played by Harris). She doesn’t tell him of the resemblance, nor does she tell her friends and family, which begins to put a strain on her new relationship.

SATURDAY 16 JULY

Adam Goodes – The Final Quarter
6:00pm, SBS VICELAND

PG, AD, CC
Australia, 2019
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Director: Ian Darling
What’s it about?
Re-examines the incidents that marked the final 3 years of Indigenous footballer Adam Goodes’ playing career. Made entirely from archival footage, photos and interviews sourced from television, radio and newspapers, the film reviews the national conversation that took place over this period.

Goodes documentary prompts reflection

SUNDAY 17 JULY

Hitler’s Teen Killers
5:30pm, SBS

PG
France, 2020
Genre: History, War, Documentary
Language: French
Director: Julien Johan
Starring: Ken Starcevic
What’s it about?
20,000 teenagers who made up the 12th SS Panzer Division were unleashed in France to halt the Allied invasion, sowing terror and destruction in their wake. In this documentary, with its astonishing restored and colourised archives, a few rare survivors have accepted to give their eyewitness accounts 75 years later.

MONDAY 18 JULY

The New Breed
2:10pm, SBS

PG
Australia, 2022
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Director: Peter Williams
What’s it about?
Documents the rise of a new type of business person – The Social Entrepreneur. The film captures the journey of three compelling millennials as they start businesses to tackle social and environmental issues.

TUESDAY 19 JULY

The Fountain
12:00pm, SBS VICELAND

M, AD
USA, 2006
Genre: Drama, Science Fiction
Language: English
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn, Mark Margolis, Stephen McHattie
What’s it about?
Born from the sacrifices of man, the legendary Tree of Life promises eternity to those who drink its sap. It is the quest for this fabled tree – or more importantly, its gift, which has consumed Tom (Jackman) over the course of 1000 years. Told in a non-linear style, The Fountain follows Tom’s soul through three separate incarnations, each of whom is desperate to save the life of his soul mate Izzi (Weisz) by harnessing the power of The Tree. Written and directed by Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan, The Wrestler).