Thursday, June 18th TV listings for Cinemax Classics HD - Eastern
Scanners (1981)
A scientist (Patrick McGoohan) sends a "scanner" (Stephen Lack) to hunt others like him with explosive psychic powers.
Night on Earth (1992)
Five brief encounters occur in five taxis on the same night in Los Angeles, New York, Rome, Paris and Helsinki.
A History of Violence (2005)
Vicious criminals continue to harass a man (Viggo Mortensen) and his wife (Maria Bello) after he thwarts a robbery attempt at his diner.
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
John, Paul, George and Ringo (The Beatles) spend 36 wild hours in London, besieged by exuberant fans.
The Rock (1996)
A scientist (Nicolas Cage) and a British spy (Sean Connery) who once escaped from Alcatraz are sent to the former island prison to stop a disgruntled war hero (Ed Harris) from obliterating San Francisco with chemical warheads.
The Switch (2010)
A woman (Jennifer Aniston) inseminates herself without knowing that her best friend (Jason Bateman) substituted her preferred sperm sample for his own.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
Family tensions arise after a woman (Nia Vardalos) falls in love with a man (John Corbett) who is not Greek.
Due Date (2010)
Desperate to reach his pregnant wife (Michelle Monaghan), a high-strung architect (Robert Downey Jr.) takes a road trip home with an annoying stranger (Zach Galifianakis).
X-Men: First Class (2011)
Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr work with other mutants to prevent a nuclear nightmare, but a situation soon tears the close friends apart.
Walkabout (1971)
A lost teenager (Jenny Agutter) and her little brother (Lucien John) meet an Aboriginal teen (David Gulpilil) in the Outback.
Mississippi Masala (1991)
People resent the romance of a black man (Denzel Washington) and an Indian woman (Sarita Choudhury) in a Mississippi town.
Fargo (1996)
A pregnant police chief (Frances McDormand) probes the murderous events that evolved from a desperate car salesman's (William H. Macy) kidnapping scheme.
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
When his boss (John Tormey) turns against him, a hit man (Forest Whitaker) who lives like a samurai must fend for his life.
Pirate Radio (2009)
In 1966 a young man joins a host of rock-music DJs at his godfather's (Bill Nighy) pirate radio station in the North Sea.