{"id":2861,"date":"2016-11-16T16:41:42","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T14:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=2861"},"modified":"2016-11-16T16:41:42","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T14:41:42","slug":"tcm-january-2017-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/11\/16\/tcm-january-2017-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"TCM January 2017 Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2862\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/TCM.jpg?resize=240%2C240\" alt=\"tcm\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/TCM.jpg?w=240&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/TCM.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Tough Guys At War<\/h3>\n<p>Every Wednesday at 20:00<\/p>\n<p>The subject of war sparks a plenitude of emotions \u2013 from bravery, heartache and courage, to the highs and lows of victory and defeat. TCM has lined up four iconic contemporary war movies that examine the many intricacies of war and the celebrated war heroes glorified in these movies. Tune-in to Channel 137 on DStv every Wednesday night, with the channel premiere of the movie We Were Soldiers, directed by Randall Wallace and starring Mel Gibson, drawing first blood on 04 January<\/p>\n<p>4th of January<br \/>\n20:00 &#8211; <strong>We were Soldiers<\/strong> (2002) \u2013 channel premiere<br \/>\nBy Randall Wallace, with Mel Gibson &amp; Madeleine Stowe<\/p>\n<p>11th of January:<br \/>\n20:00 &#8211; <strong>Jarhead<\/strong> (2005)<br \/>\nBy Sam Mendes, with Jake Gyllenhaal &amp; Jamie Foxx<\/p>\n<p>18th of January:<br \/>\n20:00 \u2013 <strong>The Kingdom<\/strong> (2007)<br \/>\nBy Peter Berg, with Jamie Foxx &amp; Chris Cooper<\/p>\n<p>25th of January:<br \/>\n20:00 &#8211; <strong>Inglourious Basterds<\/strong> (2009)<br \/>\nBy Quentin Tarantino, with Brad Pitt &amp; Diane Kruger<\/p>\n<h3>Across The Sea<\/h3>\n<p>EVERY SATURDAY AT 20:00<br \/>\nThe mystery of the deep blue sea takes centre screen in the new year, with Saturday nights on TCM airing films that focus on this force of nature. Included in the monthly line-up are two channel premieres, The Bounty and K-19.<\/p>\n<p>7th of January:<\/p>\n<p>20:00 &#8211; <strong>K-19<\/strong> (2002) &#8211; channel premiere<br \/>\nBy Kathryn Bigelow, with Harrison Ford &amp; Sam Spruell<\/p>\n<p>14th of January:<\/p>\n<p>20:00 &#8211; <strong>Waterworld<\/strong> (1995)<br \/>\nBy Kevin Reynolds, with Kevin Costner &amp; Jeanne Tripplehorn<\/p>\n<p>Saturday 21st of January:<\/p>\n<p>20:00 &#8211; The Abyss (1989)<br \/>\nBy James Cameron, with Ed Harris &amp; Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio<\/p>\n<p>Saturday 28th of January:<\/p>\n<p>20:00 &#8211; <strong>The Bounty<\/strong> (1984) \u2013 channel premiere<br \/>\nBy Roger Donaldson, with Mel Gibson &amp; Anthony Hopkins<\/p>\n<h3>Three Aces<\/h3>\n<p>Every Friday at 20:00. On the 27th of January, whole day marathon<br \/>\nWho would come out on top if Stallone, Schwarzenegger and Van Damme were pitted against each other? It doesn\u2019t get much bigger than three of Hollywood\u2019s meanest action heroes facing off in a double feature every Friday night on TCM. Don\u2019t miss a minute of the non-stop action \u2013 and, in case you can\u2019t get enough, there is an all-out marathon of their explosive on-screen escapades on 27 January.<\/p>\n<p>6th of January:<br \/>\n18:30 &#8211; <strong>Commando<\/strong> (1985)<br \/>\nBy Mark L. Lester, with Arnold Schwarzenegger &amp; Rae Dawn Chong<\/p>\n<p>20:00 &#8211; <strong>Escape to Victory<\/strong> (1981)<br \/>\nBy John Huston, with Michael Caine &amp; Sylvester Stallone<\/p>\n<p>13th of January:<\/p>\n<p>18:10 &#8211; <strong>Kindergarten Cop<\/strong> (1990)<br \/>\nBy Ivan Reitman, with Arnold Schwarzenegger &amp; Penelope Ann Miller<\/p>\n<p>20:00 &#8211; <strong>D-Tox<\/strong> (2002)<br \/>\nBy Jim Gillespie, with Sylvester Stallone &amp; Charles S. Dutton<\/p>\n<p>20st of January:<\/p>\n<p>18:15 &#8211; <strong>Twins<\/strong> (1988)<br \/>\nBy Ivan Reitman, with Arnold Schwarzenegger &amp; Danny DeVito<\/p>\n<p>20:00 &#8211; <strong>Hard Target<\/strong> (1993)<br \/>\nBy John Woo, with Jean-Claude Van Damme &amp; Lance Henriksen<\/p>\n<p>27th of January<\/p>\n<p>12:55 &#8211; <strong>Twins<\/strong> (1988)<br \/>\nBy Ivan Reitman, with Arnold Schwarzenegger &amp; Danny DeVito<\/p>\n<p>14:45 &#8211; <strong>Kindergarten Cop<\/strong> (1990)<br \/>\nBy Ivan Reitman, with Arnold Schwarzenegger &amp; Penelope Ann Miller<\/p>\n<p>16:35 &#8211; <strong>Escape to Victory<\/strong> (1981)<br \/>\nBy John Huston, with Michael Caine &amp; Sylvester Stallone<\/p>\n<p>18:30 &#8211; <strong>Commando<\/strong> (1985)<br \/>\nBy Mark L. Lester, with Arnold Schwarzenegger &amp; Rae Dawn Chong<\/p>\n<p>20:00 \u2013 <strong>Daylight<\/strong> (19969)<br \/>\nBy Rob Cohen, with Sylvester Stallone &amp; Amy Brenneman<\/p>\n<p>21:55 &#8211; <strong>Hard Target<\/strong> (1993)<br \/>\nBy John Woo, with Jean-Claude Van Damme &amp; Lance Henriksen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tough Guys At War Every Wednesday at 20:00 The subject of war sparks a plenitude of emotions \u2013 from bravery, heartache and courage, to the highs and lows of victory and defeat. TCM has lined up four iconic contemporary war movies that examine the many intricacies of war and the celebrated war heroes glorified in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/11\/16\/tcm-january-2017-highlights\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TCM January 2017 Highlights<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[100],"class_list":["post-2861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-television","tag-tcm","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}