The Movie Channel 2: April 17, 2010

7:45AM
The Cake Eaters
A prodigal son returns to his small upstate New York hometown after the death of his mother, and deals with his rekindled interest in an unavailable ex-flame, as well as various romances being pursued by his son and his father. Jayce Bartok, Aaron Stanford, Bruce Dern, Miriam Shor, Kristen Stewart, Elizabeth Ashley and Melissa Leo star in the directing debut of actress Mary Stuart Masterson.
9:10AM
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
Alfre Woodard and Kathy Bates are the matriarchs of two completely different families - one white, the other black; one rich, the other working class - who become best friends despite the odds against them in this comedy-drama from writer, director and costar Tyler Perry. Sanaa Lathan and Rockmond Dunbar also star with Cole Hauser.
11:00AM
Three Days of Rain
Based on stories by Anton Chekhov, this ensemble drama tells the intertwining tales of several hard-luck, modern-day Cleveland, Ohio residents battling grief, loss, and family dysfunction, while a local disc jockey spins a cool jazz soundtrack. Michael Santoro, Joey Bilow, Merle Kennedy, Erick Avari and Bill Stockton star with Peter Falk, Blythe Danner, Don Meredith and Lyle Lovett in this engrossing tone poem from debut writer and director Michael Meredith.
12:40PM
Mozart and the Whale
Two people with a form of autism called Asperger's Syndrome meet in a support group and fall in love despite their emotional challenges and eccentric quirks in this comedy drama starring Josh Hartnett and Radha Mitchell. Gary Cole, Sheila Kelley, Eric Leerhsen and John Carroll Lynch costar in this film written by Ron Bass ("Rain Man," "Amelia").
2:15PM
Nobody's Baby
Skeet Ulrich and Gary Oldman star as a pair of witless cons on the run in this dark amalgam of comedy and violence from filmmaker David Seltzer. After breaking out of custody with his old buddy (Oldman, hardly recognizable in mutton chops and ten-gallon hat), naive Billy (Ulrich) happens upon a baby girl who has survived a car accident. Taking care of her sets in motion a wild series of events that eventually brings them into a trailer park of eccentrics (played by Radha Mitchell, Mary Steenburgen and Peter Greene, among others).
4:10PM
Pilgrim
After he wakes up in the sands of New Mexico with no idea who he is, an amnesia victim pieces together the fragments of his lost past with the help of a beautiful artist - but the truth gets uglier and uglier with each new discovery in this taut thriller starring Ray Liotta, Gloria Reuben and Armin Mueller-Stahl, originally entitled "Inferno."
5:45PM
The Cake Eaters
A prodigal son returns to his small upstate New York hometown after the death of his mother, and deals with his rekindled interest in an unavailable ex-flame, as well as various romances being pursued by his son and his father. Jayce Bartok, Aaron Stanford, Bruce Dern, Miriam Shor, Kristen Stewart, Elizabeth Ashley and Melissa Leo star in the directing debut of actress Mary Stuart Masterson.
7:10PM
Transsiberian
An American husband and wife traveling from China to Moscow on the Trans-Siberian Railway meet another seemingly friendly couple who soon lure them into a web of deceit and murder. Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer, Eduardo Noriega, Kate Mara, Ben Kingsley and Thomas Kretschmann star in this gritty thriller from director Brad Anderson ("The Machinist").
9:00PM
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
Alfre Woodard and Kathy Bates are the matriarchs of two completely different families - one white, the other black; one rich, the other working class - who become best friends despite the odds against them in this comedy-drama from writer, director and costar Tyler Perry. Sanaa Lathan and Rockmond Dunbar also star with Cole Hauser.
11:00PM
The Bank Job
A notorious 1971 bank robbery in London is the basis for this exciting, suspenseful thriller starring Jason Statham as a car dealer who agrees to the dangerous heist in order to finance a new family but gets more than he bargains for when the break-in yields not just riches but a slew of valuable state secrets. Saffron Burrows costars in this exciting crime thriller from director Roger Donaldson.
12:55AM
Lords of the Street
When a brutal Mexican drug lord escapes from prison during the chaos following Hurricane Katrina, a New Orleans cop (Kris Kristofferson) finds himself sharing a common target with a slick assassin (DMX) who has a personal score to settle. Meanwhile, the object of their man hunt must track down his ex-girlfriend, who has hidden $15 million that he must produce, or face execution by his cartel back home.
2:20AM
Rain
Following the death of her grandmother, an adolescent girl from the Bahamas travels to Nassau to reunite with the biological mother who abandoned her as a child. Renel Brown stars with CCH Pounder and Irma P. Hall in this drama from writer and director Maria Govan.
3:55AM
Three Days of Rain
Based on stories by Anton Chekhov, this ensemble drama tells the intertwining tales of several hard-luck, modern-day Cleveland, Ohio residents battling grief, loss, and family dysfunction, while a local disc jockey spins a cool jazz soundtrack. Michael Santoro, Joey Bilow, Merle Kennedy, Erick Avari and Bill Stockton star with Peter Falk, Blythe Danner, Don Meredith and Lyle Lovett in this engrossing tone poem from debut writer and director Michael Meredith.
5:35AM
Mozart and the Whale
Two people with a form of autism called Asperger's Syndrome meet in a support group and fall in love despite their emotional challenges and eccentric quirks in this comedy drama starring Josh Hartnett and Radha Mitchell. Gary Cole, Sheila Kelley, Eric Leerhsen and John Carroll Lynch costar in this film written by Ron Bass ("Rain Man," "Amelia").

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