This January on The Movie Network: Series Premiere of the World-Changing IFC Comedy THE SPOILS OF BABYLON and More

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Bring Hollywood home for the holidays programming continues with THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES, starring Ryan Gosling Wednesday, Jan. 1 at 9 p.m. ET.
Cutthroat coworkers Don Cheadle and Kristen Bell return for a third season in the steamy premiere of HOUSE OF LIES, airing Sunday, Jan. 12 at 10 p.m. ET.
Canadian feature films premieres this month include: THE DISAPPEARED, ERASED, HOME AGAIN, and THE LESSER BLESSED.

Brand new world-changing IFC comedy THE SPOILS OF BABYLON, starring Tobey Maguire, Kristen Wiig, and Will Ferrell, premieres Thursday, Jan. 9 at 10 p.m. ET.
The wildly dysfunctional Gallagher family returns in the Season 4 premiere of SHAMELESS, airing Sunday, Jan.12 at 9 p.m. ET.

Matt LeBlanc is back as Matt LeBlanc in the third season of EPISODES, premiering Jan. 12 at 10:30 p.m. ET.

TMN movie premieres this January include: BLESS ME, ULTIMA, OBLIVION, IRON MAN 3, THIS IS THE END, and AFTER EARTH.

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Below is a chronological listing of The Movie Network programming highlights for January. All programming is subject to change (all times ET; visit themovienetwork.ca to confirm local broadcast times).

Wednesday, Jan. 1

9 p.m. – THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (2012) – *Bring Hollywood Home for the Holidays*

A motorcycle stunt rider (Ryan Gosling, Gangster Squad) turns to robbing banks as a way to provide for his lover (Eva Mendes, Hitch) and their newborn child.

Thursday, Jan. 2

9 p.m. – THE DISAPPEARED (2012) – *Canadian Feature Film Premiere*

Winner of the 2013 ACTRA Award for Outstanding Performance of the Year, Shawn Doyle (REIGN) stars in the story of six men lost at sea in the North Atlantic. In their struggle to survive they come to realize it is not only the ocean they must conquer.

Friday, Jan. 3

9 p.m. – MUD (2012) – *Bring Hollywood Home for the Holidays*

Two teenage boys encounter a fugitive (Matthew McConaughey, TRUE DETECTIVE) and form a pact to help him evade the bounty hunters on his trail and to reunite him with his true love (Reese Witherspoon, Water For Elephants).

Saturday, Jan. 4

7:10 p.m. – BLESS ME, ULTIMA (2013) – *Premiere*

In WWII era New Mexico, an elderly medicine woman (Miriam Colon, HOW TO MAKE IT IN AMERICA) helps a young man (Luke Ganalon, GREY’S ANATOMY) contend with the battle between good and evil raging in his village.

9 p.m. – NOW YOU SEE ME (2013) – *Bring Hollywood Home for the Holidays*

An FBI agent (Mark Ruffalo, The Avengers) and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists while performing. Also starring Woody Harrelson (TRUE DETECTIVE), Jess Eisenberg (The Social Network), Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers), Dave Franco (21 Jump Street), Michael Caine (The Dark Knight Rises), and Morgan Freeman (The Dark Knight Rises).

Sunday, Jan. 5

9 p.m. – HOW TO MAKE MONEY SELLING DRUGS (2012) – *Bring Hollywood Home for the Holidays*

HOW TO MAKE MONEY SELLING DRUGS is a documentary that explores the various steps involved to turn a profit in the drug industry. Featuring a series of interviews with drug dealers, prison employees, and lobbyists arguing for tougher drug laws. Starring Woody Harrelson (TRUE DETECTIVE), Susan Sarandon (The Lovely Bones), and Grammy Award^®-winning recording artists Eminem and 50 Cent.

Thursday, Jan. 9

8 p.m. – HOME AGAIN (2012) – *Canadian Feature Film Premiere*

Three young people raised in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K., are deported back to Jamaica, the country of their birth, and must find a way to survive. From by acclaimed Canadian filmmakers Sudz Sutherland (DEGRASSI: THE NEXT GENERATION) and Jennifer Holness (SHE’S THE MAYOR), HOME AGAIN stars actress and recording artist Tatyana Ali (THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR), Lyriq Bent (ROOKIE BLUE), Stephan James (THE L.A. COMPLEX), and international Canadian recording star Fefe Dobson.

10 p.m. – THE SPOILS OF BABYLON – Season 1, Episode 1 of 6 – *Series Premiere*

Based on fictional best-selling novel by famous fictional author Eric Jonrosh, this groundbreaking, genre-defying, six-episode mini-series is a century-spanning saga about the sexy and dramatic lives of a family making a fortune in the oil business that will change television forever. THE SPOILS OF BABYLON features Jessica Alba (Good Luck Chuck), Will Ferrell (Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues), Jelly Howie (Compound Fracture), Val Kilmer (Heat), Tobey Maguire (The Great Gatsby), Haley Joel Osment (ALPHA HOUSE), Tim Robbins (The Shawshank Redemption), Michael Sheen (MASTERS OF SEX), Steve Tom (MAJOR CRIMES) and Kristen Wiig (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty) with cameos by Molly Shannon (ENLIGHTENED) and David Spade (Grown Ups 2) and the voice of Carey Mulligan (The Great Gatsby).

Friday, Jan. 10

9 p.m. – OBLIVION (2013) – *Premiere*

A veteran (Tom Cruise) assigned to extract Earth’s remaining resources begins to question what he knows about his mission and himself.

Saturday, Jan. 11

9 p.m. – IRON MAN 3 (2013) – *Premiere*

When Tony Stark’s (Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes) world is torn apart by a past acquaintance (Guy Pearce, Prometheus), he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.

Sunday, Jan. 12

9 p.m. – SHAMELESS – Season 4, Episode 1 of 12 – * Season Premiere*

Season 4 picks up a few weeks after the last season ended, with the Gallaghers braving another brutal Chicago winter and waiting on the medical fate of their flawed, permanently pickled patriarch, Frank (William. H. Macy, Fargo). With Fiona (Emmy Rossum, The Phantom of the Opera) in a stable job and relationship, and Lip (Jeremy Allen White, Movie 43) enrolled in college, can the Gallaghers finally realize the middle-class American dream?

10 p.m. – HOUSE OF LIES – Season 3, Episode 1 of 12 – *Season Premiere*

Season 3 begins in the wreckage of Marty’s (Don Cheadle, Iron Man 3) decision to launch his own firm, disbanding the almighty quartet. Marty is preoccupied with hustling up new clients, while his former mentee Jeannie (Kristen Bell, Frozen) channels her inner Kaan to make big moves in his absence.

10:30 p.m. – EPISODES – Season 3, Episode 1 of 9 – *Season Premiere*

In Season 3 of the Golden Globe^® Award-winning series, Sean (Stephen Mangan, Rush) and Beverly (Tamsin Greig, Shaun of the Dead), an English couple whose hit U.K. sitcom is remade for U.S. audiences and corrupted beyond recognition, are back together; however, they soon discover it’s not so easy to heal old wounds. Things do not get any easier for Matt LeBlanc this season as his career and ego continue to be pummeled.

Thursday, Jan. 16

8:30 p.m. – THE LESSER BLESSED (2012) – *Canadian Feature Film Premiere*

Based on the celebrated novel by Richard Van Camp, THE LESSER BLESSED is an eye-opening depiction of life as a vulnerable First Nations teenager in today’s modern world. Starring Benjamin Bratt (Traffic), Kiowa Gordon (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1), and Chloe Rose (DEGRASSI: THE NEXT GENERATION).

10 p.m. – THE SPOILS OF BABYLON – Season 1, Episode 2 of 6

Saturday, Jan. 18

9 p.m. – THIS IS THE END (2013) – *Premiere*

A group of Hollywood’s hottest young actors find themselves trapped in James Franco’s (Spiderman Sequel) place during the apocalypse in this irreverent end-of-the-world comedy from Seth Rogen (Guilt Trip), and Evan Goldberg (Superbad).

Sunday, Jan. 19

9 p.m. – SHAMELESS – Season 4, Episode 2 of 12

10 p.m. – HOUSE OF LIES – Season 3, Episode 2 of 12

10:30 p.m. – EPISODES – Season 3, Episode 2 of 9

Thursday, Jan. 23

8 p.m. – ERASED (2012) – *Canadian Feature Film Premiere*

An ex-CIA agent (Aaron Eckhart, Thank You for Smoking) and his estranged daughter (Liana Liberato, Trust) are forced on the run when his employers erase all records of his existence, and mark them both for termination.

10 p.m. – THE SPOILS OF BABYLON – Season 1, Episode 3 of 6

Saturday, Jan. 25

9 p.m. – AFTER EARTH (2013) – *Premiere*

A crash landing leaves Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith, The Pursuit of Happiness) and his father Cypher (Will Smith, Men in Black Trilogy) stranded on Earth, a millennium after events forced humanity’s escape.

Sunday, Jan. 26

9 p.m. – SHAMELESS – Season 4, Episode 3 of 12

10 p.m. – HOUSE OF LIES – Season 3, Episode 3 of 12

10:30 p.m. – EPISODES – Season 3, Episode 3 of 9

Thursday, Jan. 30

10 p.m. – THE SPOILS OF BABYLON – Season 1, Episode 4 of 6

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