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OK, fine. Perhaps despite our Strike Survival Guide's best efforts, none of the new or returning series premiering this week strike your fancy. If that's the case, peruse TVGuide.com film critic Ken Fox's guide to this week's movies-on-TV.Monday, Jan. 7, at 8 pm/ETThe Last King of Scotland | HBOAtonement star James McAvoy – the subject of serious Oscar buzz – stars opposite last year's best actor-winner Forest Whitaker in this drama about an idealistic Scottish doctor caught up in the horrors of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's reign of terror. Gillian Anderson appears in a supporting role.Tuesday, Jan. 8, at 10 pmThe Green Mile | ShowtimeStephen King's period drama about the relationship between a humane prison guard (Tom Hanks) and a condemned man (Michael Clarke Duncan) gets first class treatment from filmmaker Frank Darabont, who has the best track record of any filmmaker in adapting Stephen King novels to the screen: He also made The Shawshank Redemption and this year's Th...
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Question: I'm a health teacher and am looking for some good movies about drug addiction or abuse. Do you have any suggestions?Answer: You don't say how old your students are, so I feel I should warn you that all these movies contain material that many people would consider unsuitable for younger teenagers. But frankly, the drug life is full of material that's unsuitable for younger teenagers, so that just goes with the territory. Please also be aware that this isn't a definitive list, but these are films that have stuck with me. These titles deal vividly with life as an addict:
The Man With the Golden Arm (1955). It's old-fashioned, but it was a pioneering look at heroin addiction.
Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
Jesus' Son (2000)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
The Panic in Needle Park (1971)
Trainspotting (1996)
The
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