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OSAMA kxx* (9 pm/ET/Sundance Channel) This 2004 film, the first produced entirely in Af- ghanistan since the 1996- 2001 reign of the Taliban, is a shattering portrayal of § the brutal treatment endured by Afghan wom- en under the regime. Forbidden to leave home unless accompanied by a man, and faced with possibly starving to death, a widow (Zubaida Sahar) hits on a daring and dangerous plan: She'll try to pass off her 12-year-old daughter (Marina Golbahari) as a boy. Even without considering the years of cultural suppression that preceded the making of this movie, it's an extraordinary achievement: a haunting expe- rience that's impossible to shake. -Fox a 13 GOING ON 30 x (9 pm/Et/Starz!) Alias star Jennifer Garner reveals a gift for physical comedy in § this sweet 2004 variation on "Big." She plays a misfit ae teen who suddenly finds Eh herself all grown up and on top of New York's 8 cutthroat publishing world. Awkward Jenna © Rink worships three things: the cool-girl posse that rules her suburban high school, sweet- = but-geeky aspiring photographer Matt and “Poise magazine. After a mortifying 13th-birth- day party, Jenna wakes up a “30, flirty and thriving” Poise editor, but also discovers she has become a world-class rhymes-with-witch who has alienated Matt (Mark Ruffalo). Funny, charming and full of heart.-McDonagh Fox and MeDonagh are the movie critics for TV GUIDE Online. For movie picks every day, please visit www.tvguide.com/movies/ontv an a 150 February 5, 2005 S - eae aa Sl New York Metropolitan Edition

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