HBO has kicked-off a month-long festival of movies made by acclaimed directors on Wednesdays at 9.00 pm. Titled the Master Directors of Hollywood, the showcase includes Ron Howard###SQ###s Backdraft, John Woo###SQ###s Hard Target, Clint Eastwood###SQ###s Space Cowboys, James Cameron###SQ###s Terminator 2: Judgement Day and Cameron Crowe###SQ###s Vanilla Sky.

Also on this month is HBO###SQ###s Action Babes on Mondays at 9.00 pm, with Uma Thurman in The Avengers, Sharon Stone in The Quick and The Dead, Lucy Liu in Ballistic: Ecks Vs. Sever, Brigitte Nielsen in Red Sonja and Angelina Jolie in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.