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For December on the Collection channel, Sky has curated seasons of movies made in NZ and the ’90s, a Christmas movie marathon and two franchises. ’90s Week (December 3-9, from 1pm) I Know What You Did Last Summer Goodfellas Reservoir Dogs Saving Private Ryan Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels The Adventures of Priscilla Queen […]

  Sky Movies Premiere Charm City Kings Nobody Voyagers Embattled The Night House The Last Duel Half Brothers Lake Placid: Legacy A Quiet Place Part Ii Land The Courier Godzilla Vs. Kong Professor and the Madman Fatale Sky Movies Classics Dirty Harry Decision at Sundown The King of Comedy Magnum Force The Enforcer Philadelphia Sudden […]

Saturday Red Dog: True Blue (Three, 1.25) The Lord of the Rings – The Return of the King (TVNZ 2, 7.00) The Road to El Dorado (Maori TV, 7.00) Holmes and Watson (Three, 8.30) One Thousand Ropes (Maori TV, 8.30) Freddy vs Jason (Duke, 9.30) The Neighborhood Nightmare (Three, 10.20) Logan (TVNZ 2, 10.35)   Sunday Dave (TVNZ 2, 2.50) […]

Here’s everything coming to Disney+ in December TOP PICKS  December 29 The Book of Boba Fett SEASON 1 PREMIERE NEW EPISODES WEEKLY ON WEDNESDAYS “The Book of Boba Fett,” a thrilling Star Wars adventure teased in a surprise end-credit sequence following the Season 2 finale of “The Mandalorian,” finds legendary bounty hunter Boba Fett and […]

TV’s newest post-apocalyptic saga, Station Eleven, leads a strong December slate on Neon that includes the Sex and the City revival, a Dan Brown adaptation and HBO Max comedy The Sex Lives of College Girls. Station Eleven spans multiple timelines as it dramatises the rebuilding of the world after a flu epidemic decimates mankind. It may […]

Netflix seems to have cracked the code of adapting popular video game IP into globally in-demand TV, reports Parrot Analytics. Here’s the full analysis: Arcane Skyrockets in Global Demand, Highlighting Netflix Gaming Strategy Netflix’s Arcane, a League of Legends prequel, is the streaming giant’s latest video game adaptation to take the world by storm, lending credence […]

Spark Sport claims it is now the “new go-to platform” for basketball fans with its acquisition of FIBA rights. Here’s the media release: Spark Sport scores FIBA rights in major coup for NZ basketball fans Spark Sport is broadening its basketball offering for fans, securing exclusive broadcast rights in Aotearoa for FIBA (International Basketball Federation) […]

Tonight Amazon Prime Video lifted the bonnet on the first look at part two of The Grand Tour Presents: Carnage a Trois. In their second lockdown special, which will stream from December 17, the trio dive into the bizarre world of French car culture. On an epic road trip starting in the Welsh hills, they dish […]

TVNZ 1 and Three are neck-and-neck frontrunners in this year’s NZ Television Awards, with a combined 54 nominations for their shows. Dominating the nominations is the TVNZ 1 drama series Black Hands, with 10, while Sky’s INSiDE, which this week won an International Emmy for Best Short-Form series, is nominated for best drama script and […]

➢➢ Back to Life is back for a late-night run on a new channel (TVNZ 2, 11.05 Wednesdays from December 8). The excellent first season aired on TVNZ 1 and both can be streamed OnDemand. About an ex-con (Breeders’ Daisy Haggard) who tries to start life over in her home town, its return in the UK was hailed […]