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Saturday Hyundai Country Calendar (TV One, 7.00) A couple new to dairying work hard to protect the environment on their Southland farm. ITM Fishing Show (TV3, 7.00) The lads head off to a remote West Coast spot where they catch some big snapper, kingfish and shallow water hapuka all from the same spot. The Voice (TV2, 7.30) In […]

The Day the Earth Stood Still: TV3, 8.30pm Saturday. Green screen takes on new meaning in this eco-minded sci-fi flop that opened to the kind of box office that virtually stands still. But it is better than its reputation, save for an ending clunkier than star Keanu Reeve’s typically robotic performance. He plays an alien […]

More HD movies are starting to creep into TV2’s schedule but TVNZ has still to confirm a date for when it will start broadcasting in Dolby Digitial 5.1 audio. Although TV2 now screens most of its series in HD — this week, more than 20 hours’ worth — curiously few of its movies have been […]

Appaloosa: Sky Movies, 8.30pm Saturday. This stirring, elegiac western reunites A History of Violence’s Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen but this time they’re on the same side of the law – as town tamers who avenge the murder of a marshal by ruthless rancher Jeremy Irons. There’s much more to Harris’ second stint as a […]