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Network Move Premiere: Crazy Heart (TV3, 8.30, 5.1) Jeff Bridges won his first Oscar in this slight but telling drama about a booze-battered country music icon who’s reduced to one-night stands in bowling alleys and opening for a rival (Colin Farrell) he once mentored … until he meets a solo mum-cum-aspiring journalist (Maggie Gyllenhaal) who reignites his […]

New Zealand’s definitive free-to-air guide to what’s airing nightly in 1080i: Saturday TradeZone Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.30) Hyundai Country Calendar (TV One, 7.00) ITM Fishing Show (TV3, 7.00) Ice Road Truckers (TV3, 7.30, 5.1) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV3, 8.30, 5.1) Sunday Pretty Little Liars (TV2, 5.30, 5.1) The War at Home (TV2, 6.30, R) The Food Truck (TV One, 7.00) The Big […]

Just Married: TV3, 8.30pm Saturday. Those who aren’t Ashton Kutcher (No Strings Attached) or Brittany Murphy (Uptown Girls, King of the Hill) fans will think this laboured romantic comedy about newlyweds in Europe just awful. The Washington Post summed it up best: “A veritable orgy of strained physical gags, inane vulgarity and poor comic timing.” […]

Sky will kick ass next month when it premieres in HD the comic book sensation, Kiss-Ass, and the apocalyptic horrors The Book of Eli and Daybreakers. Fantasy also will be to the fore in Alice in Wonderland and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus while the sports fans can choose from Invictus and Cinderella Man. And […]

Green Zone, the latest collaboration between Bourne identities Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass, was all but stillborn at the box office. However, the Iraqi War thriller about a weapons of mass destruction conspiracy deserves to find an appreciative audience on Blu-ray, even if the extras aren’t as compelling. The Blu-ray exclusives are limited to […]

The Iraq War thrillers, The Hurt Locker and Green Zone, rank high among July’s Blu-ray must-sees. The Hurt Locker, which goes on sale on July 28, blitzed this year’s Oscars — it won six, including best picture — while Green Zone, which reunites Bourne identities Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass, comes out a week […]