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   Saturday  101 Dalmatians | TVNZ 2, 5.00 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | TVNZ 2, 7.00 Despicable Me | Three, 7.00 The Expendables 2 | TVNZ 2, 8.35 The Lovely Bones | Three, 8.45 Scary Movie 3 | TVNZ 2, 10.30 Hidden Camera | Three, 11.05   Sunday The Good Dinosaur | TVNZ 2, […]

  It’s not a beauty of a week for Blu-ray releases, with only two newcomers: Beauty and the Beast and Saban’s Power Rangers. But at least the latter is for sale on both Blu-ray and 4K-UHD Blu-ray — plus it’s also the first Dolby Vision title from Lionsgate. Lionsgate, Warner Bros, Sony and Universal have all […]

     The top-selling disc in the US, X-Men instalment Logan, makes its mark here on 4K-UHD and Blu-ray the same week two popular franchises are dusted off for 4K-UHD. “I gave top marks to Logan‘s 1080p Blu-ray presentation, and that excellence is continued and arguably magnified in the 4K UHD version,” Blu-ray.com said. “Perhaps because this […]

NZ’s definitive free-to-air guide to what’s airing nightly in 1080i on the networks:   Saturday Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.00, R) The Food Truck (TV One, 7.00, R) First Crossings (TV One, 7.30, R) Ice Road Truckers (TV3, 7.30, 5.1) CSI: New York (TV3, 8.30, 5.1) CSI: Miami (TV3, 9.30, 5.1, F) Pan Am (TV One, 9.35, 5.1) Sunday Pretty Little Liars (TV2, 5.30, […]

Despicable Me: Sky Movies, 5pm Saturday. This ingenious ‘toon, about a dastardly criminal mastermind who must fend off an upstart challenger to his world domination plans while resisting the angelic overtures of three orphans, is impeccably presented in HD. The fabulous animation has a retro-futuristic continental feel while the storyline nails what it’s like to […]

A trio of top ‘toons is next month’s biggest drawcard on Sky Movies. Toy Story 3, Despicable Me and How to Train Your Dragon will air for the first time in HD, along with other school holiday favourites like Prince Of Persia: The Sands of Time, The Karate Kid, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and A Christmas […]

Warner Bros NZ joins the Blu-ray 3D express this week with the re-issue of Clash of the Titans and The Polar Express on Blu-ray 3D. Roadshow Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Universal Pictures NZ already have 3D titles in the market. Universal was first, with its December releases of Step Up 3D and the […]

It’s shaping up to be a Happy New Year for fans of TV shows, back-catalogue classics and 3D ‘toons on Blu-ray. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Harry Brown, Despicable Me and The Last Airbender may top next month’s marquee attractions in HD. But January’s more notable for the number of TV-on-Blu-ray and […]