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Sky’s streaming service Neon will beef up its slate with the fast-tracking of five series next month, including the premiere of HBO’s Euphoria (weekly from June 21). Also being expedited are Riviera S2 (weekly from June 1), Fear the Walking Dead S5A (weekly from June 9), Pose S2 (weekly from June 10) and Younger S6 (weekly from June […]

  Widows ➢ “Widows is presented on 4K UHD courtesy of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment with a 2160p transfer in 2.39:1. Shot on film and finished at a 4K DI (according to the IMDb), this is a consistently impressive looking upgrade in both detail levels and especially palette saturation courtesy of HDR … The palette […]

After a spectacular July, SoHo’s August highlights are mostly limited to new seasons of lesser series save for the premiere of Australian crime drama Mystery Road. It stars Aaron Pedersen, Judy Davis and Colin Friels in what’s been dubbed an “outback noir” about remote small-town cops investigating the disappearance of two farm workers. The six-part […]

   Break out the marmalade — Paddington 2 lands here on both Blu-ray and 4K-UHD. “If you’re the sort of AV-Holic that likes to marvel at individual strands of fur, then this is the 4K disc for you,” Home Cinema Choice said. Animation has often been a picture quality flagbearer, and this is a task Paddington […]

SoHo will fast-track HBO’s The Deuce, the latest drama series from David Simon (The Wire, Treme), to screen here the same time as the US (1.00 Mondays from September 11). It chronicles the rise of the porn industry in New York City, which was driven by its gradual legalisation and a politically motivated effort to “clean […]

Next month Sky’s premium drama channel will premiere the latest Showtime drama series, I’m Dying Up Here (9.30 Tuesdays from June 13). It’s the stand-up version of HBO’s misjudged Vinyl, set in the 1970s when the likes of Richard Pryor, Jay Leno and David Letterman were dominating the Hollywood circuit — but with the focus still […]

SoHo will air season three of Fear the Walking Dead within hours of the US. Sky’s premium drama channel is still finalising slots for the Walking Dead spin-off but has confirmed each week’s episode will go out on Monday afternoons, starting June 5. Unlike Game of Thrones, which HBO allowed to be simulcast globally, FTWD’s licensing deal […]

New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i    Saturday  Premiere: Snow Chick: A Penguin’s Tale (TV3, 4.50) Movie: Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs Evil (TV2, 5.15, R) Newshub Live at 6pm (TV3, 6.00)  University Challenge (Prime, 6.00)  Special: Posh Pawn at Christmas (TV1, 7.00) Grease Live! (TV3, 7.00, R) Movie: Night at the Museum (Prime, 7.30, R) Special: A Kylie Christmas (TV1, 8.05)  […]

Prime will screen the newest Doctor Who Christmas special virtually the same day as the BBC. The Return of Doctor Mysterio will air 7.30 on Boxing Day in HD, barely within 12 hours of the UK broadcast. “What we know so far is that The Return of Doctor Mysterio will see the Doctor team up with […]

Dead drama walking? … Westworld goes west … Breakers back on Sky … Fear the Walking Dead will end its second season with a double-episode on October 3 (SoHo, 9.30). The spin-off zombie saga was meant to conclude the following week. This week it was reported the show has suffered a ratings slump that it can’t seem to recover from. […]