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Sky’s The Zone will screen two retro series that only recently aired on Jones!: Wonder Woman and The Man From Atlantis. While the former will be in HD for the first time, the latter will be SD but should look much sharper than it did on Jones! because of upscaling. Man From Atlantis will air […]

Series premiere: Touch (TV3, 8.30, 5.1) Martin Bohm (Kiefer Sutherland) discovers that his emotionally challenged 11-year-old son can predict events before they happen in this series from Heroes creator Tim Kring. For once, NZ free-to-air TV is part of a global launch for a show that previewed to top US ratings in January before beginning its run proper […]

Two of this week’s releases sum up the joy and frustration of watching TV shows on Blu-ray. The final season of Heroes bows here months after being on sale elsewhere because of a TV holdback while Bored to Death goes straight to Blu-ray because Kiwi broadcasters shunned it. US cable shows can be a tough […]

Jack’s back — but as you’ve never seen him before … in HD! For the first time, the conspiracy thriller serial, 24, will be released here on Blu-ray. The eighth and final season will go on sale on December 1, two weeks earlier than in the US and the same day as a complete series collection on […]

Universal will set another low in Blu-ray pricing next month when it releases two new HD titles for only $15 each. The Return and The Skeleton Key may be ho-hum horror movies but they were marketed as A-list titles on DVD, so it’s surprising to see them bow October 6 on Blu-ray for such a […]

The final season of Heroes at last will go to air here a month after the Blu-ray went on sale in the US. It’s being double-billed with another long-overdue premiere, Joss (Firefly) Whedon’s Dollhouse, from August 30, at 8.30pm Mondays on C4. Like Heroes, Dollhouse is another HD series that won’t screen here in 1080i […]

Cast: Jack Coleman, Hayden Panettiere, Milo Ventimiglia, Masi Oka, Adrian Pasdar, Zachary Quinto, Greg Grunberg, Ali Larter. Creator: Tim Kring. Score: Lisa Coleman, Wendy Melvoin. Cinematography: Nathaniel Goodman, Charles Lieberman, John B Aronson. Season three of the sci-fi phenomenon about freaks across America who just might be able to save the world at last is […]

Cast: Jack Coleman, Hayden Panettiere, Milo Ventimiglia, Masi Oka, Adrian Pasdar, Zachary Quinto, Greg Grunberg, Ali Larter, Robert Forster. Creator: Tim Kring. Score: Lisa Coleman, Wendy Melvoin. Cinematography: Nathaniel Goodman, Charles Lieberman, John B Aronson. The cheerleader who was meant to save the world turns into a cold stone killer in the opening minutes of […]

Four TV shows that screen here in SD are this week being released on Blu-ray. Season three of Heroes arrives eight months overdue because of a broadcasting holdback while the third season of Mad Men lands here two months after its US bow. Also new from Wednesday are the latest instalments of two BBC staples: […]

Mad men, passionate poets and hi-def horrors dominate June’s bumper Blu-ray slate. More than three-dozen HD titles will be released, with four TV shows ranking among the most keenly awaited: seasons three of Heroes and Mad Men, Doctor Who 2008 Christmas Special: The Next Doctor and Top Gear 3: Great Adventures South America, Romania and Bonneville. […]