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Tutankhamun (Prime, 8.30 Tuesdays) “The discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb may well be one of the 20th century’s great stories — but naturally that doesn’t mean a television drama won’t want to jazz it up a bit. Or, in the case of ITV’s lavishly produced but distinctly corny Tutankhamun, quite a lot. The programme gives us a […]

The four Indiana Jones adventures and two Titanic movies set sail this week on Blu-ray. Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures can be bought only as a box set while the highest-grossing movie in history is out in 2D and 3D versions. Clearly, since it was released theatrically in 1997, the 3D release is a conversion. […]

Hyundai Country Calendar (TV One, 7.00) Farming on the Chatham Islands isn’t for the fainthearted. ITM Fishing Show (TV3, 7.00) It’s crunch time for the apprentices as they battle the clock to film and produce their own quality fishing sequence worthy of primetime TV. Movie: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (TV3, […]

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: TV3, 8.30pm Saturday. The whip-cracking bone-kicker’s back – older, crankier and with a whippersnapper who wants to try on his Fedora for size. Indy IV amusingly completes the family circle but can’t keep up with the other Joneses in the 30-year-old francise, largely because of a […]

To herald the Blu-ray release of Shrek Forever After, Paramount is slashing the price of a slew of its HD ‘toons. Selling for under $20 from November 3-December 24 will be Bee Movie, Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar, Madagascar 2 and Shrek the Third. The same price also will buy you Grease, Hotel for Dogs, The […]