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Brick Mansions | Value for money: $$ Directed by Camille Delamarre. Written by Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen, Bibi Naceri. Starring Paul Walker, David Belle, Catalina Denis, RZA. Brick Mansions is a tale of redemption. And civic renewal. And parkour. A lot of parkour. Which is the Dungeons and Dragons of stunt work, but it certainly brightens […]

SoHo Highlight: The Newsroom (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) Mac asserts her control of the News Night rundown; Jim takes a fall for Maggie; a break-up secret gets out. As The Huffington Post observed at this early stage of the news drama’s run: “There appears to be an interesting critical split emerging around The Newsroom. Reviewers — including myself — have […]

TV3’s HD premiere of Transporter 3 helped the network to win the night with its target audience, 25-54 year-olds. The action movie also won its two-hour slot with 18-49 year-olds and TV2’s key demo, 18-39 year-olds. However, in all of these demos it was a narrow victory over TV2’s HD double-bill, The Mentalist and Body […]

Friends (TV2, 6.30, R) ✫✫✫ Dr Drake Ramoray is coming out of his coma on Days Of Our Lives; Phoebe and Rachel fight over a guy who left his cell phone in Central Perk. Shortland Street (TV2, 7.00) ✫✫✫ Roimata struggles with jealousy; Bella forges a connection; Chris is dealt a harsh home truth. Road Cops (TV3, 7.30, […]

 New Zealand’s definitive free-to-air guide to what’s airing nightly in 1080i Saturday Under the Grill (TV3, 4.00, R) Coasters (TV One, 4.55, R) Best of Carters’ Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.00, R) Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook (TV One, 5.25, R) Rheem Outdoors With Geoff (TV3, 5.30) Hyundai Country Calendar (TV One, 7.00) ITM Fishing Show (TV3, 7.00) The Voice (TV2, 7.30) […]

The Social Network: Sky Movies, 8.30pm Sunday. “That’s gotta be some kind of land speed record for talking.” This quote about the yakkety-yak founder of Napster is just as apt for this dynamite, dialogue-driven dramatisation of the controversial rise of Mark Zuckerberg, the infamous face of Facebook. Never have talking heads and algorithms been so […]