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Sky Movies Premiere: Let Me In (Sky 20, 8.30, 5.1) What sort of vampire film would schlock-horror merchant Hammer make 35 years after its last? Merely one of the finest since Nosferatu first bared his fangs. Let Me In is that rare Hollywood beast, a re-make that improves on the original: 2008 Swedish art house sensation Let the Right One In. [...]

SoHo Highlight: Hell on Wheels (Sky 10, 5.15, 5.1) If you missed Sunday’s screening, catch up with this repeat, in which Cullen’s search for the sergeant is unexpectedly diverted and Durant organises a search party for Lily Bell (Dominique McElligott, above). ”Choo-choo!” exclaimed New York magazine at this stage of the series. “We’re three episodes into Hell on Wheels and [...]

 Sky Movies Premiere: Megamind (Sky 20, 4.35, 5.1) What would happen if Lois Lane fell for Lex Luthor after Clark Kent hung up his cape? That’s largely the premise of this rollicking, fate-versus-free will superhero ‘toon, which explores an arch villain’s dilemma of being the world’s only super power. What would be the fun in that? Plenty, [...]

New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i Saturday TradeZone Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.00, R) Rheem Outdoors With Geoff (TV3, 5.30) Movie: The Accidental Husband (TV2, 8.30) Winners & Losers (TV One, 11.15, R) Sunday Hellcats (TV2, 5.30) The War at Home (TV2, 6.30, R) North (TV One, 7.00, R) Movie: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (TV2, 7.00, [...]

TV One’s Monday night HD reality hits Piha Rescue and Rapid Response last night took a tumble in the ratings. Each averaged 7.6% of the network’s target audience, 25-54 year-olds, compared to 10.6% for Piha’s premiere two weeks ago and 12.2% for Rapid’s. TV One’s HD crime drama, Criminal Minds, also has slipped, from 11.9% [...]

SoHo Highlight: Treme (Sky 10, 9.30, 5.1) LaDonna confronts the return of the crime problem; Sofia channels her father’s YouTube rants; Toni takes the Abreu case; Janette and Albert apply for Road Home money; Sonny barely escapes arrest. ”The return of crime to New Orleans is one of the key subjects of Treme season two,” notes critic [...]

SoHo Highlight: Boss (Sky 10, 9.30, 5.1) Kelsey Grammer won a Golden Globe for playing Chicago Mayor Tom Kane, recently diagnosed with a degenerative brain disorder that’s ripping everything away from him. He can’t trust his memory, his closest allies, or even himself. The Hollywood Reporter dubbed Boss “a wholly impressive new drama that comes out of the gate with gravitas, swagger, [...]

Sky Movies Greats Premiere: Reign of Fire (Sky 22, 8.30, 5.1) Action-thriller about fire-breathing beasts that fuses a medieval past with a post-apocalyptic future. US reviews ranged from, “Loads of fun. It has a jamming B-picture buzz — the kind of swift filmmaking and high spirits that have been missing from movies for a while” (New York [...]

SoHo Highlight: Hell on Wheels (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) After a rickety premiere, hopefully this revenge Western will deliver on its potential, as Cullen fights for his life, Lily struggles in the wilderness and Durant attempts to spin tragedy for political gain. As The AV Club aptly observed, “Two episodes in, Hell On Wheels promises to be the [...]

Wednesday’s HD premiere of TV3’s Kidnap and Ransom didn’t captivate enough viewers to out-rate the season finale of Falling Skies. The sci-fi mini-series had the advantage of starting 45 minutes earlier and averaged 6.1% of 25-54 year-olds compared to K&R’s 4.6%. There was a similar gap with 18-49 year-olds but it was smaller with TV2’s [...]