1993’s Cool Runnings became, at the time, the highest-grossing, live-action movie Disney had ever made. At the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics, four Jamaican athletes competing in the bobsled became darlings of the press and crowd favourites, creating such a stir they were mercilessly mobbed anytime they left the hotel. Hollywood was paying attention and, just five years later,
Cool Runnings (Saturday, July 31, 7pm, TVNZ 2) became the highest-grossing, live-action movie Disney had ever made. A perennial classic, both Denzel Washington and Eddie Murphy turned down roles, and it marked the last time John Candy went down the red carpet for one of his movies, sadly dying of a heart attack just five months after its release.
Zack Snyder on fulfilling his superheroic Justice League vision
17 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Karl Puschmann is a senior entertainment writer and columnist for the New Zealand Herald.karl.puschmann@nzherald.co.nz@CritiKarl This movie has no business existing, director Zack Snyder admits, before adding, especially in the form it exists. He s right. We ve had director s cut versions of movies before, most notably Ridley Scott s tinkering with
Blade Runner or Sir Peter Jackson s extended
Lord of the Rings films, but we ve never had anything like
Zack Snyder s Justice League.
It s bigger, more ambitious and, at a bat-whisker over four hours long, more butt-numbing than any director has previously attempted. The Snyder Cut, as it was unofficially dubbed by its legion of worldwide fans is, in reality, a completely different film than 2017 s
The final episode of
The New Zealanders (Māori Television December 27, 8.30PM) brings to a close this heart-warming exploration into Aotearoa’s more obscure nooks and crannies. We’ve visited The Chatham’s and spent time in Staveley, the Mid-Canterbury town too often overlooked for its more glamorous neighbour Methven. A cheerful resident of Mangamingi, Taranaki summed up this endearing season well, “where you live is what you make of it”.
Layered with rich visual detail, Hugo is cinema at its delightful best. Enjoyable for all ages,
Hugo (Three, Sunday, December 27, 1.15pm) is a good way to spend an afternoon digesting too much lunch and possibly falling in and out of consciousness.