The Box Set
Notting Hill, 8.30pm, Friday, Ma¯ ori TV
Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts combine for this 1999 British rom-com about a London bookshop owner whose life changes when he meets the most-famous film star in the world. ‘‘A romantic comedy that indulges fantasies, calms insecurities, and breaks and mends hearts with surgical precision,’’ wrote New York Daily News’ Jamie Bernard.
13 Going on 30, 7pm, Saturday, TVNZ2
Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo star in this 2004 fantasy comedy about a teenager who makes a wish on her birthday and wakes up the next morning as an adult. ‘‘A rare commercial comedy that leaves you entranced by what can happen only in the movies,’’ wrote Entertainment Weekly’s
Owen Gleiberman.
Back to the Future Part III, 7.55pm, Saturday, Three
Long before Cowboys & Aliens, there was this 1990 sci-fi/ western mashup as Marty McFly (Michael J Fox) heads back to 1885 to save Doc Brown’s (Christopher Lloyd) life. ‘‘Wraps up the film series with a big, high-tech lasso and ropes in one heck of a good time,’’ wrote USA Today‘s Susan Wloszczyna, while Time magazine’s Richard Schickel believed the movie was ‘‘all smiles, nostalgically respectful of the western genre and serenely sure of the strength of its own more immediate heritage and of our affection for it’’.
Kes, 8.30pm, Saturday, Ma¯ ori TV
Ken Loach’s Bafta- winning 1969 drama about a 15-year-old neglected and bullied boy who seeks solace by stealing and nurturing a small kestrel. ‘‘A compassionate, powerful high point of low-budget realist cinema, Ken Loach’s Kes is funny, sad and bitingly authentic,’’ wrote Total Film magazine’s Philip Kemp.
Later with Jools Holland, 8.30pm, Sky Arts, Sunday
New Zealand premiere of this celebration of 25 years of the popular British music variety show. Features live performances at the Royal Albert Hall from the likes of the Foo Fighters, Paul Weller, Van Morrison, Dizzee Rascal, Jorja Smith, Gregory Porter, Kali Uchis, Camille, Songhoy Blues and KT Tunstall.
Stan, 8.30pm, Sunday, Three
New 90-minute documentary which promises to follow ‘‘the highs and lows of much-loved New Zealand music and acting idol Stan Walker, as he comes face-to-face with one of life’s biggest challenges’’. ‘‘I wanted to make the documentary to help people, and to also help myself process the whole thing. It was my idea. I like to use the best and worst parts of my life and to turn them into something creative,’’ Walker himself says. ■
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