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    TV Films

    Feb 02, 2020 4 minutes
    by RYAN HOLDER

    SATURDAY FEBRUARY 8

    Turbo (Māori TV, 7.00pm). A garden snail whose dreams of going fast come true is the leading mollusc in this absurd yet mildly charming Dream-Works animation. The French called it “Meals on Wheels”. Enjoyable voice work by Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Samuel L Jackson, Michael Peña, Maya Rudolph and Snoop Dogg. (2013)

    . Recreating the wacky brilliance of the original was a long shot, but kudos to Ben Stiller for trying anyway. The basic style is the same – daft male models solving improbable murder plots – but the filmmakers decided it needed

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