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Best killer classic THE GODFATHER PART II Māori TV, Saturday, 8.30pm

SATURDAY MARCH 14

The Godfather Part II (Māori TV, 8.30pm). “We agree people should not kill one another,” critic Roger Ebert once wrote, “but that doesn’t explain why these films are seen again and again.” There’s only one way to find out. (1974)

. The 1996 Mt Everest disaster brought to shrieking, howling life. Given the number of accounts already written about the tragedy (including a best-selling account by writer Jon Krakauer, who was there), director Baltasar Kormákur’s film might seem like overkill. Particularly as

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