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    TV Films

    Aug 08, 2021 3 minutes
    by RUSSELL BAILLIE

    SATURDAY AUGUST 14

    RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN (TVNZ 2, 7.00pm). One from early in the career of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson when he started to become a family-friendly star rather than just an action guy. It’s a loose remake of the 1975 Disney film with Johnson as a Las Vegas cab driver trying to protect two siblings with paranormal powers. Fast and furious in its own wholesome way. (2009)

    An animated film about toys? That will never work. Actually this is the sort of cartoon about

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