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    TV Films

    Dec 19, 2021 4 minutes
    by RUSSELL BAILLIE

    CHRISTMAS DAY

    THE POLAR EXPRESS (TVNZ 2, 6.00pm). The first fully digital motion-capture animated film with Tom Hanks in multiple roles in a story about a magical train headed to Santa’s place up north. Runs out of puff. (2004)

    HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE (TVNZ 2, 7.30pm). The start of an obscure series of films about a boy magician, his mates, his wacky teachers and a giant hairy man. There were books, too, apparently. See page 63 about a class reunion. (2001)

    SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (TVNZ Director Danny Boyle’s Oscar-winning, energetically entertaining Bollywood-Hollywood fable about a teen (Dev Patel) whose life in the Mumbai slums has set him up to be a quiz-show champ. (2009)

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