SATURDAY OCTOBER 8
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
“There’s some good in this world, Mr Frodo … and it’s worth fighting for.”
TVNZ 2, 7.00pm
The middle film in the trilogy picked up the pace from The Fellowship of the Ring, unveiled Gollum and his furball voice in all his motion-capture glory and gave us the Battle of Helm’s Deep, one of the most memorable action sequences in the franchise. (2002)
21 BRIDGES
Mildly arresting
Eden, 8.30pm
The late Chadwick Boseman makes a decent Dirty Harry as a rule-bending NYPD detective