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SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 16

THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK

California screaming

TVNZ 2, 7.00pm Steven Spielberg’s mediocre follow-up to his 1991 dino hit is a bit King Kong a bit Godzilla. It’s the one with the T rex stomping around San Diego and a high proportion of the cast getting eaten. (1997)

STORM BOY

Feathered friend

Three, 7.00pm

This is the second film based on Australian writer Colin Thiele’s 1964 children’s book after

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