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New Zealand Listener
|September 27 - October 3, 2025
The big movies on TV this week
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 27
MEAN GIRLS
TVNZ 2, 8pm
High school comedy from when Lindsay Lohan was Hollywood's It girl. Tina Fey penned this enduring examination of school cliques and cruelty, which has earned a cult following and even inspired a Broadway musical. (2004) ★★★★
THE CASTLE
TVNZ 1, 8.30pm
Yes, if the All Blacks win against the Wallabies earlier in the evening and you are an Australian supporter in need of consolation, here's something we prepared to cheer you up and make you homesick, too. You're welcome. Suffer in yer jocks. (1997) ★★★★
SUICIDE SQUAD
Antiheroes assemble
Three, 8.30pm
A DC Comics supervillain team meeting that has the likes of the Joker (Jared Leto), Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), Deadshot (Will Smith) and others pressganged into stopping the zombie hordes of the apocalypse. Despite having so many colourful characters, it's all bit of a dull slog and has had a much better reboot since. (2016) ★★★
QUEER
On a bender
Rialto, 8.30pm
Italian director Luca Guadagnino (
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