New Bachelor looks for love
Supplied Ireland with Simon Reeve 7.30pm, Prime Adventure journalist Simon Reeve embarks on a two-part, 2015 journey of discovery. Travelling the length and breadth of the country, he meets a variety of its people while uncovering a place of myths, legends and spirituality, alongside a modern state still attempting to work out its identity and values. The Reader 8.30pm, Choice The 2008 drama that finally ended Kate Winslet’s long wait for an Oscar, despite it being her second-best performance of that year. She plays a German woman who has an affair with a younger man and then, years later, encounters him when she is placed on trial for war crimes. ’’Winslet’s fierce, unerring portrayal goes beyond acting, becoming a provocation that will keep you up nights,’’ wrote Rolling Stone magazine’s Peter Travers. Mad Max: Fury Road 8.45pm, TVNZ2 George Miller’s postapocalyptic warrior is reimagined for a new generation in this 2015 tale about a woman who rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland. Charlize Theron, Tom Hardy and Nicholas Hoult star. ‘‘There is gargantuan excess here, to be sure – and no shortage of madness – but there is also an astonishing level of discipline, wrote Variety magazine’s Justin Chang. Zoolander 8.30pm, Duke Tonight, 7pm Three One of the most talked about television shows in New Zealand in 2016, The Bachelor New Zealand, is back.
The first season of the show resulted in a fairytale ending for Bachelor Art Green and Bachelorette Matilda Rice. The second season showed that the journey to find love is not
One of the most enduring and much-loved comedies of the last decade, this 2001 male model mockumentary has Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson playing runway rivals and Will Ferrell stealing the show as an evil fashion guru. ‘‘Something this gleefully goofy and consistently funny would be without its challenges.
Will it be third time lucky as new Bachelor Zac Franich embarks on his quest to find love with the woman of his dreams?
New series host Dominic Bowden, drafted in to replace Mike Puru, says that he loves that The Bachelor New Zealand celebrates meeting people ‘‘the old-fashioned way’’.
‘‘The whole culture of finding love has radically changed in today’s dating world, it feels like meeting people has become about welcome in any environment, ‘‘ wrote the USA Today‘ s Claudia Puig. The Wrong Girl 8.30pm, Three Based on the best-selling novel by Zoe Foster Blake, this 2016 Aussie drama stars Jessica swiping left and right, an endless smorgasbord of choice, but that real connection has gone.
‘‘Whether you’re in Auckland, Invercargill or Los Angeles, finding love today can be tough and I think The Bachelor celebrates getting to know someone face-to-face, taking a chance and embracing the unknown. That’s when the magic can really happen!’’ ● New episodes also screen on Mondays at 7.30pm.