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SATURDAY JULY 17

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3: SUMMER VACATION (TVNZ 2, 7.00pm). The moderately amusing third in the middling Hotel Transylvania animated series of movies – a fourth is due soon – has a lovelorn Dracula (Adam Sandler) and monster chums off on a cruise where he, unwisely perhaps, falls for ship captain Ericka. (2018)

The third instalment of the animated series has a double dose of Steve Carell – he’s back voicing Gru as well as his long-lost twin brother, Dru, who is keen to re-establish the family supervillain traditions. There’s also some business

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