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Films on TV, June 29-July 5: Including Captain America: The First Avenger

By Fiona Rae In TV Films

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20th June, 2013
SATURDAY JUNE 29 Race to Witch Mountain (TV2, 7.00pm). Is the third time a charm for this latest adaptation of Alexander Key’s 1968 novel? There are certainly way more explosions than in the 1975 and 1995 versions. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson looks like a normal person in this Disney kids’ flick (as opposed to his pumped-up supercop in Fast & Furious 6), and he’s supposed to be a former Mob driver who picks up two alien kids (AnnaSophia Robb and Alexander Ludwig) in his taxi. Special effects and near escapes ...

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