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What’s New On Netflix This August?

Shawn Moodie
July 25, 2017
Comedy, Entertainment, Film, Geek and Web, TV

Wonder Woman Review: Gal Gadot Takes Flight In This Timely Superhero Movie

Shawn Moodie
June 4, 2017
Entertainment, Film, Geek and Web, Spotlight

In Review: This Beautiful Fantastic

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June 4, 2017
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In Review: Wonder Woman

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June 2, 2017
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Doc Edge In Review: The Reel People of New Zealand

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May 28, 2017
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In Review: Wonder Woman

The Speakeasy
June 2, 2017
Entertainment, Film, Geek and Web
Review by Glenn Blomfield When I was a young lad, Wonder Woman, was a hot wee lass on a TV Show, that would spin around to her own theme music and ...
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In Review: Monsieur Chocolat

The Speakeasy
May 30, 2017
Entertainment, Film
MONSIEUR CHOCOLAT  | 119 mins | Director Roschdy Zem Reviewed by Isabelle Brunton Monsieur Chocolat lands us in rural France around the turn of th...

Doc Edge In Review: The Reel People of New Zealand

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May 28, 2017
Entertainment, Film, Watch, Watch and Listen
THE REEL PEOPLE OF NEW ZEALAND | Documentary | New Zealand | 2016 | 30 min | Nicholas Homler Review by Glenn Blomfield This movie takes a look i...

In Review: McLaren

The Speakeasy
May 26, 2017
Entertainment, Film, Watch, Watch and Listen
MCLAREN | 92 mins | Director Roger Donaldson Reviewed by Glenn Blomfield Directed by our very own Kiwi Rodger Donaldson, who also made the great k...

In Review: Churchill

The Speakeasy
May 25, 2017
Entertainment, Film
CHURCHILL Reviewed by Amy Mansfield Right from the start, you get the picture this is big history played by big men who sometimes feel a little sm...

Doc Edge Festival 2017: A Glimpse of China

Helen Yeung
May 24, 2017
Entertainment, Film, Spotlight, Watch, Watch and Listen
With China’s implementation of the Open Door Policy, as announced by Deng Xiaoping in December of 1978, marking its modernisation and increasing influ...

Doc Edge in Review: Stickman

The Speakeasy
May 18, 2017
Entertainment, Film
STICKMAN Documentary 2016 | 8 min | Director Rochelle Umaga. Review Wal Reid Rochelle Umaga’s short film Stickman about a modern-day Maori topia...

Doc Edge in Review: Sacred

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May 10, 2017
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SACRED Documentary 2017 | 86 min | Director Thomas Lennon. Review Glenn Blomfield Sacred is the result of a worldwide collaboration, its scenes ...

Doc Edge In Review: Bride Of The Nile

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May 10, 2017
Entertainment, Film, Watch
BRIDE OF THE NILE Documentary 2015 | 63 min | Director Edouard Mills-Affif. Review Glenn Blomfield Bride of The Nile is a clever little film. Th...

Doc Edge In Review: Max Gimblett – Original Mind

The Speakeasy
May 6, 2017
Entertainment, Film
MAX GIMBLETT: ORIGINAL MIND Documentary Australia, United States | 2017 | 50 min | English | Rhys Mitchell Review by Glenn Blomfield "Creating Art...

Doc Edge In Review: For Ahkeem

The Speakeasy
May 5, 2017
Entertainment, Film
FOR AHKEEM Documentary United States | 2017 | 89 min | English | Jeremy S. Levine, Landon Van Soest Review: Glenn Blomfield This is an excellent...

Doc Edge In Review: California Typewriter

The Speakeasy
May 4, 2017
Entertainment, Film
CALIFORNIA TYPEWRITER Documentary United States | 2016 | 104 min | English | Doug Nichol Review: Glenn Blomfield As I type this, I type with adm...

In Review: Hans Zimmer Revealed 2017 @ Spark Arena, Auckland

Lincoln Vaz
May 3, 2017
Entertainment, Film, Film Score, Music
The average person is more familiar with Hans Zimmer's work than they might realise. But not me. Having a tendency to research discographies, I knew e...

Netflix Now Lets You Skip Intro’s And Opening Credits

Shawn Moodie
March 30, 2017
Entertainment, Film, Geek and Web, TV
Not for the first time, the people asked — and Netflix answered. In part of a series of announcements about small but crucial changes to its platfo...

Stream These Films on Netflix and Hulu Before They Expire

Shawn Moodie
January 29, 2017
Entertainment, Film, Geek and Web, TV
It's Auckland Anniversary weekend for a third of the country and that means precious free time to sit on your couch or lie in bed and watch ... someth...
9.5

In Review: Anomalisa

Shawn Moodie
January 22, 2017
Entertainment, Film
Whether you’re at the airport or stuck in traffic on the way to work or in a crowded restaurant, you’re the star of the movie of your life. You mig...

In Review: The Best Films Of 2016

The Speakeasy
January 20, 2017
Entertainment, Film, Spotlight
Last year is well and truly in the rear-view mirror, but as we head in to Awards Season, we decided that it would be a good time to take a look back a...

Fantastic Beasts Needs To Fix Its Protagonist Problem

Shawn Moodie
December 23, 2016
Entertainment, Film, Geek and Web
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a certifiable hit. The film has pulled in over US$717,000,000 at the box office and is also a hit with crit...

Watch Jennifer Lawrence And Chris Pratt Brutally Roast Each Other

The Speakeasy
December 13, 2016
Comedy, Entertainment, Film, Watch, Watch and Listen
Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence's press junket for Passengers has been awesome. Whether they're messing about on Ellen or failing at card tricks on ...

The Movie Business: ‘Your Name’ Moves Past ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’ to Become #5 Film of All Time in Japan

Shawn Moodie
December 2, 2016
Entertainment, Film, Geek and Web
Your Name continues its box-office romp, smashing records and winning awards! In our new series, Shawn Moodie goes behind the headlines to discuss ...

The Movie Business: ‘Fantastic Beasts’ can’t conjure up ‘Harry Potter’ box office magic

Shawn Moodie
November 21, 2016
Entertainment, Film
In our new series, Shawn Moodie goes behind the headlines to discuss the business of entertainment, exploring the latest box office numbers, studio ma...
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