Nintendo’s Music Given The World Stage It Deserves
Words by Marie-Claire Taylor
Gamers and a night out at the symphony. It’s one of those pairings that shouldn’t work but just does.
On 14th Augus...
What’s New On Netflix This August?
We're big fans of a Netflix binge here at The Speakeasy, and as winter rolls on it’s the perfect time to find a warm place to watch your favorite show...
8.5
Wonder Woman Review: Gal Gadot Takes Flight In This Timely Superhero Movie
The scene comes about halfway into Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman, and it’s about as carefully prepared and elegantly executed a reveal as you’ll find th...
7.3
In Review: Wonder Woman
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 ...
International TableTop Day is Coming To Auckland
Warm up those dice and dust off your meeples, International TableTop Day is arriving in Auckland on April 29th.
Now in it’s 5th year, TableTop Day ...
It’s Official – The Season Three Premiere Of ‘Rick And Morty’ Will Be An Hour Long
Wubba Lubba Dub Dub!
If you're a fan of Rick and Morty, which I assume you are as you've clicked on this article, you'll be well familiar with the pa...
Netflix Now Lets You Skip Intro’s And Opening Credits
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...
The Nintendo Switch is Selling Better Than Any Nintendo Console EVER
After a few major missteps over the last decade or so, it's nice to see Nintendo getting headlines for the right reasons after the release of the Nint...
Irks and Quirks With Oliver Smith: “The Selfie”
So at the first look of the title you may think to yourself “Yay another article bashing young people and their vacuous and vain need to constantly li...
Stream These Films on Netflix and Hulu Before They Expire
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...
Irks and Quirks With Oliver Smith: Why do people take pizza so seriously?
Irks and Quirks is a comedic series that deals less in facts, news, or events, and instead is weighted more on opinion. Whose opinion you ask? Oliver ...
Irks and quirks With Oliver Smith: Why do people like Boba Fett?
Star Wars is one of the best known franchises to ever exist. It is a divisive series with a split between a large and devoted fan base, and old school...
Fantastic Beasts Needs To Fix Its Protagonist Problem
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...
The Movie Business: ‘Your Name’ Moves Past ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’ to Become #5 Film of All Time in Japan
Your Name continues its box-office romp, smashing records and winning awards!
In our new series, Shawn Moodie goes behind the headlines to discuss ...
Anime Masterpiece Your Name (Kimi no Na wa) Is Coming To NZ Cinemas
Makoto Shinkai's (The Garden Of Words) anime masterpiece Your Name (Kimi no Na wa) is being released in cinemas for a limited run this December.
Th...
Watch The First Teaser For ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2’
Guardians of the Galaxy is one of our favourite blockbusters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and now Disney and Marvel have premiered the first t...
Highlights From Taika Waititi’s Reddit AMA
Kiwi director and all-round good guy Taika Waititi (Hunt for the Wilderpeople and Thor: Ragnarok) recently did what all the cool kids in Hollywood are...
Stardew Valley 1.1 Update is live!
A while ago we wrote about a comfy game known as Stardew Valley. It was (and still is) the epitome of comfiness. And on October 3rd it received it's v...
Fallout 4 Wasn’t Very Good
I’ve been spending a lot of time on Fallout 4 recently. I have no idea how many hours I’ve played (and I don’t want to know because I’ve already gone ...
Irks And Quirks With Oliver Smith: Nostalgia
Before I start to rant and ramble, I might as well introduce the scope of this series. Irks and Quirks deals less in facts, news, or events, and inste...
An Interview With James McFadgen, Owner Of Cakes n Ladders, Auckland’s Only Board Game Café
We've seen a real resurgence in tabletop games in the last few years so it comes as little surprise that Auckland would eventually find itself with a ...