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      Shawn Moodie
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    • In Review: An Iliad

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      Shawn Moodie
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Joker – a masterpiece of time and place.

Shawn Moodie
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Shawn Moodie
April 18, 2019
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Dwayne Johnson, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Joe Manganiello talk Rampage

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Dwayne Johnson, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Joe Manganiello talk Rampage

The Speakeasy
April 17, 2018
Entertainment, Film, Geek and Web, Spotlight
Directed by Brad Peyton, the action-adventure smash ‘em up flick Rampage (our review here) follows what happens when the gorilla best friend of primat...

Nintendo’s Music Given The World Stage It Deserves

The Speakeasy
August 3, 2017
Entertainment, Film Score, Gaming, Geek and Web, Main, Music
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?

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

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

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 ...

International TableTop Day is Coming To Auckland

The Speakeasy
April 18, 2017
Entertainment, Gaming, Geek and Web
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

The Speakeasy
March 31, 2017
Comedy, Entertainment, Geek and Web, TV
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

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...

The Nintendo Switch is Selling Better Than Any Nintendo Console EVER

Shawn Moodie
March 8, 2017
Entertainment, Gaming, Geek and Web
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”

Oliver Smith
February 1, 2017
Comedy, Entertainment, Geek and Web
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

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...

Irks and Quirks With Oliver Smith: Why do people take pizza so seriously?

Oliver Smith
January 25, 2017
Comedy, Entertainment, Geek and Web
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?

Oliver Smith
January 16, 2017
Comedy, Entertainment, Geek and Web
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

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...

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 ...

Anime Masterpiece Your Name (Kimi no Na wa) Is Coming To NZ Cinemas

Shawn Moodie
November 1, 2016
Entertainment, Film, Geek and Web
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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’

The Speakeasy
October 20, 2016
Entertainment, Film, Geek and Web
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

Shawn Moodie
October 17, 2016
Comedy, Entertainment, Film, Geek and Web
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!

Mihajlo Pavlovic
October 10, 2016
Entertainment, Gaming, Geek and Web
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

Nigel Mckenzie-Ryan
September 26, 2016
Entertainment, Gaming, Geek and Web
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

Oliver Smith
August 28, 2016
Comedy, Entertainment, Geek and Web
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...
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