Tagged In Review

May 10, 2017

Entertainment, Film, Watch

SACRED Documentary 2017 | 86 min | Director Thomas Lennon. Review Glenn Blomfield Sacred is the result of a worldwide collaboration, its scenes were shot by more than forty filmmaking teams around the wor...

NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Donna Brookbanks – Cat-Lady-In-Waiting

May 10, 2017

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

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It's funny. At any other time of the year, Tuesday would never be considered a day for a night on the town, by any stretch of the imagination. I would almost consider it almost a beauty of the NZ Internation...

NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Lana Walters and James Mustapic – Jokes B4 Blokes

May 10, 2017

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

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As we welcome in the 3rd week of the NZ International Comedy Festival, we find ourselves in the midpoint of a mammoth month of comedy, having enjoyed glasses filled to the brim with laughter and entertainment, ...

Doc Edge In Review: Bride Of The Nile

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. The lines feel blurred between real life narrative and dramati...

NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Becky Lucas in ‘Little Bitch’

May 10, 2017

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

Becky Lucas in 'Little Bitch' Reviewed by Wal Reid Aussie Becky Lucas has her hair up like Ariana Grande, but unlike the singer, prefers to dish up comedy with her own ‘bang bang’.Her innocuous preppy looks...

In Review: $uicideboy$ Live at The Studio 07/05/2017

May 9, 2017

Listen, Main, Music, Uncharted

$uicideboy$ Live The Studio Reviewed by Wal Reid There was more green smoke than a Katchafire gig, plus more references to ‘bishes’ than a Tony Bish wine label, as New Orleans’s $uicideBoy$, traversed the ...

In Review: Mel Parsons down at the bar, swilling drinks, and playing guitar – Galatos 5/5/17

Natalie Crane

May 8, 2017

Main, Music

Mel Parsons - down at the bar, swilling drinks and playing guitar Galatos, Friday 5 May 2017. Review by Natalie Crane I jumped at the opportunity to see Mel Parsons’ live show as she was a past resident of ...

NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: David Correos – “Going Full Correos”

May 6, 2017

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival, Uncategorized

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When asked to describe what watching a David Correos gig is like I usually start by telling them they've got it all wrong. You don't 'watch' Correos perform - it's so much more than that - you experience it. Da...

Doc Edge In Review: Max Gimblett – Original Mind

May 6, 2017

MAX GIMBLETT: ORIGINAL MIND Documentary Australia, United States | 2017 | 50 min | English | Rhys Mitchell Review by Glenn Blomfield "Creating Art is to speak the truth. Painting is the language of the Gods...

NZ Comedy Festival In Review: Ren Lunicke in ‘I’m An Apache Attack Helicopter’

May 6, 2017

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

Ren Lunicke – Cellar 03/05/2017 Review by Glenn Blomfield Ren Lunicke’s show is a wild ride into transgender comedy. I went into not knowing anything about this comedian or what the show was going to be...

Doc Edge In Review: For Ahkeem

May 5, 2017

FOR AHKEEM Documentary United States | 2017 | 89 min | English | Jeremy S. Levine, Landon Van Soest Review: Glenn Blomfield This is an excellent and highly emotive documentary film. For Ahkeem follows th...

NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Happy Hour – Tony Lyall

May 4, 2017

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

Tony Lyall is a comedian that I have a lot of time for. The two-time NZ Raw Quest semi-finalist is a tornado of energy onstage, and his crowd work is a thing of legend, so I entered his first solo NZ Internatio...

Doc Edge In Review: California Typewriter

May 4, 2017

CALIFORNIA TYPEWRITER Documentary United States | 2016 | 104 min | English | Doug Nichol Review: Glenn Blomfield As I type this, I type with admiration, because I absolutely adored this documentary. I ...

NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Lucy Roche – ‘Dollars & Sex’

Tegan McKnight

May 2, 2017

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

We’re not even a week into the NZ International Comedy Festival and I’ve already broken my cardinal rule of never being late to a show (for goodness’ sake people, learn from my mistake and get to the Q Theatre ...

NZ International Comedy Festival in review: Raybon Kan – Positive Pessimist

Lincoln Vaz

May 1, 2017

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

Raybon Kan – Positive Pessimist – The Vault, Q Theatre How the fuck do I write a comedy review? I'm not even consistently funny, let alone a comedian ... let alone able to criticize the life efforts of a hum...

NZ Comedy Festival In Review: Ray Badran

April 29, 2017

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

Ray Badran – Live at The Vault 28/04/2017 Review by Wal Reid He’s unabashedly Aussie, comes with a credible comedy c.v. and is rather laid back as he approaches the stage with a beer in hand – Badran looks...

NZ International Comedy Festival: Aiken Hutcheson & Graeme Clarke – “Unaccompanied Adults”

James McGeorge

April 29, 2017

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

Aiken Hutcheson & Graeme Clarke – Unaccompanied Adults – The Vault, Q Theatre One of my favourite parts of the New Zealand International Comedy Festival is taking a punt on comedians I hadn’t heard of, u...

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In Review: Anomalisa

Shawn Moodie

January 22, 2017