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Watch: Jason Statham fights a Mega Shark? Yes Please.

Shawn Moodie
April 11, 2018
Entertainment, Film, Watch, Watch and Listen
There's something about sharks that spike the imagination. Though they don't actually attack many people we still seem to fear and revere them in equal parts. I used to work for a company that had the Discovery...

New Video: First Letter From St. Sean – Sorority Noise

Yasmin Brown
August 23, 2017
Music, Uncharted
Sorority Noise are my favourite band when it comes to vulnerability and openly discussing mental health. In the latest single from their most recent album You Are Not As ____ As You Think, lead vocalist and lyr...

Vance Joy Returns With New Single ‘Lay It On Me’

Oliver Smith
August 2, 2017
Main, Music, Watch, Watch and Listen
Following a period of writing and recording abroad, Aussie singer-songwriter Vance Joy has unveiled a brand new single, ‘Lay It On Me’. The song is the first taste of new music from Vance Joy since 2014’s hu...

Watch the Video for The Contortionist’s ‘Reimagined’

Shawn Moodie
July 27, 2017
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Prog rock act The Contortionist have released a new track “Absolve.” The song is the second piece of music we've heard from their new LP Clairvoyant. "'Absolve' was one of the first songs written for Clairvo...

Chye-Ling Huang talks about her new play ‘Like Sex’

Shawn Moodie
May 30, 2017
Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Spotlight, Watch, Watch and Listen
Prudes, sluts, users and the used - in a carousel of episodic scenes, Like Sex a bold play written by 2015 and 2016 Playmarket b425 Playwright award winner Nathan Joe, tears into the tropes of teenage sex as so...

NZ International Comedy Festival: Talking Comedy with Ashton Brown

Shawn Moodie
May 16, 2017
Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival, Watch, Watch and Listen
Ashton Brown likes to offer audiences something a little different with his comedy. His new show, Ashton Brown is Anxious To Meet You, delivers a deeply personal and genuine account of his issues with anxiety, ...

NZ International Comedy Festival: Talking Comedy with Guy Williams

Shawn Moodie
May 16, 2017
Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival, Watch, Watch and Listen
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You probably recognise comedian Guy Williams from Jono and Ben and The Edge radio station, but if you haven't heard his stand-up yet you're missing out. We sat down with Guy for a lengthy interview that saw us ...

NZ International Comedy Festival: Talking Comedy with Scott W Long

Shawn Moodie
May 5, 2017
Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival, Watch, Watch and Listen
Scott W Long likes to offer audiences something a little different with his comedy. He's blessed (or some may argue cursed) with an innate ability to take and idea or concept and run with it, and boy does he ev...

This Brilliantly Executed, Extremely NSFW Reversed Music Video Is Amazing

The Speakeasy
March 20, 2017
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Leningrad, a Russian electronic/rock band hailing from Saint Petersburg, recently released a music video for their song “Kolschik” (or “Tattoo Artist” in English) which plays out a spectacularly bizarre sequenc...

Auckland Fringe: Nathan Joe Discusses ‘Penis Elegy’

The Speakeasy
March 1, 2017
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During the Auckland Fringe Festival, the Basement Theatre is transformed into a 'Performance Salon' - think Moulin Rouge at the beach – where works of all kinds pop up around you as you lounge and drink in betw...

Ben Anderson talks ‘The Last Man on Earth is Trapped in a Supermarket’

Shawn Moodie
February 17, 2017
Culture, Lifestyle, Watch, Watch and Listen
An eerie experience of hours spent working alone in a Countdown supermarket drove Ben Anderson to write a play - and not just any play. Anderson's "supermarket apocalypse puppet-thriller" follows Tom, a man ...

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 Graham Norton Show, there's little doubt that the lovabl...

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. The film revolves around Mitsuha – a female high school studen...

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 teaser for the highly-anticipated sequel, Guardians of the Ga...

The Kings of Leon Are Back – Performing “Waste A Moment” And “Reverend” Live

Shawn Moodie
October 16, 2016
Main, Music, Watch, Watch and Listen
Kings Of Leon, the hardest-partying band of the 2000's, have spent the last few years cutting down on the boozing and fixing their shattered relationships with one-and-other. With seventh album ‘Walls’ ready to...

An Interview With James McFadgen, Owner Of Cakes n Ladders, Auckland’s Only Board Game Café

The Speakeasy
August 25, 2016
Entertainment, Food, Gaming, Geek and Web, Lifestyle, Watch, Watch and Listen
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 dedicated board game café. Cakes n Ladders, which is nestled...

New Music: Wildersound Presents an Exploration of Nature and Song

Nathan Luscombe
August 16, 2016
Main, Music, Watch, Watch and Listen
So here’s something interesting: It turns out there are some filmmakers luring unsuspecting musicians into the wilderness…and then recording them doing live acoustic sets in some truly stunning locations. Wi...

Marika’s Journals – Episode 6

The Speakeasy
August 16, 2016
Comedy, Entertainment, Watch, Watch and Listen
“Marika’s Journals” AKA “How self-reflection made me realise I wasn’t normal” Marika and Yasmin, Comedy and Music Editor for The Speakeasy respectively, take a trip down memory lane through the journals that M...

Darth Vader Returns In New Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Trailer

The Speakeasy
August 12, 2016
Entertainment, Film, Geek and Web, Watch, Watch and Listen
Gareth Edwards' Rogue One finally has a new trailer, and it features the biggest villain in the history of Star Wars: Darth Vader himself. The clip, which promises epic action, great characters and a gripping (...

Watch Rick And Morty Reenact The Funniest Court Transcript Of All Time

Shawn Moodie
August 7, 2016
Comedy, Entertainment, TV, Watch and Listen
The good people at Rick & Morty get a lot of comedic mileage out of Justin Roiland's ability to improvise some of the funniest - and most bizarre - lines of dialogue that you'll find anywhere. So when they ...

Ricky Gervais Releases Hilarious New David Brent Music Video

Shawn Moodie
July 4, 2016
Comedy, Entertainment, Film, Music, Watch and Listen
Ricky Gervais revisits his wannabe pop star/bungling office manager David Brent in both an upcoming film (David Brent: Life on the Road) and Brent's accompanying debut album, a 15-track collection also titled L...
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