In Review: Melodrama
Words by Mary Varvaris
Ah, heartbreak. There’s nothing quite like your first heartbreak. The intensity, confusion, feeling like you’re the only one who’s ever had a broken heart. It’s all so… dramatic. This...
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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 miraculously reappear dressed in a skimpy outfit as the supe...
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In Review: Monsieur Chocolat
MONSIEUR CHOCOLAT | 119 mins | Director Roschdy Zem
Reviewed by Isabelle Brunton
Monsieur Chocolat lands us in rural France around the turn of the century. The head of a travelling circus troupe watches on...
Doc Edge In Review: The Reel People of New Zealand
THE REEL PEOPLE OF NEW ZEALAND
| Documentary | New Zealand | 2016 | 30 min | Nicholas Homler
Review by Glenn Blomfield
This movie takes a look into New Zealand's Independently owned cinema theatres, a byg...
In Review: McLaren
MCLAREN | 92 mins | Director Roger Donaldson
Reviewed by Glenn Blomfield
Directed by our very own Kiwi Rodger Donaldson, who also made the great kiwi film about Burt Munro ‘The World’s Fastest Indian’.
F...
In Review: Churchill
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 small on the face of it, a little human. It’s the kind of hist...
A new indoor music festival is coming to Auckland this July
The inaugural Madcap Madness Festival is arriving in Auckland on Saturday the 1st of July, and you'll definitely want to be there!
Situated on one of Auckland’s most colourful strips, Karangahape Road, the m...
NZ International Comedy Festival in Review: Angella Dravid – “Down the Rabbit Hole”
Angella Dravid – Down the Rabbit Hole, 18/5/17
Review by Clayton Barnett
Sitting in the front two seats at Angella Dravid’s show, "Down the Rabbit Hole", was always going to be awkward, but for a comedian k...
Crystal Castles to play Auckland next week
The countdown has begun.
You have exactly one week to get hold of your Crystal Castles tickets for when they play the Canadian duo play the Powerstation next Thursday night, and after a painful 18 month hiat...
HANSON: Anniversary World Tour coming to New Zealand this June
If you love a '90s throwback, triple denim and all, this one's definitely for you, as the Hanson brothers will be hitting our shores again at the end of next month!
Set to play Auckland's Town Hall, and ridi...
Doc Edge in Review: Stickman
STICKMAN
Documentary
2016 | 8 min | Director Rochelle Umaga.
Review Wal Reid
Rochelle Umaga’s short film Stickman about a modern-day Maori topiarist, Abraham Lincoln Pirihi, is a delight to behold.
I h...
NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Joel Creasey – “The Poser”
Joel Creasey – "The Poser", Loft Q Theatre, 16/05/2017
Review by Wal Reid
He has the most creative disclaimer I’d ever heard, as over the microphone as an Aussie twang announced a no photo/video ban at the ...
TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT: Ed Sheeran to return to NZ in 2018!
"Frontier Touring are delighted to welcome one of the biggest names in music back to his adopted home for seven stadium shows across Australia and New Zealand next March as part of his ÷ World Tour.
The x Wor...
Doc Edge in Review: Sacred
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...
Doc Edge In Review: Bride Of The Nile
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’
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
$uicideboy$ 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 ...
All Time Low – JB HiFi Signing event
All Time Low and JB-HiFi are offering you the chance to attend an exclusive signing session with the band while they are in New Zealand next week!
Pre-order All Time Low’s new album, Last Young Renegade, thro...
Doc Edge In Review: Max Gimblett – Original Mind
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’
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
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...