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...
In Review: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in Concert
There's not a whole lot I love more than Harry Potter. I wear my Hufflepuff house crest with unwavering pride, and yell about the importance of loyalt...
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in concert is this weekend!
We at The Speakeasy have a slight obsession with Harry Potter. Just under a year ago, we threw ourselves a Harry Potter marathon in which we spent 22 ...
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...
In Review: This Beautiful Fantastic
All you young women out there trying to achieve a career in the arts? Maybe you’re like me and trying to make it out there with writing perhaps? Well,...
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 ...
6
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 th...
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 i...
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 k...
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 sm...
Doc Edge Festival 2017: A Glimpse of China
With China’s implementation of the Open Door Policy, as announced by Deng Xiaoping in December of 1978, marking its modernisation and increasing influ...
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 topia...
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 ...
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. Th...
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...
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...
Doc Edge In Review: California Typewriter
CALIFORNIA TYPEWRITER
Documentary
United States | 2016 | 104 min | English | Doug Nichol
Review: Glenn Blomfield
As I type this, I type with adm...
In Review: Hans Zimmer Revealed 2017 @ Spark Arena, Auckland
The average person is more familiar with Hans Zimmer's work than they might realise. But not me. Having a tendency to research discographies, I knew e...
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...
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...
9.5
In Review: Anomalisa
Whether you’re at the airport or stuck in traffic on the way to work or in a crowded restaurant, you’re the star of the movie of your life.
You mig...