Tagged Film

November 14, 2018

Review by Chelsea Pickens Disclaimer: This review is coming unashamedly from the Harry Potter fandom. I’m one of those people. I have horcruxes hanging from my window and an elderwand on proud display on my...

In Review: A Star Is Born

October 12, 2018

"A Star is Born" is something of a Hollywood institution, seemingly being remade for every generation. Yes, it seems that the timeless story of the perils of stardom: the rise and fall of a star never ceases to...

In Review: A Simple Favor

September 14, 2018

Review by Chelsea Pickens As I think is probably true with a lot people, I only really know Blake Lively as the ‘cool sexy girl’ from Gossip girl and poppy teen-targeted movies like Age of Adeline, and Anna K...

In Review: Crazy Good Fun in ‘Crazy Rich Asians’

Nahyeon Lee

August 28, 2018

I was terrified I wasn’t going to like this film. As someone who works in the Arts and thinks constantly about Asian representation, its central premise was an unappealing one; a nasty Singaporean mother-in-law...

The Happytime Murders Puppets Attempt Kiwi Slang

August 28, 2018

Comedy, Entertainment, Film, Watch, Watch and Listen

The New Zealand vernacular can often confuse tourists and migrants to our fair shores but from the looks of it, puppets find it even more difficult! Two of the puppet stars of the new action-comedy from Hens...

Interview: Director Corin Hardy discusses his new film “The Nun”

August 27, 2018

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If you haven't heard about Corin Hardy's upcoming horror film, The Nun, the latest release in the 'Conjuring Universe' then you've probably heard about the controversy surrounding it. Yes, it's the same film wh...

Interview: Taissa Farmiga talks “The Nun”

August 17, 2018

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If you haven't heard about Corin Hardy's upcoming horror film, The Nun, the latest release in the 'Conjuring Universe' then you've probably heard about the controversy surrounding it. Yes, it's the same film wh...

Interview: Jason Statham, Ruby Rose, and Li Bingbing talk “The Meg”

August 16, 2018

Directed by Jon Turteltaub, The Meg is a blockbuster B-movie with action, thrills, and Jason Statham punching sharks. What more could you want from a summer blockbuster? Apparently not much, as the film has bee...

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

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 primatologist Davis Okoye (Dwayne Johnson), who has been in his ca...

7.6

In Review: Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s “Rampage”

Craig Moodie

April 13, 2018

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With the insanely shit weather driving a lot of us Kiwis to the cinemas, it is with some relief that I can state without reservation that director Brad Peyton’s (San Andreas) “Rampage” is exactly what you expec...

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

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...

7.5

In Review: Tomb Raider

March 22, 2018

Upon leaving the new Tomb Raider reboot I knew two things for certain. The first of which is that Oscar winner, Alicia Vikander, has well and truly earned the mantel of action star. The second, and perhaps m...

In Review: This Beautiful Fantastic

June 4, 2017

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, step right up to spend $18.50 of your hard-earned money and...

7.3

In Review: Wonder Woman

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 miraculously reappear dressed in a skimpy outfit as the supe...

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In Review: Monsieur Chocolat

May 30, 2017

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

May 28, 2017

Entertainment, Film, Watch, Watch and Listen

In Review: McLaren

May 26, 2017

Entertainment, Film, Watch, Watch and Listen

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

May 25, 2017

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...

Doc Edge Festival 2017: A Glimpse of China

May 24, 2017

Entertainment, Film, Spotlight, Watch, Watch and Listen

With China’s implementation of the Open Door Policy, as announced by Deng Xiaoping in December of 1978, marking its modernisation and increasing influence in the world. We are often highly fixated on the China’...

Doc Edge in Review: Stickman

May 18, 2017