Tagged Film

September 5, 2019

Before I get into the review properly I want to get something out of the way early - if you're in the market for scares It Chapter Two delivers. It's a nerve-rattling, fiendishly frightening, and at times down...

In Review: The Farewell

Liz Lauder

September 2, 2019

Comedy, Entertainment, Film

★★★★★ Before I begin this review, please take note that I am writing from a half Asian, half NZ background - a bias which is close to my heart. While scoping out my fellow critics when waiting for the criti...

In Review: 2040

July 6, 2019

Entertainment, Film, Watch, Watch and Listen

Review by Chelsea Pickens 2040 is really what we all need right now. Like the majority of young-ish people I know, I worry about climate change when it’s brought to my attention, I try to do things in my ow...

In Review: Ophelia

June 24, 2019

Review by Liz Lauder Many of us are familiar with the story of Ophelia thanks to studying Shakespeare’s Hamlet in 6th Form English class, but this movie adaptation is not like its predecessors. Claire M...

In Review: Poms

May 12, 2019

Review by Liz Lauder I went into the screening of Poms after work with a gal-pal and popcorn, ready to have some wholesome laughs (and maybe a tear), but ultimately something to recommend to my mother next ...

In Review: Top End Wedding

May 6, 2019

Entertainment, Film, Watch and Listen

Review by Chelsea Pickens I’m not generally one for a romantic comedy. While some might find comfort and nostalgia in the tried and true formula, I find it predictable, cheesy and usually boring – my last p...

A 5-year-old reviews ‘The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part’

April 10, 2019

Five years since the first Lego Movie told us that ‘everything was awesome’ (apologies for getting that song stuck in your head again), a lot has changed. Both in terms of the franchise and in my life. I w...

In Review: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

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