You often come across the phrase a “feel good” movie. It’s funny enough, not too confrontational and gives you the warm fuzzies. Sadly these films often end up too sweet for their own good and, like candy floss, the taste…
Simon has gone where Steve wasn’t brave enough to this week, to see Hereditary, the new thriller/horror with Toni Collette. He’s also been re-visiting Alien Weaponry, who impressed at this year’s Auckland City Limits festival and who have released a new…
Hereditary burns slowly and unnervingly for most of its journey, becoming increasingly unsettling, and plain weird, as it goes along. This is all for the good. Heavy going it may be, but it keeps you guessing, and, thankfully, it happens…
From the very first scene, Ocean’s 8 makes its heritage clear. Opening with Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock) trying to persuade a prison parole board that she’s ready for release; the echoes of George Clooney and 2001’s Ocean’s 11 are clear,…
It was the computer HAL in 2001 A Space Odyssey. The machines in the Terminator films. The human looking robot in Ex Machina. The replicants in Blade Runner. The threat of artificial intelligence is a popular theme in science fiction,…
Steve and Simon have both been to the pictures this week, and while they’re by and large in agreement that Solo: A Star Wars Story is perfectly serviceable but ultimately less than remarkable, they’re a little more divided on the…
Episode 61 of Crave! has a mix of the international and the local. Steve’s at home in New Zealand, while Simon is broadcasting from the Crave! northern studios in Tromsø, north of the Arctic Circle. But they’ve both seen the…
The Breaker Upperers is funny on a few levels. It bundles together outrageous laugh out loud scenes, clever observations, and a plot that will challenge some conservatives (what would Israel Folau think?) to produce a sharp, snappy and very satisfying…
Intrepid guest reviewer Debbie has been working hard this week, reviewing both Halsey and the latest Marvel extravaganza Avengers: Infinity War, and episode 60 of Crave! features Debbie talking about both concert and film with Simon, who’s also braved Peter…
Let’s be honest, it really wouldn’t matter what any reviewer said about Avengers Infinity War. Millions of people around the world will want to see it regardless. These are people who’ve invested in the first ten years of the Marvel…