It’s been a busy week for Steve and Simon. Monday evening saw them both at Auckland’s Trusts Arena, where they were very impressed with Melissa Etheridge and Sheryl Crow. Steve has also seen English soul singer Rag n Bone Man,…
There is a fascinating and moving story at the heart of The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Society, the Mike Newell adaptation of Mary Ann Shaffer’s and Annie Barrows; novel of the same name. Unfortunately, the story that Newell has chosen…
It’s one thing to have a good idea for a thriller movie, and it’s another to execute it. A Quiet Place achieves both, with some style, quality acting, and tension to make you squirm in your seat. Most of all,…
Like most of the population of New Zealand, Simon’s been to see Ed Sheeran recently, as has Crave!’s regular guest reviewer Debbie, and while Debbie’s unqualified in her praise of both of the shows she went to, Simon’s only reasonably…
Among the many — too many — themes of Mary Magdalene is the importance of forgiveness. All the harder to bear, then, is that this film is almost unforgivable. Rooney Mara plays Mary, a young woman in Judaea in 33CE…
On one level I enjoyed this Steven Spielberg sc-fi adventure immensely. It’s a film expertly crafted and designed to appeal to two generations: young people who’ve grown up with gaming and the virtual worlds gaming allows; and people like me,…
In the latest instalment of Crave!, Steve and Simon share their thoughts on a concert that they were probably a little too old for, Lauv’s recent show at Auckland’s Powerstation. But, age notwithstanding, they were both impressed by the American…
This sci fi film had controversy brewing well before its release. Reportedly a money man at Paramount decided Annihilation was too intellectual and complicated for a broad cinema audience, a position the film makers strongly disagreed with. The end result…
Tomb Raider opens well. Alicia Vikander is Lara, a street-smart young woman with more energy and fire than money. She’s a bicycle courier, and a bloody good one — in one of the film’s most memorable sequences, she takes the…
I wanted to like this film. I expected to. I tried to. But I didn’t. A modern female action hero – brave, smart, self reliant, resourceful, and athletic – would be as welcome an entry in the cinema as the…