One of summer’s biggest events – Bay Dreams 2018 – will kick off in style with a pre-party like no other! Back for a third year running, Bay Dreams takes place at ASB Baypark in Mt Maunganui on January 2,…
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Baywatch — agreeable, and not much more
There are two films at work in Baywatch, the feature-length adaptation of the 1980s soggy soap opera. There’s the story of Brody (Zac Effron), a disgraced former Olympic swimmer who wants to join the Baywatch team, and Mitch (Dwight “The…
Future announces David Dallas as special guest for his Nobody Safe tour
Atlanta music superstar FUTURE recently announced The Nobody Safe Tour performing in New Zealand for the very first time. Joining Future at Auckland’s Spark Arena on Thursday, September 28 will be trailblazing, Kiwi hip-hop stylist DAVID DALLAS as his special…
Monster Trucks: a monstrous pile of rubbish
It’s not entirely clear who Monster Trucks is aimed at. Ostensibly a children’s film, it has a few rather seriously dark moments, and in the end it manages to be a hopelessly ill-conceived mess of a film. As Monster Trucks…
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. Once is quite plenty.
The trick to enjoying Never Go Back, the second film based on Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series of books, is to accept without question the setup that the film offers in the first few scenes. For reasons that are never…
Dark Ride – and a challenge for you
The Girl on the Train. Alcoholism. Betrayal. Deceit. Misogyny. Mental Instability. Violence. It’s a dark brew, is this grim but compelling thriller, The Girl on the Train. It’s director Tate Taylor’s take on the book of the same name by…
Yeah yeah yeah!
8 Days A Week – The Touring Years. I sat through most of this documentary with a broad smile on my face, and then towards the end, as the film charted the Beatles’ disillusionment with touring, the smile was replaced,…
Crave! episode 25: Nerve, Sausage Party, Sully, Chasing Great and Tim Booth from James
It’s the twenty-fifth episode of Crave!, and Steve and Simon have spent a lot of time at the cinema this week. They’ve both seen Nerve, the new social-media thriller that’s split their opinions a little. Sausage Party managed to both…
Sully: Can a good news story enthral? Yes it can.
It’s in the faces of the New Yorkers who look out the window and see an airliner descending over the cityscape. It’s in the voice of the air traffic controller talking to the pilot. Most of all, it’s in the…
Mr Natural
Billy Crystal in Auckland, July 21 Oh he makes it look so easy. Billy Crystal is relaxed, comfortable, unfussed. He’s invited us around for a chat and a catch up. We might be sitting in his living room, or around…