Incredibles 2, the sequel to, well, Incredibles, has finally arrived, and Simon and Steve ask just how incredible it really is, and find it to be, well, not entirely credible. Simon’s been talking to Lance Ferguson, Kiwi songwriter with Australian…
This week the Melbourne based soul-funk band The Bamboos are to release their eighth studio album, Night Time People. Simon caught up with band leader, Auckland born Lance Ferguson, to chat about the new album, and in particular a stand…
We’ll start with the movie, and leave the politics till a little later. Yes, there is politics here. Just as Black Panther was both a superhero film and a commentary on the past and present status of black culture, Sicario:…
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is the big film in cinemas this week, and Simon and Steve ask if it’s time for the Jurassic series to go extinct. (Hint: yes, it is.) Altogether more engaging is Tag, the true-ish story of…
So where did we leave matters at the end of 2015’s Jurassic World? The Mosasaurus had just emerged from the Jurassic World lake to devour the Indominus Rex, the T-Rex and Blue the velociraptor- which had attacked the Indominus –…
Folks, this is a tricky film to review. If you know the true story on which Adrift is based, you’ll have an entirely different experience from those for whom the story is new. Simply put, the movie is told in…
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…
Tu is passionate, direct and uncompromising – a battle cry for social justice from a trio of angry young men. And not just any young men. Lewis De Jong, Henry De Jong and Ethan Trembath hail from New Zealand’s north,…
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…