Folks, this won’t take long. Scream VI is poor. It’s a poor excuse for a horror movie, and just as poor an excuse for a comedy – and sadly it tries to be both of these things at the same…
Scream VI: a scream for all the wrong reasons
Author: Simon Mercep
MONEY HEIST PART FIVE – BUCKLE UP, FOLKS
They’re still in the white heat of battle, fighting for the gold and more importantly fighting for each other. They still hold to their special code of thieves, a code which gives them a Robin Hood-like moral authority to steal…
A Quiet Place Part 2 – a cracking follow up
Sometimes the best review of a film comes from the feeling in the cinema when the credits roll. Either there’s a buzz or there isn’t. At the end of A Quiet Place Part 2 the audience in the screening I…
Wrath of Man – Guy, What were you thinking?
Oh dear. What a disappointment. If you caught the trailer of this Guy Ritchie directed crime film you may expect another one of his wisecracking, inventive and hard edged capers like last year’s “The Gentlemen”. Sadly, “Wrath of Man” is…
Still With Plenty to Say – Letter To You, from Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
The message you get from Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s Letter To You is that these guys want you to know they’re still very good at what they do, they still like doing it, and, you can’t help…
Double, by Darkfield Radio – Fantastic sound. The story? Not so much.
This week New Zealanders get the opportunity to try a new web based entertainment experiences called Darkfield Radio.This audio only entertainment is the first to gain entry for the Venice International Film Festival. Its creators, David Rosenberg and Glen Neath,…
Radioactive – an artist’s view of love and death
The film Radioactive tells the story of Marie Curie, one of the world’s most famous and influential scientists. She is the woman who, along with her husband Pierre, effectively unlocked radioactivity. It’s not subject matter to be taken lightly. Radioactive…
OZARK – HOLD ON TO YOUR SEATS
SIMON HAS USED SOME OF HIS LOCKDOWN TIME TO CATCH UP WITH ON DEMAND VIEWING. THE NETFLIX DRAMA OZARK HAS CAUGHT PLENTY OF ATTENTION OF LATE, AND SIMON’S NOW WORKED HIS WAY THROUGH ALL THREE SEASONS. HERE’S HIS VIEW. I’ve…
ROCK TIL YOU DROP: Elton John at Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland, Sunday February 16, 2020
“I can’t sing. I just completely lost my voice. I gotta go. I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry” With those words Sir Elton John rose to his feet, about two thirds of the way through his first of three planned…
RICHARD JEWELL: IT’LL MAKE YOU ANGRY, AND THAT’S THE IDEA
For much of this Clint Eastwood directed film, I sat squirming in my seat. A journalist was behaving extremely unethically in pursuit of a story, a story which, as it turned out, she got completely wrong. An FBI agent was…