As Simon and Steve inch ever closer to their hundredth episode, the emphasis remains on films. Radioactive is the story of Marie Curie, and a film that both our reviewers found quite engaging. Less so Eurovision Song Contest: The Story…
Crave! is finally back, after months of lockdown and carefully managed isolation. In this first post-lockdown edition, Steve and Simon disagree on Greed, the satire on the nasty wealthy from Michael Winterbottom, but agree on The High Note, a film…
In what could be the last episode of Crave! to fully feature live entertainment for quite some time, Simon and Steve share a few thoughts about what lies ahead. But in more positive thoughts, Steve has a lot of good…
Simon and Steve were very fortunate to be at the first scheduled Elton John concert in Auckland this weekend, because it turned out to be his last at Mount Smart Stadium, Elton having abandoned the show almost two hours in.…
Music leads this week. Steve’s been busy at Laneway 2020 enjoying most, but not all, of the music on offer, while Debbie, our Intrepid Guest Reviewer, has a lot of positive things to say about Bastille. In movie news, the…
Steve and Simon are back from a Christmas break, with a rather film-centric first-of-the-year episode of Crave!. The Gentlemen, Guy Ritchie’s latest version of his cockney-wide-boy caper, has entertained both of our reviewers, while Sam Mendes’ First World War epic…
Knives Out is the new Daniel Craig black comedy-thriller, and it’s delighted both Steve and Simon, who also have a few thoughts about where the first official trailer for what’s likely to be Craig’s last Bond outing, No Time To…
Steve won the toss this week, and scored the one ticket Crave! got to see U2. Turns out, it was quite a score—a very enjoyable concert with a bonus beforehand. Simon and Steve have both enjoyed Jojo Rabbit enormously—who’d have…
The film everyone’s talking about right now is Joker, and Steve and Simon are in agreement: it’s a quite remarkable film. Not, by any stretch, light entertainment, but it’s a compelling watch. The critics have been in agreement about The…
Good Boys might not have been written by Seth Rogan, but it has his fingerprints all over it. It might lack substance, but it’s very, very funny. Simon is slightly less impressed with IT Chapter 2, but Steve has a…