My expectations were low – verging towards the subterranean – heading into this remake of the 1974 Charles Bronson vigilante movie. This was especially the case given lead character Paul Kersey is this time played by Bruce Willis, an actor…
Music to the fore this week, with Simon’s coverage of Grace Jones, Beck, and the rest of the Auckland City Limits festival, as well as our regular guest reviewer Debbie’s thoughts on the first of Bruno Mars’ four dates at…
Red Sparrow has top notch actors and a story which keeps you guessing. It’s just what you want in an espionage movie, but it doesn’t work. Despite all it has going for it, it doesn’t engage, and at times it…
Simon and Steve have been busy this week. Following their recent meeting with Robbie Williams, Simon’s been to see him perform at Spark Arena, where just a few days later Steve caught up with Queen + Adam Lambert, and it’s…
The definition of insanity, as Albert Einstein famously did not observe, is doing the same thing again and again, and expecting different results. I have, then, managed to retain some tattered shreds of sanity by having no expectations that Fifty…
There’s a Black Panther movie to review, and there’s a Black Panther phenomenon to discuss. If you’ve been surfing American news outlets in particular over the last few weeks you’ll have found a great deal written about this latest Marvel…
There’s a lot to like about this local comedy, both in the big picture it’s presenting, and in its central performance. As the Hibiscus of the title, Suivai Autagavaia displays natural talent, poise and grace. She shows herself to be…
Steve and Simon both find themselves slight disappointed with largely impressive musical events this week, for very different reasons. Steve just couldn’t quite engage with Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters at Mount Smart Stadium, while Simon hugely enjoyed The Stranglers…
Joe Wright’s take on Winston Churchill’s first days as Prime Minister, has, to use a military phrase, copped a lot of flak. It’s inaccurate, critics say, inventing scenes which didn’t occur, changing the way certain characters behaved, and portraying Churchill…
It was one of the scandals of the 1990’s. American ice skater Tonya Harding, chasing an Olympic dream, had a spectacular fall from grace when she was linked to a violent attack on her rival Nancy Kerrigan. That’s what most…