Crave! explores new dimensions with episode 74, our first fully video-recorded episode! Simon and Steve have enjoyed Shania Twain’s first concert in New Zealand, as well as having a lot of very positive things to say about The Children Act,…
There’s adventure, romance, humour, heartfelt homilies and throwaway lines swimming at you from every which way. Is there fun to be had with this special effects dripping extravaganza that is Aquaman? Yes. Have you seen it all before? Oh yes.…
Lots of disappointment in episode 73 of Crave!. Neither Simon nor Steve can find a good word to say about The Crimes Of Grindelwald, the latest tiresome instalment in the endless — and there’s only been two so far —…
Widows is a high quality thriller/drama, an ensemble piece that dips into well worn territory – the heist that goes wrong. It succeeds in keeping you guessing with tension and twists, superb acting, and most of all a damn good…
I’m not sure if it’s what the writers of Creed II intended, but they did make me care about one character in particular in this film. It’s just that it wasn’t Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone); it wasn’t Adonis Creed…
A return to the music scene in the latest episode of Crave!, which sees Debbie, our Intrepid Guest Reviewer, comparing notes with Steve about Taylor Swift and her Reputation Stadium Tour, which last week arrived at Auckland’s Mount Smart Stadium.…
In this film producer/director Peter Jackson stirs you and unsettles you, as he probably intends to do. Depending on your family history, and your political views, you may well feel a mixture of pride and revulsion. Jackson takes original footage…
Bohemian Rhapsody takes on what is probably the hardest of all storytelling tasks. To give you an account of a real person, and someone who died not that long ago. There won’t be many who’ll never have heard of Freddie…
After tackling several serious films (First Man, 22 July, A Star is Born), some lighter fare seemed in order for Crave. What better than another instalment in a long running horror franchise, and a submarine thriller about a looming third…
Steve and Simon are both very, very impressed this week by the latest version of A Star Is Born, this latest starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. Simon is equally as taken with First Man, the Ryan Gosling film about…