In NZ Cinemas Oct 2nd Reviewed by Jeremy Elwood Movies, football, and Christianity. If there are three things that the USA does bigger, brasher and louder than anyone else, these are them. All three are billion-dollar businesses, fuelled by passionate…
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, September 6th 2025 Reviewed by Jeremy Elwood For more than 40 years, Paul Kelly has arguably been Australia’s greatest songwriter, penning chronicles of life in that Great Southern Land, from the personal to the profound. Now…
Amazing journey to an ok destination. Reviewed by Jeremy Elwood The screening of Weapons I attended came with several polite entreaties to avoid spoilers, and I’m more than happy to comply, so let’s just start with what we know. “Last…
Jurassic World: Rebirth Reviewed by Jeremy Elwood In 1993, Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park redefined what CGI could do, and made it perfectly acceptable for adults to have a favourite dinosaur again. It’s almost impossible to explain to a post-Avatar generation…
Review and photos by Jeremy Elwood From their inception in Hamilton in 2010, Devilskin have held a prime place in the black-clad hearts of their diehard fans, built largely on the strength of their live shows. In fact, since Shihad…
In 2022, riding on the back of a viral trailer clip and simmering fears about AI, the original M3GAN became a surprise hit, more than doubling its $12 million budget over its US/Canada opening weekend alone. Filmed largely in NZ,…
Review by Jeremy Elwood Full disclosure, I’ve never been an F1 fan. It has always struck me as being more about money and technology than skill or ability – kind of like the America’s Cup on land. However, it is…
Following their wildly successful 2023 tour of New Zealand, Cowboy Junkies will be returning to Aotearoa in November 2025, so Steve caught up with guitarist and songwriter Michael Timmins to chat about music, recording, the history of the band, and…
The sparkly suits suggested Las Vegas. Billy Gibbons’ gravelly voice and searing guitar put that fleeting thought aside. Tonight, we were in Texas. And then some. The 2025 edition of ZZ Top rocked a full Spark Arena in Auckland, in…
Review by Jeremy Elwood | photos by Rachel Matthews These days, nearly 50 years after they formed, Toto consists of original member Steve Lukather and his pick of some of the best session musicians he can conjure up. This isn’t…