It’s in the faces of the New Yorkers who look out the window and see an airliner descending over the cityscape. It’s in the voice of the air traffic controller talking to the pilot. Most of all, it’s in the…
Making an animated feature that the parents will enjoy as much as the children will has always been a challenge. Directors Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon don’t even bother trying to strike that balance in Sausage Party — this one’s…
It’s fast paced, at turns funny and thrilling, and keeps you guessing. Nerve has verve. But not quite enough. The story pitches New York teenager Vee (Emma Roberts) a bright but conservative senior high school student, into a wildly popular…
Nerve is 90 minutes of engagingly tense and sharp thriller. The problem is that it’s a 96-minute film. The film tells the story of the splendidly-named Venus “Vee” Delmonico (Emma Roberts), a slightly shy high-school girl from Staten Island who…
Steve and Simon have both been pleasantly surprised by War Dogs, and moderately entertained by Bad Moms. Simon enjoyed most of The Shallows, while Steve finally wholeheartedly enjoyed a Passenger concert. Podcast: Play in new window | Download
On the face of it, War Dogs should be a bit rubbish, really. Two nice Jewish boys from Miami set themselves up as gun resellers to the US government, and find themselves in a little bit over their heads: an…
Neither Simon nor Steve has been terribly impressed with Suicide Squad, the latest offering from the DC universe. Simon’s a little kinder, though, perhaps because Poi E left him in such a good mood, as did Miller’s first concert with…
Selena Gomez finally arrived in Auckland for her first ever New Zealand show, and Steve was there to shoot the event. Here’s a gallery of his photos from last night.
DNCE opened for Selena Gomez at Auckland’s Vector Arena last night — but maybe they should have been the headline act. Steve was there to capture the energy of the show; here’s a gallery of photos of DNCE.
My first thought, as John Waters stood in front of a microphone on an almost empty stage and started channelling John Lennon on his last day alive, was “Why?” Lennon died thirty-five years ago. His life, his work, his thoughts have…