Nothing beats a proper Kiwi comedy, the kind that wears its heart on its sleeve, kicks up a bit of dust on the open road, and leaves you grinning long after the credits roll. With Holy Days, actress-turned-writer-director Nat Boltt delivers exactly that: a warm, whimsical, thoroughly charming road movie that feels tailor-made for those […]
Movie Reviews
‘EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert’ – The King Unchained: Baz Luhrmann Unearths a Lost Elvis in a Blazing Big-Screen Resurrection – Review
The King is back; not as myth, not as memory, but as pure, electrified presence. EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert storms into cinemas as a once-in-a-generation cinematic event, resurrecting Elvis Presley in full command of his voice, his body, and his incomparable musical soul. Built from previously unseen and long-believed-lost concert and rehearsal footage, this […]
‘The Bluff’ – A Ferocious Pirate Revenge Fantasy of Blood, Brine & Rock ’n’ Roll is Unleashed – Review
The Golden Age of Piracy looms large and blood-soaked in The Bluff, a cutlass-swinging, cannon-blasting blast of rock ’n’ roll escapism that barrels forward with swagger and intent. Directed by Frank E. Flowers, this Prime Video original is an all-action maritime throwdown, one that sees Priyanka Chopra-Jonas crossing blades with a gloriously unhinged Karl Urban […]
‘Crime 101’ – L.A. Film Noir At Full Throttle – Review
Los Angeles has long been synonymous with film noir, a city of shadowed intentions, neon-lit streets, and moral decay, and with Crime 101, that legacy gets a radical, adrenaline-soaked reinvention. Pulsing with raw energy and crackling tension, this four-pronged crime thriller smashes together intersecting lives at breakneck speed, delivering a film that lives right on […]
‘FX’s Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette’ – A Seductive Slow-Burn Love Tale in The Time of Flashbulbs – Review
Over Valentine’s weekend, romance arrived not as a whisper, but as a full-body experience. In cinemas, Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights howled across the moors, selling out sessions and unleashing a storm of yearning, discourse, and borderline feral TikTok devotion. Meanwhile, at home, audiences were drawn into something sleeker, sexier, and infinitely more dangerous: FX’s Love […]
‘Mārama — A Gothic Reckoning of Blood, Identity and Colonial Sin – Review
New Zealand cinema takes a daring step into the shadows with Mārama, a brooding, psychologically charged gothic-romantic-horror that grapples with identity, inheritance, and the violent aftershocks of colonial history. Writer-director Taratoa Stappard delivers a film of raw intensity and pulsing atmosphere, one that refuses comfort, certainty, or convention. This is gothic cinema with its teeth […]
“Wuthering Heights” – Emerald Fennell Unleashes Wild, Erotic, Ravishing Love Without Restraint – Review
The windswept, hallowed moors await audiences in the evocative, ecstatic, ethereal, extreme, and erotically charged cinema experience of Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights”. Delivering 2026’s boldest and most confronting vision of love and romance from every conceivable angle, this is a film that will leave you undone — shaken, breathless, and emotionally scorched. A passionate and […]
‘Is This Thing On?’ – Bradley Cooper Finds Comedy, Heartbreak, and Truth in the Mic – Review
Over the past decade, Bradley Cooper has quietly but confidently emerged as one of modern cinema’s most interesting multi-hyphenates. From A Star Is Born to Maestro, he’s proven impossible to categorise; constantly shifting tone, genre, and ambition. With Is This Thing On?, Cooper pivots once again, delivering his most intimate and surprising film yet. Partnering […]
‘Send Help’: Unleashing Survival Horror at Full Throttle – Review
Legendary filmmaker Sam Raimi has never been shy about breaking boundaries, pushing buttons, or gleefully unsettling audiences, and with Send Help, he does exactly that. This utterly manic, literal survival horror-thriller-black comedy is one of the most original, freakish, and completely unhinged cinematic experiences to hit screens in some time. It’s pure Raimi chaos, dialled […]
‘The Wrecking Crew’ – Bautista and Momoa Go to War in 2026’s First Great Action Rush – Review
Turn up the Metallica. Pour a Guinness. And brace for impact: because Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa have come to wreck it all in The Wrecking Crew, a big, bruising, beer-soaked buddy-action brawler that storms onto screens with unapologetic swagger. This is old-school action energy injected with modern punk attitude, and it delivers one hell […]