When it comes to New Zealand’s cinematic landscape director Sam Kelly (Lambs) is a storyteller who leads out at the front with a unique voice all his own. He’s a director who isn’t afraid to take audiences into the darker corners of Aotearoa that some might fear to tread and this shows in all his […]
Movie Reviews
‘The New Mutants’ – Review
It’s taken a long time, but finally, director Josh Boone’s The New Mutants has arrived onto the big screen, and it’s a film with plenty of surprises for its audience. Five young mutants, who are held against their will in a secret laboratory discover they are being experimented upon and stage an escape. And in […]
‘The One and Only Ivan’ – Review
In times like these, we could all do with something a little magical, and it’s here that Walt Disney’s The One and Only Ivan comes into play. This is the film we need right now, and audiences will be dazzled with its emotional, heartfelt story and its eclectic group of characters. A gorilla named Ivan […]
‘Military Wives’ – Review
It’s not just those on the battlefield who serve. Very often it’s the wives, girlfriends, sisters and daughters at home who face a much more personal battle, and have their own tests and limits that they need to overcome. Military Wives is the story of these women, specifically the women of the Military Wives Choir, […]
‘Unhinged’ – Review
If you’re looking for a cinematic experience that will have you on the razor’s edge of terror, then you don’t need to look too far with Russell Crowe’s vindictively terrifying performance in Unhinged, which revs up the scares and floors it with this intense cinema treat! After a confrontation with an unstable man (Russell Crowe) […]
‘House of Cardin’ – Review
What is it to create? That feeling of bringing something from nothing. Of expressing something so personal that grows within you to the world outside. Of finding that perfect form of artistic expression that lights up your soul and is completely pure. If there’s a man who understands creation then it is undoubtedly fashion genius […]
‘Endings, Beginnings’ – Review
Endings, Beginnings is the unconventional modern day love story we have all been waiting for. Directed by Drake Doremus who co-authored this talented piece with Jardine Libaire, this film is sure to strike a chord with lovers and those who have lost love. The flick follows Daphne (Shailene Woodley), a young woman who has just […]
‘Radioactive’ – Review
It can be difficult to breath new life into the bio-pic. At times they can come across as rather simple, paint-by-numbers stories covering a person’s life and their achievements, with little technical wonder or creative subject matter. But Radioactive is not that film. Instead, this is a compelling portrait of famed and brilliant scientist Marie […]
‘Trolls World Tour’ – Review
It’s been some time since we last ventured out to the movies and enjoyed the big-screen spectacle that only the cinema can give moviegoers. Dedicated film fans have been waiting with eager anticipation for the chance to venture back to the big screen and there’s no better movie to welcome us back than Trolls World […]
‘Resistance’ – Review
If there was a time when humanity’s courage was truly tested then it was between the years 1939 – 1945 when World War II raged, and when the most awful possibilities of man’s inhumanity to each was visited upon so many. But in that dark hour, light still shone through and one man who exemplified […]