Noted filmmaker Steven Soderbergh takes audiences into the murky arena of covert black operations, where there is no line between trust and lies in Black Bag, and this is an intellectually tense thriller that packs in the tension at every moment. When his wife, intelligence agent Kathryn St. Jean (Cate Blanchett), is suspected of committing […]
Mike Leigh is a filmmaker who doesn’t just tell stories, he crafts lived-in worlds brimming with raw emotion, human frailty, and, most importantly, truth. With Hard Truths, he returns to the big screen with a gut-wrenching, deeply affecting drama that holds nothing back. This is a film that demands your full attention and, in true […]
When it comes to dynamic television events, Max continues to deliver at the top of the class, and one of 2025’s most breathtaking watches has been the all-on-the-line medical drama, The Pitt. And for good reason, as this relentless narrative takes you inside the pressure cooker environment of modern medicine, it’s a watch that will […]
David Wenham dons the mullett and rips open a can of Carlton Draught in the roaring sequel to cult classic Gettin’ Square in Spit, and this is a full Aussie comedy riot! David Wenham returns as John “Spit” Spitieri, the iconic crim of Australian cinema, in this sequel to Gettin’ Square. Spitteri finds himself locked […]
2025 is moving fast, and one of the most anticipated release for the year is without a doubt Max’s The Last of Us Season II, which will pick up from the critically acclaimed and smash hit series, and the debut o a new trailer at this year’s SXSW promises a visceral and raw watch for […]
Things are heating up in paradise, and The White Lotus Season Three continues its sun-drenched descent into madness with Episode Four, ‘Hide or Seek’. And let’s be honest, Mike White is fully unspooling the yarn now — scandal, seduction, and soul-shaking secrets are spilling out like spilled rosé on a teakwood deck. It’s wild, it’s […]
It is without a doubt one of our most anticipated releases of 2025, and now Academy Award-winner Bong Joon-ho, in his eagerly awaited post-Parasite feature film, has delivered us the wildly original Mickey 17, and this is a film that is not what you expect, but everything you could want. The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes […]
Some shows are best experienced live, and Six is one of them. The smash-hit musical has finally landed in Auckland’s Civic Theatre as part of Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Arts Festival, and it’s a spectacle that defies expectations, turns history on its head, and leaves the audience utterly electrified. At just 75 minutes, […]
Andrea Arnold is a filmmaker with a passion and voice all her own, and she delivers another thoughtful and poignantly impactful film in Bird. Bailey, 12 years old, lives with her single father Bug and her brother Hunter in a squat in northern Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time to devote to his children and […]