Get ready for a theatrical experience like no other, Auckland Theatre Company is turning up the heat this winter with a bold, seductive, and utterly electrifying new production of William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, hitting the ASB Waterfront Theatre from July 15 – August 9. This isn’t your high school Shakespeare. Think Shakespeare meets Saltburn; […]
The emotions run deep in ‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale’
It’s time to say goodbye. As the final chapter now looms near for Lord Julian Fellowes acclaimed Downton Abbey, which has become a cultural touchstone and one of the most important television narratives of the last decade, and now we are preparing for the closing curtain as the penultimate moments of the Crawley family’s narrative […]
Taylor Kitsch falls into an abyss of rage and gunfire in ‘The Terminal List: Dark Wolf’
2022’s The Terminal List brought the action, intensity and energy to Prime Video and it made for a hell of thrilling watch for audiences as Chris Pratt stepped into the role of Jack Carr’s US Navy SEAL turned vigilante avenger Lt. James Reece and it shook Prime Video to its core with with 1.1 billion […]
It’s lights, camera, ACTION in Edgar Wright’s ‘The Running Man’
Millions Hunt. One Runs. Everyone Watches. Welcome to The Running Man, a brand-new high energy, all-action thriller extravaganza of competition, sparkling lights and all out insanity as cult filmmaker Edgar Wright puts his own spin og Stephen King classic short story ‘The Running Man’ and delivers bold new energy to this crazy, out-of-control story… which […]
‘Heads of State’ – Review
If you’re after maximum chaos, explosions galore, and a whole lot of hammed-up hilarity, then Heads of State is the kind of big-screen adrenaline rush you’ve been waiting for. This all-out, over-the-top action-comedy smashes politics and pure popcorn entertainment together in one glorious, guns-blazing, laugh-a-minute spectacle that puts Idris Elba and John Cena front and […]
Auckland Theatre Company Presents: Sir Roger Hall’s ‘End of Summer Time’ – A Hilariously Heartfelt Kiwi Yarn from a Grumpy Old Farmer
Leave it to Roger Hall, New Zealand’s beloved king of comedy and social satire, to capture the ache and hilarity of change in his new one-man play End of Summer Time, brought to life by the effortlessly charming Andrew Grainger. Staged by Auckland Theatre Company and helmed with a lively local touch by veteran director […]
‘M3GAN 2.0’ – Review
The doll’s back, baby—and she’s deadlier, sassier, and a whole lot more self-aware. M3GAN 2.0, the follow-up to 2023’s breakout horror hit, veers hard into uncharted territory, trading slasher thrills for slick spy games, action-packed chaos, and a razor-sharp sense of satire. The result? A bold, genre-blending sequel that swaps screams for smirks, and strangely […]
‘F1’ – Review
After much anticipation, blockbuster season has arrived, and first off the starting line is Warner Brother Studios motorsport epic F1, an all-out action-packed, adrenalin-charging extravaganza of speed, force and power that places audiences right in the midst of the grid as director Joseph Kosinski and Academy Award-winner and Hollywood megastar Brad Pitt go for it […]
The heroics get super in final trailer for Marvel Studios’ ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’
Marvel Studios are ready to go back to the beginning, where it all started for the Marvel Universe with creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and arrival of The Fantastic Four in 1961 and a publication that would change a medium, and the world, forever. Now more than six decades later Marvel’s First Family are […]