Academy Award-winner Kate Winslet is a powerhouse performer who is always ready to challenge herself with intense and thought-provoking roles, and now she brings to life a project that has long-held a personal connection to her as she realises the life of famed photographer and war correspondent Elizabeth ‘Lee’ Miller to the big screen, and […]
‘The Office’ – Review
We’ve had David Brent. We’ve had Michael Scott. But now there’s a new woman in charge in The Office: Australia. Her name’s Hannah Howard and she’s determined to make her office ‘the best place to work’ while keeping her work family together, even if it serves efficiency levels by having them split apart. Hannah Howard […]
‘The Penguin’ – ‘Cent’Anni’ – Review
The Penguin has established itself as a dangerous, evocative and addictive new crime series, and things take a turn for the unexpected in Episode Four, ‘Cent’Anni’, that none of us expected, and it is far and away the best episode of the series and one of the most intriguing pieces of television you’ll see all […]
‘The Penguin’ – Bliss’ – Review
Things are starting to heat up in HBO’s The Penguin, as Oz Cobb enlists the help of an intriguing new partner that could take his fortunes in a new direction, and Episode Three of The Penguin, ‘Bliss’ makes for a savage watch. Hoping to control the future of Gotham’s drug trade, Oz and Sofia must […]
‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ – Review
In 2019, a cinematic behemoth was unleashed on the big screen. Todd Phillips Joker had the distinction of being both a monumental artistic and creative success, as it offered up a radically different take on one of DC Comics’ greatest ever villains, The Joker, and it struck a chord with cinemagoers and led to incredible […]
Succumb to the darkness of Robert Eggers ‘Nosferatu’
‘He is coming.” Autuer horror filmmaker Robert Eggers takes audiences into the very abyss of darkness with his long-awaited passion project, Nosferatu, an adaptation of the seminal 1922 horror film F. W. Murnau Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror. The new trailer is utterly chilling to the bone. Watch the all-new trailer for Nosferatu here: Here’s the official synopsis: Robert […]
‘The Penguin’ – ‘Inside Man’ – Review
Episode One of HBO’s The Penguin started off with a hell of whack, and audiences were in no mistake that they were witnessing a full-on crime series that was not afraid to take the narrative into the gritty, dark unpleasantness of Gotham City’s Underworld and the man who desires to control of all of it. […]
British & Irish Film Festival announces line-up for 2024
The British & Irish Film Festival is back for its second edition, bringing the best of the 2024 Toronto Film Festival (TIFF) lineup to New Zealand cinemas as well as selected Cannes Film Festival favourites. From Kerikeri to Dunedin, the festival will screen from 23 October to 13 November, with five new locations making this […]
Witness war in the arena in the brand new trailer for ‘Gladiator II’
Sir Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II is far and away our most anticipated film of 2024, and a brand new trailer has swept forward, and we’re eager to witness this monumental historical epic up on the big screen! This all-new trailer is packed full of dynamic action and sweeping character moments and gives a taste of the […]