New Zealander filmmaker James Napier-Roberston has proven that he’s an artist willing to push the envelope and extend himself in dramatic ways. His new film, Joika, is a true story of Ballet in the pursuit of excellence that plays out like a taut psychological thriller – and you won’t be able to look away. A […]
Veteran filmmaker Renny Harlin turns up the horror as he takes audiences into a backwoods nightmare with The Strangers: Chapter 1, which is a creepy and suspenseful sight that will surely make you shudder. After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple is forced to spend the night in a […]
Prime Video’s colossal fantasy series, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, was a massive event for the streaming giant, and with its shocking ending and announcement of the arrival of the Dark Lord Sauron (Charlie Vickers), as the series’ big bad, audiences were left on a hell of a cliffhanger. Now, Season […]
Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders is far and away one of our most anticipated films of 2024. With its intense subject matter chronicling the rise of an outlaw motorcycle club in the mid-1960s and the presence of a superb cast including Jodie Comer, Austin Butler and Tom Hardy, this is a cinematic experience you’re going to […]
The New Zealand cinema industry is on a roll at the moment with some fantastic film and television work coming to screens, and one of the more intriguing and thought-provoking releases to arrive on screen is actress-turned-director Loren Taylor’s The Moon Is Upside Down. Three women – a duped mail-order bride, a numbed anaesthetist determined […]
Three. Two. One. FIGHT! Moritz Mohr’s Boy Kills World is ready to crash into cinemas, and this is a full-on rush of action-anime-cartoon inspired glory that goes for it in every possible way, and the result is a pure cult film in the making! “Boy” (Bill Skarsgård) vows revenge after his family is murdered by […]
As a chart-topping singer-songwriter, the late, great Amy Winehouse was an utterly one-of-a-kind talent who truly shone in her all-too-brief 27 years and produced two of the greatest albums of modern times. Now, her story is brought to the screen with music and pop, and audiences will find themselves entranced by Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Back to […]
The tragic disappearance and murder of Grace Millane shocked the world and would cause a country to mourn and seek answers as to why a beautiful young woman would suddenly just be taken. Much has been written and reported by the media on this infamous case, and now director Helena Coan brings to life the […]
We’re currently in a new golden age of action cinema thanks to a mad group of maverick stuntmen turned filmmakers at 87North, and their rambunctious energy and thrill to entertain has led to The Fall Guy, a blockbuster that’s big on action, laughs and romance and that makes for the perfect cocktail of cinematic fun […]
The New Zealand screen industry is known for producing sensational local talent. Now, the shocking psycho-drama Friends Like Her has arrived in what can only be described as a New Zealand television experience unlike anything you’ve seen before. This story of frayed relationships and a friendship turned sour will have you hooked right from the […]