There’s something timeless about the cinema date night. The lights dim, the popcorn’s flowing, and for ninety minutes or so you get swept up in a story that makes you laugh, swoon, and believe in romance all over again. Director Alicia MacDonald’s Finding Emily fits that mood perfectly, delivering a warm-hearted and quirky British romantic […]
Get ready to blast back to a galaxy far, far away because Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu is an all-out rock ’n’ roll space opera that fires on every cylinder. Loud, wild, emotional, and bursting with old-school adventure energy, director Jon Favreau delivers the kind of crowd-pleasing blockbuster that feels tailor-made for dads wanting […]
The action has been cranked all the way up for Prime Video’s Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War, the next exciting chapter of the Ryan-verse which finds John Krasinski’s former CIA operative Jack Ryan, pulled back into the fiught after the sins of his former boss and mentor James Greer (Wendell Pierce) are brought back […]
Filmmaker David Lowery is a talent who exists on his very own wavelength, a burgeoning auteur who disappears completely into character and genre, and who delivers unfiltered originality and incredible humanity and shading to the experience of cinema whenever he puts narrative to celluloid. The projections that then reach audiences are utterly breathtaking. And now […]
There’s no better horror experience than the kind that sneaks up behind you, clamps its claws around your throat, and refuses to let go. That’s exactly what director Curry Barker delivers with Obsession, a viciously original slice of nightmare fuel that sinks audiences into a spiral of satanic terror, psychological panic, and sheer skin-crawling dread. […]
There’s a fresh energy surging through the streaming landscape in Aotearoa, and it’s arriving with attitude, swagger, and a whole lot of must-watch entertainment. Local streaming powerhouse Neon has officially unveiled a refreshed brand identity alongside an ambitious new campaign, Something to Stream About, and the result is a bold statement that this homegrown contender […]
There could hardly be a more fitting release for Mother’s Day than Caterpillar, a deeply thoughtful, emotionally rich and profoundly moving cinematic experience from filmmaker Chelsie Preston Crayford. Honest to its core and overflowing with lived-in emotion, Caterpillar examines the lives of three generations of women as they navigate upheaval, grief, identity and transformation, and […]
Billie Eilish stands as a singular force in music, her songs resonating with a generation and inspiring with every new release. James Cameron, a visionary who has transformed cinema itself, constantly pushes the boundaries of storytelling. Now, these two creative powerhouses unite for Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in […]
After the wildly inventive chaos of ‘One Shot,’ The Boys charges full steam ahead into all-out catastrophe with Episode Six, ‘Though The Heavens Fall.’ The stakes have never been higher, the tension has never been tighter, and with Homelander inching closer to absolute supremacy, Eric Kripke delivers another explosive chapter packed with savage humour, shocking turns, […]
IT’S SHOWTIME! The gates of Outworld have burst wide open and Mortal Kombat II has arrived to unleash a savage barrage of bone-crunching combat, arena-shaking action and gloriously excessive fatalities upon cinemas everywhere. Louder, bloodier and infinitely more insane than its predecessor, this sequel storms onto the screen like a heavy metal anthem played at […]