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DocEdge Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror Review SpicyPulp

When it comes to boundary-pushing, genre-defying, pop culture icons, there’s one name that’s always been in a delicious league of its own: Rocky Horror. And in Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror, audiences are treated to a glitter-splashed, heart-swelling deep dive into the man, the myth, and the midnight madness behind it all: Richard […]

Movie Reviews

DocEdge Film Festival 2025 – ‘A Quiet Love’ – Review

July 9, 2025 Samuel Hames

The 2025 DocEdge Film Festival has served up a remarkable slate of moving, provocative cinema, but few titles have struck such a heartfelt emotional chord as Garry Keane’s A Quiet Love; a documentary that lives up to its name in the most beautiful and profound way. This is a film that doesn’t shout, but instead […]

Movie Reviews

‘KŌKĀ’ – Review

July 6, 2025 Samuel Hames

Aotearoa’s cinematic renaissance continues to blaze ahead, and at the centre of it stands KŌKĀ — a deeply affecting, meditative road movie that weaves together Māori spirituality, feminine strength, and the aching human need for connection. Marking a powerful debut from writer-director Kath Akuhata-Brown, KŌKĀ is a lyrical, visually rich experience that resonates long after […]

Movie Reviews

‘The Great Lillian Hall’ – Review

July 6, 2025 Samuel Hames

When the curtain rises on The Great Lillian Hall, what you’re witnessing isn’t just a film, it’s a love letter to the theatre, to art, and to the kind of luminous performance that only a legend like Jessica Lange could deliver. Directed with delicate poignancy by Michael Cristofer, The Great Lillian Hall is a quiet […]

Movie Reviews

‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ – Review

July 5, 2025 Samuel Hames

Strap in and hold on tight, because Jurassic World Rebirth is here to crank the dino dial up to eleven. Visionary director Gareth Edwards (Godzilla, Rogue One) steps behind the camera to deliver a pulse-pounding sci-fi action rollercoaster that dives headfirst into the murky depths of corporate greed, wild science, and prehistoric terror. And trust […]

Features

Auckland Theatre Company’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’ presents a stylish, seductive thriller with serious bite

July 4, 2025 Samuel Hames

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; […]

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Movie Trailers

The emotions run deep in ‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale’

July 3, 2025 Samuel Hames

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 […]

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Television Trailers

Taylor Kitsch falls into an abyss of rage and gunfire in ‘The Terminal List: Dark Wolf’

July 2, 2025 Samuel Hames

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 […]

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Movie Trailers

It’s lights, camera, ACTION in Edgar Wright’s ‘The Running Man’

July 2, 2025 Samuel Hames

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 […]

Movie Reviews

‘Heads of State’ – Review

June 30, 2025 Samuel Hames

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 […]