‘Clown in a Cornfield’ – Review

Hold on for dear life horror fans, because the slasher genre just got a wicked injection of adrenaline, and face paint! Eli Craig, the madman genius behind cult-classic Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, returns to the director’s chair with a gleefully deranged adaptation of Adam Cesare’s cult horror novel Clown in a Cornfield, and this […]

‘Forgive Us All’ – Review

Welcome to the end of the world, New Zealand style. And what an end it is. Forgive Us All, the debut feature from visionary duo Jordana Stott and Lance Giles, is not your typical slice of undead cinema. It’s a grimy, gutsy, plague-ridden descent into madness; and it’s unlike anything we’ve seen from the Kiwi […]

Auckland Theatre Company Presents: Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express – A Killer Night at the Theatre

Agatha Christie’s iconic Murder on the Orient Express remains the gold standard in whodunit — timeless, stylish, and endlessly compelling. Whether discovered on the page or on screen, this genre-defining tale never fails to captivate with its ensemble of enigmatic characters, exotic locale, and that legendary twist ending. Now, Auckland Theatre Company brings the mystery […]

‘Another Simple Favor’ – Review

Get ready to trade PTA meetings for passport stamps and pencil skirts for couture chaos, because Another Simple Favor has officially arrived—and it’s an intoxicating mix of murder, martinis, and mayhem. Paul Feig, the genre-bending maestro behind 2018’s A Simple Favor, returns with a sharper knife, a more poisonous martini, and a whole new mystery […]

The thrills get edgy in first trailer for Prime Video’s ‘The Better Sister’

In This Family, Deceit Runs Deep… Prime Video continues to deliver top-notch streaming content, and their brand new thriller miniseries, The Better Sister, is packed with taught psychological tension and is sure to make for a nail-biting who-dunnit mystery. Watch the full trailer for The Better Sister below: The Better Sister, based on the book by […]

Nicole Kidman weaves a new strand of psychedelic therapy complexity in Season Two of ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’

Nicole Kidman has been turning the dial up on her performances in the last few years with a host of edgy and engaged roles, and her turn as ominous guru Masha Dmitrichenko in Nine Perfect Strangers completely took audiences by surprise in 2021. Now Masha’s back, and she’s ready to welcome in more distressed minds […]

‘Until Dawn’ – Review

Sony PlayStation officially levels up in a big way with the release of Until Dawn, the first feature film under the new banner of PlayStation Productions. The result? A bonkers, blood-slicked rollercoaster of survival horror madness that’s part haunted house, part slasher freak-out, and all adrenaline-pumping fun. If this is the shape of things to […]

‘The Accountant 2’ – Review

In 2016, The Accountant roared onto the big screen out of nowhere and completely rewired the action-thriller game. A high-octane mix of brains, bullets, and sheer originality, it turned heads and pulled in a loyal cult following almost overnight. Now, nearly a decade later, director Gavin O’Connor and the mighty Ben Affleck are back – […]