Movie + Entertainment News and Reviews
Ingrid Goes West released on DVD in NZ on March 21st is a solid dark-comedy thriller with a hefty helping of creepiness thanks to the excellent and at times unhinged Ingrid, delivered by indie movie ace Aubrey Plaza (Parks and Recreation’s April, Safety Not Guaranteed). Ingrid Goes West is fun and playful but often dips […]
The Girl With All The Gifts is a solid zombie flick with some cool surprises, fresh perspectives and the guts to think about the big questions in it’s closing twist. Based on the best selling novel by M.R. Carey, The Girl With All The Gifts is directed by TV heavyweight Colm McCarthy, who is responsible […]
M. Night Shyamalan is back and has used his ‘comeback‘ film to deep dive into the life and lives of a man living with DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder), played with superb chill by the chameleon that is James McAvoy. Is Split for you? Three girls are kidnapped and held against their will by a man […]
It’s completely outrageous, it’s totally unbelievable and fanciful but that makes XXX: The Return of Xander Cage great viewing on the couch while you gasp as Xander Cage (Vin Diesel) with his friends and foes, perform all these crazy stunts of extreme(!) daring. Will you like XXX: The Return of Xander Cage? When a group of […]
Jackie is one of those #ICYMI treasures that if you didn’t have a chance to see this when it was released in NZ cinemas earlier this year; then you’re in for a gripping evening of cinema at home (…or what ever time of day you watch it, I’m not policing you!) However, I do suggest that […]
I really enjoyed Hidden Figures when I saw it in cinema earlier this year and at the time I remember thinking it was definitely a watch more than once movie; so I’ve been keen to see what special features would be coming along with the DVD and Blu-Ray release of this excellent film. Will […]
By Kate “One Take Kate” Taylor Image via Flight of The Conchords legend Jemaine Clement breaks out in this new, thoughtful role and I want you to win it! Will’s (Clement) picture-perfect life as a graphic novelist and professor is turned upside down when he finds his girlfriend (Regina Hall), and mother to his beautiful […]
By Kate “One Take Kate” Taylor Image via It’s a new year! If one of your New Year’s resolutions was ‘to be more stylish’ then you need to see IRIS. Even if that wasn’t one of your resolutions, you still need to learn a thing or two about life from this first lady of fashion […]
By Kate “One Take Kate” Taylor Brodie is the new kid in town. With a crack-addicted mum and an obsession with all things metal, he doesn’t fit in to his white-bread neighbourhood or with his religious relatives. But when he meets fellow metalhead Zakk he knows he’s found a mate for life. They form a […]
By Kate “One Take Kate” Taylor. Image via Mr Leon Taylor. If the worst day of your life consisted of accidentally killing your girlfriend with an axe, chain-sawing your own arm off, and watching in horror as your closest friends were devoured by a zombified Nazi battalion, you’d have to assume that things couldn’t get […]