My love for horror, particularly supernatural ghost stories started young, very young. One of my favourite books to thumb through before I could even read very well, was The Hamlyn Book of Horror by Daniel Farson as the beautifully macabre illustrations would give me the heebee-jeebees; but I also couldn’t take my eyes off them! Somewhere […]
THE BIG SICK movie review – “I wonder who that could be?”
I’m firmly in the camp of horror and thriller as my go-to for movies to watch; but I’m always interested to check out a decent comedy, one that will make me laugh but also lift me up and make me feel fuzzy and good about myself, my situation and the ones I love. The Big […]
DUNKIRK movie review – “You can practically see it from here”
Nolan Fans rejoice! Christopher Nolan is back and this time he’s dipping into World War II historical events to give us that sweet tilt-y world that he loves to share with us. Nolan has been reported as saying he was thankful that he was given “an American budget for a British story”; and by creating […]
Coming Attractions | May 9
Mr Leon Taylor and I taking on a Xenomorph at the NZ Premiere of Alien: Covenant. Doing what I do in my regular One Take Kate’ing day, I get to find out about heaps of cool new things coming our way in the world of movies, music, live entertainment and more so I thought I’d […]
The Theory of Everything movie review
By Kate “One Take Kate” Taylor Image via Paramount Pictures and Mr Leon Taylor Arriving to New Zealand cinemas just in time for Valentine’s Day is the incredible Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything. Eddie Redmayne. Oh wow, Eddie Redmayne. This fella had me bawling my eyes out during Les Miserables, especially his heart-breaking […]
Unbroken movie review
By Kate “One Take Kate” Taylor Image via Mr Leon Taylor Unbroken is a beautifully told true story of Louis ‘Louie’ Zamperini’s incredible life and his trials in overcoming the adversity of poverty; racial discrimination, surviving 47 days at sea on a life raft, as a prisoner at a Japanese POW camp and a coal […]
WIN: 1 of 2 double passes to GET ON UP
be Kate “One Take Kate” Taylor. *Unfortunately this competition is now closed – check out WIN with OTK for more competitions to enter…* In his follow-up to the four-time Academy Award®-nominated blockbuster The Help, Tate Taylor directs 42’s Chadwick Boseman as James Brown in GET ON UP. Based on the incredible life story of ‘The hardest working man in […]
Get On Up movie review
by Kate “One Take Kate” Taylor Image via: Mr Leon Taylor Get ready for an amazing bio-pic that’s one part concert film, one part historical memoir but all wonderfully woven together to create an uplifting journey through the life of James Brown, played expertly by Chadwick Boseman – who’s splits training regime alone, must of […]
Dallas Buyers Club movie review
“Well, shut my mouth…boy can act”. I reckon this is exactly what Ron Woodruff would say on seeing Matthew McConaughey portray his own life events on screen, in the magnificently real, Dallas Buyers Club. The figure of Woodruff is etched with this Texan cockiness that would surely make him beam that one of Hollywood’s ‘hottest’ men; […]