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 Blu Ray movie review
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 […]
SPLIT DVD movie review
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 […]
JACKIE DVD movie review
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 […]
HIDDEN FIGURES DVD movie review
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 […]
WIN: 1 of 2 PEOPLE, PLACES, THINGS DVDs
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 […]
WIN: 1 of 2 IRIS DVDs
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 […]
WIN! Dead Snow 2: Red Vs Dead on Blu Ray or DVD!
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 […]
WIN: 1 of 2 Locke DVDs
By Kate ‘ One Take Kate’ Taylor. Image via: Mr Leon Taylor. Locke (2013) is a fantastic thriller starring Tom Hardy (Warrior, Dark Knight Rises) as a man who’s life unravels around him during the space of once frenetic car ride against time as he tries to repair the biggest mistake of his life, or […]
WIN: 1 of 2 Katy Perry: Getting Intimate DVDs
By Kate ‘One Take Kate’ Taylor Image via: Mr Leon Taylor She’s one of the most amazing; chart-topping, beautiful, fun and charismatic pop music performers of the 21st century; she’s playing Vector Arena on Friday 19th and Saturday 20th December; she’s Katy Perry and you love her, right?! Not only does she seem like a […]