Welcome…to Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom that is! The sequel to the $1.6 billion-dollar box office taking Jurassic World (whispers…reboot) has arrived and hits NZ Cinemas today. There’s plenty of haters out there in the movie reviewing community and the wider movie viewing audience, that consider themselves cerebral and highbrow, that wanna dino poo-poo all over […]
THIS WEEK AT THE MOVIES | APRIL 12TH 2018
A look at what is out in NZ Cinemas fresh this week and what is still playing in theatres near you. DISNEY’S A WRINKLE IN TIME The Cosplay inspo! The hair and make-up work that is going to launch a thousand YouTube tutorials; I’m of course talking about Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time. Directed by […]
READY PLAYER ONE Movie Review
I’m a super big movie and pop-culture nerd over here with an intense interest in getting back into video gaming (it’s been a while…) so seeing Ready Player One ASAP was a must! Ready Player One directed and adapted by Steve Spielberg from the hit Ernest Cline cult novel; is an action-adventure movie filtered through […]
INGRID GOES WEST DVD MOVIE REVIEW
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 […]
GIVEAWAY! WIN 1 OF 5 JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE MOVIE DOUBLE PASSES
*** Thanks for your interest, this competition is now closed *** Congratulations to the 5️ One Take Kate – Jumanji:Welcome to the Jungle movie double pass winners! You are: Jarne Tini, Melissa Moore, Lisa Green , Haydn P Colquhoun and Robbie Reyes Daly! I’ve got 5 x Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle movie double passes to give away! Enter to win tickets for you and […]
17 Best Movies of 2017
OK so look I’m not good at making these lists. I find this perhaps the one area of my life that I find incredibly difficult to make some decisions on things and run with them; cause as I reminisce on the movies of the year I start thinking about things I like, or even re-watch […]
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 […]
GEOSTORM movie review – Extreme Weather Alert!
Geostorm is a classic popcorn blockbuster action movie that has a big helping of disaster movie and sci-fi trimmings added on. Starring Gerard Butler and set in the not to distant future (events kick off in 2019); Geostorm has a great message in that if we as a planet can realize that our future is […]
IT-ticipation: Freaking out about IT Movie rising soon
I’m calling it…currently the world is gripped in a roiling IT-ticipation, awaiting the release of the new imagining of IT set for NZ cinemas on September 7th. What’s not to love about the story of IT, especially for not-easily-scared horror fans like myself IT really has so much to offer and ticks all the boxes […]
VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS movie review – “I didn’t come here to get a makeover.”
What does a brainchild of a sci-fi screenplay writer and director, a charismatic and versatile young actor and an international household name supermodel that actually turns out to be an incredible actress, have in common? Well they, along with the ever jaw-dropping movie magic of NZ’s own WETA Digital have created the expansive eye candy […]