Man of Steel is a self-consciously epic re-imagining of the Superman story, first told in print in the 1930s and most recently rebooted on screen by Bryan Singer as Superman…
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Someone described melodrama to me the other day as “unearned emotion” and that’s a helpful way to look at a few of this week’s offerings. Firstly the glossy adaptation of…
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Taika Waititi’s Boy may well be the saddest comedy I’ve ever seen. Hmn, maybe I should put that another way: For a comedy, Boy might be the saddest film I’ve…
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Indulge me for a minute - it’s Christmas. Back when I was a little nipper, me and some mates took a rare trip into the City (“Up London” we called…
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While hunting the site for some links to add to the just posted Winter's Bone etc. review, I discovered that my Summer Holiday special hadn't made it here. So, for…
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Of Tone Magazine's 50 "must own" blu-rays 13 are not actually available in New Zealand legally, or won't play on NZ purchased players due to region coding. Which is a…
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