Ah, the perils of reviewing New Zealand cinema in New Zealand – or even tougher – Wellington cinema in Wellington. How does one approach a film that was executive produced…
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Many years ago English comedian Ben Elton cracked a joke about Bob Dylan: "For all you young people in the audience he was the one who couldn't sing on the…
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W. Somerset Maugham's 1925 novel The Painted Veil has been given a handsome new adaptation by Australian director John Curran (We Don't Live Here Anymore). Naomi Watts takes on the…
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Earlier this year I arbitrarily decided that the Hannah Montana 3D concert movie was not cinema and chose not to review it. Now, a few short weeks later, I exercise…
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When the current Writer-in-Residence at Victoria University's Institute of Modern Letters suggested I take another look at my negative review of Blades of Glory, I made a promise that (while…
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In past columns this reviewer has pretty much unilaterally labelled 27 year old Ryan Gosling as the new Marlon Brando (thanks to extraordinary performances in Half Nelson and The Believer)…
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