Time to clear the summer holiday backlog so that the next time it rains you’ll have an idea of what you should go and see. There’s plenty to choose from…
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Like students swotting for exams New Zealand film distributors seem to have run out of year for all the films they have to release so there are some really big…
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To really understand a country you have to go and live there - embed yourself with the people, soak up the culture. If you don’t have the time or inclination…
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So, after trawling through the many thousands of words written about cinema in these pages this year, I suppose you want me to come to some conclusions? Do some “summing…
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The first thing you need to know about It’s Complicated is that it isn’t very complicated at all. The plot, the characters, the gags (dear God, especially the gags) are…
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Back before the days of "Iron Chef", "Masterchef" and "Hell’s Kitchen", television’s top food expert was a very tall, slightly ungainly, woman who sounded a little drunk. She was Julia…
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