Written by Pip Hall. For those who don’t know me, I’m a script writer, actor, water ballerina, surfer, basketballer, wife, mum, TED talker and good time girl! I am also currently the President of the NZ Writers Guild and listening to Duran Duran as I pen this article. I used to love short films. Not ... Read on.
After doing the rounds in Auckland, the DocEdge Festival has made its way to our nation’s capital, bringing a whole load of quality documentaries to you fine Wellingtonians. Included in the line-up is the Oscar n... Read on.
The most recent trailer for Zack Snyder’s Superman: Man of Steel managed to get our cold hearts stirring, not in small thanks to the first listen to the score by Hans Zimmer. Now a few versions of the full thumping trac... Read on.
Star Trek Into Darkness, the second film from the J.J. Abrams-revived franchise, had its London premiere on Thursday (see pictures from the Leicester Square event below). With it came the first reviews, mostly glowing… Hollywood trade paper Variety says it’s not the most original Star Trek adventure, “but getting there is such a well-crafted, immensely ... Read on.
A few months ago, I had the pleasure of reviewing the Kiwi film Mt Zion. It was a pleasure for two reasons: 1) It’s a genuinely great film, let alone a great Maori film. 2) I was incredibly relieved that... Read on.
Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi, monster-movie classic re-released in 3D. Read more and find movie times. Jurassic Park’s once-innovative technology may have been eclipsed by more sophisticated onscreen trickery in the two ... Read on.
Tying in with his album of the same name, UK rapper Ben ‘Plan B’ Drew makes his writing and directing feature debut with this music-fuelled chronicle of London’s crime-centric culture, smashing together the lives of four drug dealers, one user and two prostitutes. Read more and find movie times. Already impressing as both a musician ... Read on.
Winning documentary at the 2012 NZ Movie Awards profiling Ngaa Rauuira Pumanawawhiti – an articulate and charismatic 16-year-old prodigy studying political science at Yale, tipped to be New Zealand’s first Maori P... Read on.
French comedy based on the story of Danièle Delpeuch (Catherine Frot), a modest provincial chef and restaurant-owner who in the late 1980s was summoned by President François Mitterrand (Jean d’Ormesson) to be his pers... Read on.
Oscar-winner Robert Redford directs and stars in this politically-charged thriller as Jim Grant, a civil rights lawyer and single father forced to go on the run after a brash reporter (Shia LaBeouf) exposes his true identity – Grant is an ex-Weather Underground revolutionary wanted for murder. Sparking a nationwide manhunt, the fugitive sets off on a cross-country ... Read on.
While the largest country in Latin America gets ready to host the Fifa World Cup in 2014 and the Olympic Games in 2016, Kiwis can experience Brazil’s diversity right here in Aotearoa, at the 4th Reel Brazil Film Festival in... Read on.
The third Iron Man movie, directed by Shane Black and the first Marvel film to follow last year’s The Avengers, looks set to become the year’s first box office juggernaut. Opening last week in all major territorie... Read on.