Adam Fresco

Adam eats, sleeps and dreams movies (often simultaneously).

WHO'S ON FIRST

Can you guess Who’s back (and looking pretty good for 60)?

David Tennant and writer Russell T Davies reunite for a trio of specials celebrating Doctor Who’s 60th.

MOVIE REVIEW

Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins scores short on big, genuine, laughs

Short on characters and gags, Next Goal Wins never reaches the potential of its real-life premise.

déjà vu all over again

Get set to hit repeat, UK sci-fi show The Lazarus Project is back

Sci-fi fans will thrill at the return of this British time travel drama, its altering timelines and knotty twists.

IMPERIAL LATHER

Netflix’s crowning achievement is coming back – and we’re royally excited

Netflix’s runaway hit UK historic soap opera drama is coming back for its sixth and final season.

star-crossed skull and bones

Our Flag Means Death is back, buoyed up by Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi’s double act

Walking a tightrope between historical sitcom and romantic adventure.

star-crossed skull and bones

Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby return in a new season of Our Flag Means Death

Walking a tightrope between historical sitcom and romantic adventure.

MONSIEUR DIXON

Daryl Dixon walks on, in his own epic spin-off of The Walking Dead

The fan fave’s tale continues in zombie-ravaged France, yet is able to stand alone for first-time viewers.

REVIEW

An alien moves in with Ben Kingsley in the unashamedly sentimental Jules

Sir Ben Kingsley (and one hell of a hairpiece) leads this charmingly old-fashioned sci-fi dramedy.

MEN IN GODZONE

Aotearoa’s landscapes light up the screen in a new season of Men in Kilts

Outlander stars Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish set off across NZ in new season of exploring and banter.

F stands for ineffable fun

David Tennant and Michael Sheen’s return in Good Omens makes Apocalypse less daunting

Without late co-author Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman continues their tale – aided by his actors’ chemistry.

CHILL OUT

Weird, wild, and full of WTF moments, Fortitude is a must-watch cult classic

Breathtakingly bizarre show – often hilarious, and always entertaining – is an Arctic blast.

features

Brit gangsters hit sunny Spain in colourful 80s crime drama A Town Called Malice

New series follows in the footsteps of classic Spanish-set Brit gangster flicks, sun-drenched and 80s-tastic.

LIKE A VIRGIN

Docuseries Branson looks beyond the billionaire’s spin and sensationalism

A surprisingly frank peek behind white-haired billionaire Richard Branson’s goatee beard.

STREAMING ON NEON

Fantasy epic His Dark Materials delivers on its promise in third and final season

Philip Pullman adaptation builds on previous two seasons with a finale well worth the wait.

BOOK REVIEW

The pulp non-fiction of Quentin Tarantino’s Cinema Speculation

Part film theory and part autobiography, Quentin Tarantino’s new work of non-fiction is here.

YELLOWSTONE IS BACK

Like John Dutton, Yellowstone ain’t planning to change anything you love about it

Yellowstone sets the table for more riveting modern Western television drama in its new season.

GIDDY UP COSTNER

The good, the bad, and the ugly influences that make Yellowstone one of TV’s top shows

The inspirations, roots, and genre tropes behind our favourite Western-soap opera-gangster-drama.

news

Wakefield turns tired hospital tropes on their head with colourful characters and dynamic viewing

Deftly balancing character drama and all-too-human comedy, Wakefield sees a psych nurse question their own sanity.

reviews

Boxing, love, family and bigotry collide in heavyweight Aotearoa drama Punch

A tender love story between two outsiders in a community stuck firmly in its parochial, patriarchal past.