What’s Wrong With Sky’s Injunction Against ISPs And What It Could More Productively Be Spending The Money On
PAT PILCHER has a novel idea for Sky TV and all the money it will spend convincing ISPs to police the internet.
Sky Outrages Internet Providers By Asking Them To Block Naughty Websites
PAT PILCHER weighs in on a broiling controversy involving Sky's demands to internet providers and their angry response.
On Coffee, Tobacco And Steve McQueen.
A lifetime chain-smoker, one day ANDREW JOHNSTONE just stopped. But that just fuelled his other passions.
Let’s Talk About Race
America is suddenly examining its deep, worrying underbelly of racism through its cinema, writes TOBY WOOLLASTON.
Want Some Light Relief? Go Elsewhere. Detroit Is A Tense Masterpiece.
Detroit is a tense, gut-churning film about one night and one event in the racially-charged United States of the 1960s writes SHELLEY SWEENEY.
Peaking Into NZ History Through A Remarkable Woman
Toby Woollaston views a film about one of NZ’s lesser-known but more interesting figures, and emerges from the cinema with a deeper understanding.
How Refreshing: An Intelligent Rom-com With A Feminist Twist
SHELLEY SWEENEY is not fond of rom-coms, but Home Alone busts out of the genre’s usual predicability.
Free-To-Air TV Interface Improved, But Why Bother?
Freeview launches a high-end box and some cool new ways to watch the box. Meanwhile, it’s same-old-same-old for content.
Love, Art And Rheumatoid Arthritis
SHELLEY SWEENEY goes through a box of tissues watching the remarkable true-life story of painter Maud Lewis.
The Lost City Of Z FILM REVIEW
A magical and emotionally charged journey into the heart of darkness that’s the Amazon jungle, this film is a must-see, writes TOBY WOOLLASTON.
The Orville TV REVIEW
With the new Star Trek series about to hit the streaming screen, what better time to check out a really great spoof? ANDREW JOHNSTONE
I Am Not Your Negro REVIEW
SHELLEY SWEENEY reviews a compelling and disturbing documentary about the African American experience. In NZ Cinemas from September 21
Kedi FILM REVIEW
TOBY WOOLASTON views a film all about the homeless population of Istanbul. The homeless cat population, that is.
The Tick TELEVISION REVIEW
It's yet another iteration of The Tick, complete with classic '60s television sensibilities, writes ANDREW JOHNSTONE.
The Path TELEVISION REVIEW
Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul (Jessie Pinkman) stars in a series all about belief and its power for both good and bad, explains ANDREW JOHNSTONE.
John Wick Chapter 2 FILM REVIEW
There’s no denying the effectiveness of Keanu Reaves’ latest star vehicle, writes ANDREW JOHNSTONE of the sequel to the John Wick noir thriller.
Mr Mercedes TV REVIEW
The latest Stephen King adaptation is a detective yarn, and it works a treat, writes ANDREW JOHNSTONE.
The Son TV REVIEW
Former Bond Pierce Brosnan is a murderous, Indian-scalping oil tycoon in The Son, and ANDREW JOHNSTONE is here to give it the thumb’s up.
A Ghost Story FILM REVIEW
A film that’s original, unconventional and quite sublime, A Ghost Story did it big-time for TOBY WOOLLASTON
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