Wanted: CEO For Sky TV – But Who’s Up For The Job?
As Sky boss John Fellet announces his intention to step down, PAT PILCHER ponders what’s needed to transform the broadcaster into a slick digital
To Binge Or Not To Binge?
A good book, a particular filmmaker's catalogue, a TV series – it gets under your skin and becomes an all-consuming passion/love affair that won’t
Finding The Dork In Dawkins
With superstar atheist Richard Dawkins and pal Lawrence Krauss bringing their Science In The Soul tour to New Zealand this May, ANDREW JOHNSTONE thought
From Ape To Art Exhibit
This Cannes prizewinner will intrigue, provoke and disturb in equal measure, writes TOBY WOOLLASTON.
Sky Slash Prices, The Public Yawns
PAT PILCHER reports on Sky’s latest ploy to slow subscriber attrition.
The French Make Excellent Baddies
Thrilling sub-Antarctic yarn casts French in bad light, and that’s okay by ANDREW JOHNSTONE
Aussie TV, It’s Just Better Than Ours
We Kiwis do a lot of things better than, the Aussies. Television isn’t one of them. ANDREW JOHNSTONE takes a gander at some spiffing
Psycho Sons And Apocalyptic Suns
ANDREW JOHNSTONE reviews an English series that doesn’t quite seem to know what it is yet, but still manages to feel compelling.
Foreskin’s Lament
Want to know what it’s like to get your foreskin torn off in a bizarre initiation rite? TOBY WOOLLASTON reviews a film about that,
Longmire Tackles Big Social Problems And Still Entertains
An old-fashioned morality play wrapped up as a whodunit, Longmire consists of six almost perfect seasons, writes ANDREW JOHNSTONE.
SHAUN OF THE HEAD
ANDREW JOHNSTONE reviews a new series about an autistic savant surgeon. Believe it or not.
Better Things Is Better Than Stranger Things. So There!
ANDREW JOHNSTONE chanced on Better Things by mistake and then couldn’t prevent himself from major bingeing. It comes highly recommended.
TVNZ News Falls Over, Did Anyone Notice?
How is it that the news can black-out for 30 minutes and there are no shockwaves and no obvious consequences? PAT PILCHER has his
The Current State Of Time Travel
Witchdoctor’s sci-fi specialist ANDREW JOHNSTONE charts his own trip through the cosmic history of time travel on film and television.
Police Are Funny
Police sitcoms don’t really appeal to ANDREW JOHNSTONE, but when he discovered some friends were addicted to Brooklyn 99 he had to check it
Failing Bodies, Mortality… And Sex Scenes With Women Half Your Age
Here’s a powerful exploration of a dissolute older man’s waning fortunes and the shock that brings him out of his apathy, writes TOBY WOLLASTON
Sex, Lies & Gaffer Tape
TOBY WOOLLASTON looks to the magic of cinema to shed some light on the murky waters of gender and sexuality.
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.
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