It’s a bit like having a perpetual hangover, but GARY STEEL just can’t stop mulling over the sozzled, discarded clientele of the bar that is no more.
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NZIFF 2020 – Relic REVIEW
It takes a lot to impress horror movie fiend GARY STEEL, but Relic takes a cliched horror subgenre and twists it into something else altogether.
NZIFF 2020 – Kubrick By Kubrick REVIEW
Finally, writes GARY STEEL, a film that comprehensively engages with the astonishing filmic legacy of Stanley Kubrick, more or less from the horse’s mouth.
Technics AZ70 Wireless Earbuds REVIEW
The iconic Technics brand weighs in with its own wireless earphones and PAT PILCHER pronounces them as great as you suspected they would be.
Pandemic Brings Opera Stars to Local Stage
RICHARD BETTS details post-Covid activities in the classical realm and finds that things are warming up nicely.
Who’s Spreading Panic?
PAT PILCHER calls bullshit on the tabloid media pundits spreading fear and misinformation about the Government’s response to Covid-19.
Mike Nesmith’s Infinite Tuesday
GARY STEEL’s interview with Michael Nesmith was a shambles and his concert experience of ‘The Monkees’ was a travesty, but Nesmith’s memoir is a revelation.
Shirley REVIEW
Films about writers are almost always terrible. GARY STEEL writes about one compelling exception which flouts all the rules.