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2022 is drawing to a close and following two years of the pandemic we have now seen the cinema open up again and there was plenty of excitement for film fans to look forward to this year. Check out our favourite films of 2022 below: Honourable Mention: Barbarian Unbelievably original and freakishly scary, writer/director Zach […]

Movie Reviews

‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ – Review

December 27, 2022 Samuel Hames

The end of the year beckons and with it, one of the 2022’s most intriguing cinematic presentations with noted filmmaker Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin. And the result is a clever and calculated narrative that will hook you in right to the very end. On a remote island off the coast of Ireland, Pádraic […]

Movie Trailers

Christopher Nolan unleashes official trailer for ‘Oppenheimer’

December 19, 2022 Samuel Hames

“They won’t fear it until they understand it. And they won’t understand it until they’ve used it.” So speaks Cillian Murphy’s J. Robert Oppenheimer in the first trailer for Christopher Nolan’s forthcoming blockbuster epic, Oppenheimer, which has just premiered an all-new trailer that captures both the beauty and terror of the world’s discovery of atomic […]

Movie Trailers

Take your first look at ‘Barbie’ with Margot Robbie

December 17, 2022 Samuel Hames

She’s everything. He’s just Ken. That’s right the all-new trailer for Barbie has arrived and audiences get their first look as Margot Robbie embraces the pastel life and fives into a world of singing, dancing, fashion, accessories, make-overs and fun in what is shaping up to be a must-watch movie event for 2023. Watch the […]

Television News

Henry Cavill looking to take on ‘Warhammer 40,000’ series for Prime Video

December 17, 2022 Samuel Hames

While he may have been forced to hang up the cape as Superman, Henry Cavill is moving ahead quickly and is looking to bring his passion for Games Workshop’s celebrated Warhammer 40,000 game to audiences with a new series for Prime Video. As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, Cavill is lining up to star and […]

Movie Reviews

‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ – Review

December 15, 2022 Samuel Hames

They say good things take time, and after more than 13 years, visionary filmmaker James Cameron is inviting audiences back to movie theatres for a one of kind cinematic event with Avatar: The Way of Water, his much-anticipated sequel to his 2009 blockbuster Avatar. And this is an experience of utter cinema mastery. Jake Sully […]

‘LOMU’ Set to Shake NZIFF as a Towering Tribute to All Black great Jonah Lomu

Come face to face with the horrors of ‘Clayface’

A sprinkling of enchantments await with an all-new look at ‘Practical Magic 2’

Christopher Nolan delivers a colossal epic with ‘The Odyssey’

Dakota Johnson and Anne Hathaway deliver pure shock value in ‘Verity’

Sir Ridley Scott delivers post-apocalyptic thrills in ‘The Dog Stars’ with Jacob Elordi flexing his muscle and humanity

‘Moss & Freud’ – A Beautifully Crafted Portrait of Art, Identity and Connection – Review

‘Backrooms’ – Kane Parsons Delivers A Nightmare You Can’t Escape – Review

‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War’ – ‘ Lock, Loaded and Ready for a Fight’ – Review

HBO Max Is Arriving In New Zealand – And It’s Bringing Dragons, Wizards, And Prestige Television With It

Step into the fire with an all-new look into Season Three of HBO Max’s ‘House of the Dragon’

A radical new Supe Origin arrives in Prime Video’s ‘Vought Rising’

The fire roars as the fight for Westeros turns dark in Season Three of ‘House of the Dragon’

HBO Max’s ‘Lanterns’ faces down fear head on in first teaser trailer

Pink Origins & Power Plays – ‘Elle’ Struts Onto Prime Video With a Fierce, Fabulous Throwback Glow-Up

‘Clarkson’s Farm’ Season Five – Diddly Squat Delivers Another Winning Harvest – Review

‘Spider-Noir’ – Nicolas Cage Swings Into the Shadows In Prime Video’s Wildly Original Pulp Thriller – Review

‘The Boys’ – Season Five – ‘Though the Heavens Fall’ – Review

‘RBG: Of Many, One’ – A Powerful Celebration Of A Legal Legend – Review

Creative Dreams Awaken with this year’s Resene Architecture and Design Film Festival

Burger King goes Full Mando – A New Galactic Feast Arrives in New Zealand

Creating the Film Noir Aesthetic of Prime Video’s ‘Spider-Noir’ – An interview with Li Jun Li, Jack Huston, Abraham Popoola and Oren Uziel

‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War’ director Andrew Bernstein talks tip of the spear action and wild set-pieces

One Last Ride with Butcher – Karl Urban Talks Chaos, Carnage and The End of ‘The Boys’

SpicyPulp’s Top 10 Films of 2022

‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ – Review

Christopher Nolan unleashes official trailer for ‘Oppenheimer’

Take your first look at ‘Barbie’ with Margot Robbie

Henry Cavill looking to take on ‘Warhammer 40,000’ series for Prime Video

‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ – Review