There are some performers whose warmth radiates so deeply that even decades after their passing, their presence is still felt; and their absence still hurts. John Candy was one of those rare souls. And in the deeply heartfelt and beautifully reflective documentary John Candy: I Like Me, now streaming on Prime Video, audiences are treated […]
‘Bloke of the Apocalypse’ – Review
New Zealand has always taken pride in that classic number 8-wire, roll-up-your-sleeves attitude, and it’s this very sense of Kiwi ingenuity and cultural identity that young animator Charlie Faulks gleefully sends up in his all-new animated zombie-apocalypse comedy series Bloke of the Apocalypse. Currently screening thanks to NZ On Air funding and on Faulks’ own […]
Tom Hiddleston steps back into the breach for ‘The Night Manager’ Season Two
The gallant thespian that is Tom Hiddleston is ready to make a return to the long form narrative once more as he steps into an all new season of this intriguing spy drama, The Night Manager as intrepid and determined intelligence operative Jonathan Pine. for Season Two and after a very long wait, and patient […]
Tom Ford stepping back behind the camera with adaptation of ‘Cry To Heaven’
When it comes to creative geniuses who have mastered the luxury and allure of the creative industry, it doesn’t get bigger or more notable than Tom Ford. The designer turned director, having now walked away from his illustrious fashion label, and following the tragic death of his partner Richard Buckley, has now determined that he […]
‘Bugonia’ – Review
Halloween has arrived, and if you’re looking for something freakish, fearless, and wholly, wildly original, then Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia is the cinematic fever dream you need to throw yourself into. Strange, shocking, darkly hilarious and wickedly tense, Bugonia is an absurdist black comedy that twists itself into deeper and darker psychological territory with every passing […]
‘Pike River’ – Review
November 19, 2010. A date etched into Aotearoa’s collective memory. A day marked by shock, grief and disbelief as 29 men lost their lives in the Pike River Mine disaster; New Zealand’s worst industrial tragedy in modern history. It was a moment that stopped the country, and its impact has never faded. Now, in 2025, […]
‘It: Welcome to Derry’ – Review
Brace yourself for a sudden rush of coulrophobia: because it’s time to send in the clown and return to the deeply unsettling, always-watching town of Derry, Maine. Stephen King’s most infamous nightmare has been reborn in HBO’s It: Welcome to Derry, a chilling, gorgeously mounted horror event that drags audiences back decades before The Losers […]
‘The Hand That Rocks The Cradle’ – Review
1992’s seminal thriller The Hand That Rocks The Cradle grabbed audiences by the throat and never let go — a domestic nightmare that invaded the safety of suburbia. Now, more than three decades later, filmmaker Michelle Garza Cervera (Huesera: The Bone Woman) brings the horrors home once again in a bold, unsettling, and psychologically charged […]
‘Black Phone 2’ – Review
Four years ago, Scott Derrickson’s The Black Phone slithered its way into cinemas, gifting audiences one of the most unsettling horror villains of the decade in Ethan Hawke’s mask-clad serial killer known only as The Grabber. Now, the terror rings again. Black Phone 2 arrives as a chilling, synth-soaked sequel that proves some nightmares don’t […]