Okay girlies, grab your butterfly clips and your chunky charm bracelets because Freakier Friday is here, and it’s giving us EVERYTHING we’ve been craving. Disney has cracked the code — a perfect throwback to those early 2000s comedy gems we grew up on, but served with a fresh, modern glow-up. It’s chaotic, it’s heartfelt, it’s […]
‘Went Up The Hill’ – Review
The horror genre has always been a playground for nightmares. In contemporary cinema, it’s also become one of the most exciting creative spaces, where filmmakers push the boundaries of artistry while delivering the pulse-racing thrills audiences crave. It’s a genre where mood, theme, and emotional depth can be explored in ways that feel both fresh […]
‘The Pickup’ – An Interview with Director Tim Story
Prime Video is ready to make the comedy explosive with the forthcoming debut of their all-new comedy-action, crime caper The Pickup starring comedy all-stars Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson, and this is a film that delivers on the action, along with the laughs, and the result is a crazy, whack-a-mole adventure of laugh-out-loud hysterics and […]
‘The Life of Chuck’ – Review
What does a life truly mean? What memories do we leave behind? And in the face of inevitable endings, what joys do we take with us? These are the haunting and heart-swelling questions that bubble at the core of The Life of Chuck, the breathtaking new adaptation of Stephen King’s novella that delivers a luminous, […]
‘The Friend’ – Review
Every now and then, a film arrives that reaches into your soul and takes hold with quiet power. It doesn’t shout or scream—it whispers. And when it does, you listen. The Friend, the 2025 feature film adaptation of Sigrid Nunez’s beloved novel, directed with sublime restraint by Scott McGehee and David Siegel, is that rare […]
‘The Terminal List: Dark Wolf’ unleashes a nail-driving trailer of pure action
Prime Video’s The Terminal List was a jolt if action streaming television that hit audiences with the ferocity of a .50 cal machine gun on full auto blast, and now audiences are getting hyped as they’re about to enter the twisted and dark edge of shadow wars and black operations with the long-awaited prequel series, […]
Spicy, Sweet & Totally Relatable – ‘Workmates’ is the Kiwi Rom-Com We’ve Been Waiting For
Get ready to feel all the feelings, because Workmates, the brand-new Kiwi romantic-comedy from Sophie Henderson and Curtis Vowell, is about to charm the socks off you. Funny, raw, and deeply heartfelt, this love letter to theatre, friendship, and creative chaos is everything we love in a local indie—and then some. Set in the gritty, […]
‘Outrageous’ – Review
Scandal, seduction, and a thunderclap of history collide in the BBC’s Outrageous, a truly decadent dive into the lives of the infamous Mitford Sisters: aristocrats, renegades, revolutionaries, fascists, communists, and everything in between. This is not your average period drama. Instead, it’s a full-blown, high-stakes social and political melodrama, soaked in champagne, scandal sheets, and […]
The Power of a Single Frame: World Press Photo Exhibition Returns to Auckland This July
Get ready for a visual experience that will move your soul, spark your conscience, and make you see the world through an entirely new lens. The World Press Photo Exhibition, the gold standard in global photojournalism, is officially returning to Auckland from Saturday, 26 July – Sunday, 24 August, and trust us, this is one cultural event […]
