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Midgets, Rap Music & Meth

Posted 7:40pm Sunday 27th May 2012 by Lukas Clark-Memler

Some cities are synonymous with a musical movement. Seattle and grunge are as inseparable as Cobain and angst. Country music would hardly exist without Nashville, or at least it would be a hell of a lot less profitable. And some would argue that rap music came ‘straight outta Compton’ (see what I Read more...

A Clockwork Orange

Posted 7:40pm Sunday 27th May 2012 by Alice McRae

The first thing you need to know about Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange is something that no-one ever told me: it’s amazing how much slang there is in the novel. Before I read it, all I knew was that it was a well-known book that had been adapted into a cult classic film with an epically named Read more...

Honey, how you thrill me

Posted 7:40pm Sunday 27th May 2012 by Beaurey Chan

Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart Street 18 May onwards Odd curlicues, elongated vines, mysterious coiling shapes emerging out of the darkness, splatters and drips and all sorts of misted forms presented through a matte and muted colour palette… Ben Webb's exhibition is a peculiar combination of Read more...

Sir Ian McKellen on Stage

Posted 7:40pm Sunday 27th May 2012 by Bronwyn Wallace

We know all too well about the damage and devastation that has hit Christchurch over the last few years. Buildings remain dilapidated, and large sections of the city are still uninhabitable. Sir Ian McKellen, who’s been in and around New Zealand for the past decade filming the Lord of the Rings Read more...

Borderlands 2

Posted 7:40pm Sunday 27th May 2012 by Toby Hills

Platform: PC, PS3, Xbox 360 Genre: Shooter, RPG Borderlands 2 ostensibly contains all the ingredients necessary for a game to be tremendous, addictive fun. It begs to be assessed on its prettiness. The first Borderlands had a tendency to litter its desert fields with identical, Read more...

(CAUC)ASIAN

Posted 7:58pm Sunday 20th May 2012 by Beaurey Chan

Lui Petti Mint Gallery, 32 Moray Place Ongoing until May 24 Did you hear about Frankenstein? No? Well, I heard he likes to stalk through cities full of high-rise buildings at night, sporting an Adidas jumper and a rope necklace, blasting tunes from the boom box. At least he does in the Read more...

White Noise

Posted 7:58pm Sunday 20th May 2012 by Josef Alton

White Noise hisses between radio stations, on the TV, between life and death. It permeates the airwaves. It’s the death knell that slips into the caverns, the subterranean passages that “distinguish words from things.” The unimaginable weight of death presses on Jack Gladney’s shoulders. He is a Read more...

French Onion Soup

Posted 7:58pm Sunday 20th May 2012 by Ines Shennan

Here we go with another recipe from the eloquent, food-loving madame that is Sophie Dahl. The soup itself has a mere four ingredients, but lacks nothing when it comes to flavour. Rich and earthy, with a gentle tang creeping through from the balsamic vinegar, it is one for the cooler nights. The Read more...

The Five Year Engagement

Posted 7:58pm Sunday 20th May 2012 by Taryn Dryfhout

The Five Year Engagement opens with Tom proposing to his girlfriend Violet. As the pair start to plan their wedding, Violet is accepted into a graduate psychology program in Michigan, an offer she can’t resist. Tom selflessly drops his career and moves to Michigan to be with Violet on the agreement Read more...

Beauty and the Beast (3D)

Posted 7:58pm Sunday 20th May 2012 by Michaela Hunter

Tale as old as time… Beauty and the Beast was actually my favourite movie as kid; and now as an adult I can fully appreciate all of Disney’s racism and sexism, which is cool ... The storyline basically goes like this: Belle is a beautiful lady who likes to read books (shock, horror!) and Read more...

Two Fish ‘N’ A Scoop

Posted 7:58pm Sunday 20th May 2012 by Bronwyn Wallace

May 19 - June 9 Directed By Patrick Davies Starring Hweiling Ow & Chris Parker Written By Carl Nixon Two Fish ‘N’ A Scoop began its debut in Dunedin last year as a successful Read Out Loud in the Fortune Studio. After a great audience reaction and a clear vision for the play’s Read more...

Trials Evolution

Posted 7:58pm Sunday 20th May 2012 by Toby Hills

Platform: Xbox 360 Genre: Puzzle, Racing Trials Evolution is frustrating. Not just because it’s really hard, but because the art-direction of its levels loves to poke fun at you. A Nitro Circus-inspired motocross rider can slide effortlessly along a thin girder on a partially constructed Read more...

Fabulous

Posted 7:58pm Sunday 20th May 2012 by Lauren Wootton

We’re all familiar with the rhythmic reggae dub that has sound-tracked many a Kiwi summer, known as The Black Seeds. It’s been four years since their last album and their latest release – Dust and Dirt – is a wee bit different while still being completely the same. With a slight emphasis Read more...

The Avengers

Posted 7:08pm Sunday 13th May 2012 by Nick Hornstein

Several years in the making, The Avengers concludes a long journey that Marvel began with the hit Iron Man in 2008. With such a well-orchestrated tease through the previous movies, the question remained whether the hype of The Avengers could be met. The answer to that is a gamma radiated, super Read more...

A Dangerous Method

Posted 7:08pm Sunday 13th May 2012 by Eve Duckworth

Based on the play The Talking Cure, David Cronenberg directs this drama based on the true story of the turbulent love triangle that developed between two towering intellectuals – Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen) and Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) – and a troubled patient (Kiera Knightley). Seduced by Read more...

Spud

Posted 7:08pm Sunday 13th May 2012 by Emma Scammell

After some preparatory research before watching this film I discovered that the historical context of Spud was 1990s South Africa, a pivotal time for South African people. The 1990s saw the abolition of apartheid, the release of Nelson Mandela after 27 years’ imprisonment, and the birth of Read more...

The Way

Posted 7:08pm Sunday 13th May 2012 by Lulu Sandston

The Way is a fictional story about the “Way of St James” or “El Camino Santiago”, a pilgrimage from the French Pyrenees to the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain. The story is about Tom (Martin Sheen), an ophthalmologist who isn’t interested in seeing the world (how ironic) and Read more...

Stuffed Baked Potatoes

Posted 7:08pm Sunday 13th May 2012 by Ines Shennan

These easily prepared stuffed potatoes are the ultimate comfort food. The potatoes take at least an hour to cook, but little other preparation is required. Go Mexican and fill ’em up with chilli beans (I like the hot varieties because I’m a sucker for spice), cheese and fresh chilli. Or play it a Read more...

2012: CAPOCALYPSE

Posted 7:08pm Sunday 13th May 2012 by Bronwyn Wallace

Capping Show returns this year with a strong and entertaining performance that is the talk of campus this week. Haven’t already seen it? Where have you been? With a constant flow of punchlines, crazy bright costumes and interesting sets, it’s a must-see. Aaron Mayes and Caitlin McNaughton direct the Read more...

Lovepuke

Posted 7:08pm Sunday 13th May 2012 by Bronwyn Wallace

Written by Duncan Sarkies Directed by Emma Feather Shaw “We’ll make you laugh, cringe, and maybe you’ll even find that you see a little bit of yourself in the characters.” The Globe Theatre is opening its doors, surprisingly, to a new youthful crowd this month, as Duncan Sarkies’s Read more...