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Review: The 39 Steps

Posted 8:29pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Jen Aitken

Adapted by Patrick Barlow Directed by Hilary Norris Starring Patrick Davies, Anna Henare, Mark Neilson, and Danny Still Fortune Theatre Mainstage (4/5)     “They don’t give up, they damn well keep going.” – Richard Hannay  The 39 Read more...

The Outsiders - The Words Will Write Themselves

Posted 8:10pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by James Barlien

Wellington-based band The Outsiders have been touring relentlessly for their debut album, These Words Will Write Themselves. Live, these songs are fast paced, catchy, and more than anything, fantastic to listen to. Unfortunately, they do not have the same effect on the album. The album is Read more...

Fornax Chemica - Chemical Furnace

Posted 8:09pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Walker MacMurdo

Universal (1/5)   The phrase “strictly better” is used in some strategy games to describe when one move, choice, or play is better than another in any given circumstance. It isn’t often used in reviews. The notion of a book, movie, or song always being better Read more...

Fat Freddy's – fucking shit up.

Posted 8:08pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Simon Wallace

With a vibrancy befitting his cartoon alter ego, Hopepa warmed up the small alcove we were forced under by the rain in a way only someone living their dream can. Having been drawn into the fold of Fat Freddy's Drop only months after their inception, his bad ho jelly-roll dance moves and loose Read more...

Red Dead Redemption

Posted 8:02pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Ethan Khalsa

Platforms: PS3 and XBox 360     Red Dead Redemption is a game set in the Old West of the United States. It is a truly epic game produced by Rockstar, the same company that made the Grand Theft Auto games. The story takes place in an open world sandbox environment, and Read more...

Letters To Juliet

Posted 8:00pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Nicole Muriel

Directed by Gary Winnick (2.5/5) In Letters to Juliet, an interesting premise leads to a uninteresting rom-com. Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) is an aspiring journalist. She and her fiancé, Viktor, travel to Verona together. But the trip isn’t as romantic as she’d hoped: Viktor Read more...

Paper Heart

Posted 7:59pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Sarah Baillie

Directed by Nick Jasenovic (4/5) Charlyne Li (comedienne/actress/musician) doesn’t believe in love. She has never been in love, and thinks she probably never will be. To see what she is missing out on, she sets out on a trip across the U.S. with director Nick Jasenovic to make a Read more...

The Rehearsal

Posted 7:47pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Henry Feltham

Author: Elanor Catton (4.5)     Victoria University Press does a strong line in novels written by photogenic dark-haired young women with fringes. The majority are graduates of Victoria University's creative writing program. I struggle to tell a lot of these woman apart, and Read more...

What Darwin Got Wrong

Posted 7:46pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Jonathan Jong

uthors: Jerry Fodor and Massimo Piattelli-Parmarini Publisher: Profile (3/5)     Let’s get this straight: Fodor and Piattelli-Parmarini (F&PP) are not creationists; they are atheists through and through. They don’t deny that species are descended from Read more...

COLIN MCCAHON

Posted 7:44pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Hana Aoake

Brett McDowell Gallery     The Colin McCahon exhibition at the Brett McDowell Gallery is a visually startling and emotionally evocative experience. Colin McCahon is regarded as one of New Zealand's greatest painters of the 20th century and he continues to have influence over a Read more...

LTT Review: Mind Under

Posted 4:22pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Jen Aitken

Written by Kiri Beeching Directed by Richard Huber Staring Kiri Beeching and Richard Huber (3/5) This debut performance (a debut for both the play and the playwright) of Mind Under was bold and exciting, the exact kind of experimentation Lunchtime Theatre should be used Read more...

Preview: The 39 Steps

Posted 4:21pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Jen Aitken

Adapted by Patrick Barlow Original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon Directed by Hilary Norris Starring Patrick Davies, Anna Henare, Mark Neilson and Danny Still Fortune Theatre Mainstage May 21 – June 12 A supremely funny spoof of Alfred Hitchcock's classic movie, Read more...

DUDSTOWN RUN THIS

Posted 4:07pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Simon Wallace

Booof speaks with Beau about, like, MCing and shit. Your role in the nightlife and musical culture of Dunedin is long and involved – how did you get started? Damn, you're making me feel like an oldie! I first got into free-styling by mucking around and having fun. I listened to Read more...

The Outsiders - The Words Will Write Themselves

Posted 4:07pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Simon Wallace

Universal Wellington-based band The Outsiders have been touring relentlessly for their debut album, These Words Will Write Themselves. Live, these songs are fast paced, catchy, and more than anything, fantastic to listen to. Unfortunately, they do not have the same effect on the album. Read more...

MMORPGs

Posted 4:01pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Ethan Khalsa

Platform: PC     There are a great many MMORGS around these days. For those of you who don’t psoeak nerd, that’s ‘Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games’. These are games like Ever Quest, Dark Age of Camelot, and World of Warcraft. It’s that Read more...

Every Jack Has a Jill

Posted 3:57pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Sarah Baillie

Directed by Jennifer Devoldere (3/5)   Starring the beautiful Mélanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds) and Justin Bartha (The Hangover), Every Jack Has a Jill (Jusqu’à Toi) is a sweet, better-than- -average romantic comedy. Chloé (Laurent) is a slightly Read more...

The Choir

Posted 3:56pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Sarah Baillie

Directed Michael Davie (5/5) Filmed at one of South Africa’s most dangerous prisons, The Choir is a documentary that gives incredible insight into the lives of prisoners. The main subject of the film is 19-year-old Jabulani, who has been sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment Read more...

Up in the Air.

Posted 3:47pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Sue Hui Ong

Author: Walter Kirn Publisher: John Murray Rating: 3/5 Up in the Air. Now a major motion picture. What a great way to get someone to read your book. From the trailers, I envisaged the book would be about some hot-shot sweet talker whose entire job consisted of travelling the vastness of Read more...

The Wives of Henry Oades.

Posted 3:46pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Sue Hui Ong

Author: Johanna Moran Publisher: Harper Press (5/5) The Wives of Henry Oades is Johanna Moran’s debut novel, and not a bad one to kick off a writing career either. Set in the 1890s, it follows the tale of Henry Oades as he uproots his family from England to Wellington, New Read more...

King Lear.

Posted 3:45pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Sarah Maessen

Author: Gareth Hinds Publisher: Candlewick Press (4/5) Gareth Hinds’ graphic novel adaptation of Shakespeare’s King Lear bridges the gap between prose and performance with seductive, original artwork. The famous tragedy follows King Lear’s descent into madness after his Read more...