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Lightning Bolt: Fantasy Empire

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by Basti Menkes

Lightning Bolt are a noise-rock duo from Providence, Rhode Island. Everything about the band sounds far-fetched: both members are called Brian and one of them plays drums and sings through a gas mask while the other shreds a bass guitar strung with banjo strings. Their music is a technicolour Read more...

The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by Basti Menkes

When The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was released in 1998, it was hailed by many as a masterpiece. Seventeen years later, it still regularly tops Best Video Games Of All Time polls. It has the same cultural legacy and enduring appeal in the world of video games as the original Star Wars movie Read more...

Vivienne’s Blog

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by Bridget Vosburgh

Stephen K. Leaton’s novel, Vivienne’s Blog, is described by its blurb as a psychological thriller and, to a certain extent, this is true. The titular Vivienne is seemingly delusional and dangerously obsessed with her ex-boyfriend, Callum. A court order prevents her from having personal contact with Read more...

Insurgent

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by Mandy Te

Rating: 3/5 Even though we’re well into 2015, it seems as though the dystopian film fad just can’t be shaken off. Insurgent picks up where Divergent left off, but this time with Robert Schwentke as director and Akiva Goldsman as the script writer. After the attack on Abnegation’s Read more...

X+Y

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by Simon Kingsley-Holmes

Rating: 4/5 X+Y is a smart drama that rides the fine line between movie and TV-drama-of-the-week by juxtaposing the life-changing events thrust upon the film’s young autistic protagonist and maths genius, Nathan Ellis (Asa Butterfield), with the everyday hassles of his condition for those Read more...

Cinderella

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by Rachael Hodge

Rating: 3/5 With a $95 million dollar budget and an iconic fairytale storyline, you’d assume that the directors would spice up Cinderella just a little bit. However, if you were looking for a dramatic plot twist or anything remotely original, you won’t find it here. Ella (Lily James) Read more...

Home

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by Shaun Swain

Rating: 3/5 If there’s one thing that films such as The Incredibles and The Iron Giant have taught me, it’s that animated movies can hold their own as great standalone films. Home does not qualify for this. The film bites its own tail when it forces inconsistent satirical metaphor into its Read more...

Satay Chicken Wraps

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by Sophie Edmonds

The struggle to nurture my body with more than just eggs on toast continues. Having eaten spaghetti and meatballs for most of last week, I was keen to mix things up a bit. This satay sauce can be used for chicken, tofu or even without a main protein player; it is delicious smothered by itself on the Read more...

Christchurch’s Creative Revival

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by Isabel Lanaux

S ince the 2011 earthquake, Christchurch has been undergoing a creative revival. When I was lucky enough to visit the South Island’s biggest city, what I found there was at once shocking and awe inspiring. Some of what I saw was expected, with rubble, heavy machinery and buildings Read more...

Horoscope | Issue 5

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015 by Madame McMystery

Do you struggle with making basic life decisions? Worried about never bumping into your campus soulmate, or whether to eat two-minute noodles for every dinner this week? Fear not, chums, for I, Madame McMystery, have gazed deep into the cosmos to reveal the secrets the planetary alignments hold in Read more...