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Oblivion

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 21st April 2013 by Rosie Howells

Oblivion tells the story of the last man and woman on Earth, who are both attractive and like each other (that’s a stroke of luck, huh?). After aliens blow up the moon, our planet is ravaged by natural disasters, and war ensues between humanity and our galactic enemies. Although we won the war Read more...

The Big Lebowski

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 21st April 2013 by Josie Cochrane

The Coen Brothers (Joel and Ethan) wrote, directed and produced this cult comedy classic 15 years ago. Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski (Jeff Bridges) is a lazy, unemployed stoner living in LA, who hangs with his bowling buddies, drinks White Russians, and enjoys long hot baths while listening to tapes Read more...

Performance

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 21st April 2013 by Jonny Mahon-Heap

Like Lex’s pseudo-political banter or a Unicol girl’s acquisition of the fresher five, it’s a certainty that Oscar winners will undo much of their good work with subsequent awful films. While Performance (released elsewhere as A Late Quartet) never reaches the murky depths of a Halle Berry/Catwoman Read more...

The Croods 3D

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 21st April 2013 by Sam McChesney

I’m at least 15 years older than this movie’s target audience. That’s fine though, because as innumerable sanctimonious reviewers love to point out, a good kids’ film should also appeal to adults. Maybe it’s because kids are stupid, so their opinions don’t really signify much. Maybe it’s because a Read more...

Barbara

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 21st April 2013 by Kathleen Hanna

Pre-film trailers are typically selected to appeal to the same audience as the film itself. When I arrived at the cinema to see Barbara, knowing nothing about it, the first trailer I was shown was about an old person being chosen to cook for the President of France. The trailer was very long, and Read more...

The Knife - Shaking The Habitual

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 21st April 2013 by Basti Menkes

For the uninitiated, The Knife are a Swedish electronic duo consisting of Karin “Fever Ray” Andersson and her younger brother Olof. The siblings splice together an eclectic array of genres including synthpop, industrial, world music, and ambient to create a technicolour sound that defies mimicry or Read more...

Astro Children

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 21st April 2013 by Basti Menkes

Astro Children are a Dunedin shoeglaze/spacepop band comprised of childhood friends Millie Lovelock and Isaac Hickey. Recently they have been enjoying huge local success, with latest single “Jamie Knows” topping Radio One’s song chart for seven weeks running. Critic caught up with the duo recently Read more...

The Sun Also Rises

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 21st April 2013 by Madeline Sherwood King

Not much happens in The Sun Also Rises. It’s the 1920s. Four men and one woman visit Spain to see the bulls, and then they go home again. During their stay in Spain, it becomes apparent that all four men love the woman, but she falls in love with a guy who loves bulls. One particularly brutish man Read more...

Defiance (PC, PS3, Xbox360)

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 21st April 2013 by Baz Macdonald

Massively Multiplayer Role Playing Games (or MMORPG, games that are played entirely online with people from all over the world) are a tricky business. They require significantly more money to develop than a standard video game instalment due to the large scope of content as well as the ongoing costs Read more...

Crispy Chicken with Salty Satay and Ginger Bok Choy

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 21st April 2013 by Ines Shennan

This dish satiates the tastebuds on every level: it’s sweet, salty, and ginger-laden, with crispy chicken ready to soak up all the fun. Rice bran oil is a great choice to use for high-temperature cooking, and is also neutral in flavour, allowing your other ingredients to shine. Frying chicken over a Read more...