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Moonrise Kingdom

Posted 4:57pm Sunday 16th September 2012 by Taryn Dryfhout

Set in the 1960s, Moonrise Kingdom is about a couple of New England kids who cross paths at a summer camp and fall head-over-heels in love. Suzy comes from an upper-class family of lawyers, while Sam is an orphan who is constantly in and out of foster homes. Before leaving the camp, they make a pact Read more...

The Expendables 2

Posted 4:57pm Sunday 16th September 2012 by Critic

The Expendables 2 revolves around a group of mercenaries, the Expendables, who are enlisted by a Mr Church to retrieve a lost package from a downed plane. What seems like an easy job takes a wrong turn when one of their crew is murdered during the operation. Determined to seek revenge, the Read more...

Wunderkinder

Posted 4:57pm Sunday 16th September 2012 by Lulu Sandston

Wunderkinder, set in the Ukraine in 1941, follows three young musical Wunderkinder, or child prodigies, who are bound by their love of music. Violinist Hanna Reich (Bridgette Grothum) is German, while pianist Larissa Brodsky (Imogen Burrell) and violinist Abrascha Kaplan (Elin Kolev) are Jewish. Read more...

Prawn, Spinach and Lemon Spaghetti

Posted 4:57pm Sunday 16th September 2012 by Ines Shennan

This simple pasta dish marries prawns with smoked paprika and tart lemon, wrapping the lot up in a rich cream sauce. If you’re a seafood fan but can’t get down to your nearest waterway armed with fishing artillery or face the price that blue cod and salmon fetch at the supermarket, then stock up Read more...

Yvonne Todd: Wall of Seahorsel

Posted 4:57pm Sunday 16th September 2012 by Taryn Dryfhout

Curated by Melbourne arts writer Serena Bentley, “Wall of Seahorsel” is a showcase of the most recent works of one of New Zealand’s most respected contemporary photographers. Yvonne Todd is an award-winning artist based in Auckland. She has become well known for her photographs, which utilise the Read more...

Here is some Music

Posted 4:57pm Sunday 16th September 2012 by Isaac McFarlane

‘Over and Out’ – MalesMales have just released their debut EP for free, because, you know, YOLO right? Not sure if this is the single, but it should be. Not that the other songs aren’t just as good, but “Over and Out” is one of those rare songs that sounds completely full, finished, and realised. Read more...

Hero

Posted 4:57pm Sunday 16th September 2012 by Bronwyn Wallace

The latest Stage South reading to grace the Fortune Theatre Studio stage is Hero, directed by Erica Newlands. A haunting and beautiful play by Arun Subrmaniam, a New Zealand playwright, Hero takes us on a journey to Malaysia, where the first political assassination took place. Patrick Davies Read more...

Defender’s Quest - REVIEW

Posted 4:57pm Sunday 16th September 2012 by Toby Hills

"Grinding” doesn’t sound like a great way to spend one’s time, does it? A mule in a medieval mill did a lot of grinding – of grain – to turn it into the coarse, unrefined flour that was the serfs’ staple food supply. That gameplay mechanic, as popular as it has historically been in classic Japanese Read more...

The Driver’s Seat

Posted 4:57pm Sunday 16th September 2012 by Lucy Hunter

The Driver’s Seat follows Lise, a nondescript woman of little importance, and her own way of reasoning inside a mind which seems to have got the whole world the wrong way round. The book opens with Lise freaking out at a shop assistant for suggesting she buy a stain-resistant dress – “Do you think I Read more...

Pancetta Macaroni Cups

Posted 4:03pm Sunday 9th September 2012 by Ines Shennan

This week we pay homage to my lifelong friend, cheese. When I was a young, spritely thing, Saturday lunchtime saw a steady stream of cheese melts flow from oven to table (not literally, mind you). I stuck with the classic cheese and oregano combination, while my mother would get all inventive with Read more...