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Oh, Hey there

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Isaac McFarlane

Hello. My name is Isaac. I am the new Critic Music editor. I like cheese and crackers, Mario Ballotelli, jelly tip ice creams, the customer service at the Link dairy, and BYO Japanese. And I love music. Well, most types of music anyway. I probably won’t be writing about freeform jazz or country Read more...

Dragons Dogma

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Toby Hills

Platforms: PS3 & XBOX360 | Genre: RPG Here, for you to peruse at your leisure, is a typical session of Dragon’s Dogma: “Wolves are sensitive to fire. Wolves don’t like being burned. If you attack a wolf with some kind of incendiary spell or burning arrow it will do extra damage. They hunt Read more...

The Vibrator Play

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Bronwyn Wallace

In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) Written by: Sarah Ruhl Directed by: Lara Macgregor Cast: Claire Dougan, Hilary Halba, Anna Henare, Nic Kyle, Chelsea McEwan Millar, Conrad Newport, and Jason Whyte When a play makes such overt reference to things of a sexual nature you Read more...

Ordinary But Not

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Beaurey Chan

Frances Hodgkins “Kaleidoscope” Dunedin Public Art Gallery 28 April-28 October Even if you know nothing about New Zealand art, the name Frances Hodgkins probably rings a bell, and with good reason. Born in Dunedin in 1869, Hodgkins rose to fame in the early twentieth century, Read more...

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Josef Alton

Tom Ripley just wasn’t good enough. His Aunt Dottie told him so. Dottie raised him, so she should know. Tom’s parents drowned when he was a child. On a hot summer’s day when he was 12, in the middle of a bumper-to-bumper traffic jam, Dottie told Tom to fill up a thermos with ice water at a filling Read more...

Snow White and The Huntsman

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Sam Allen

Sanders’ Snow White and the Huntsman is a darker and more badass portrayal than other recent takes (Mirror Mirror) on this Brothers Grimm fairytale. Charlize Theron is brilliant in the role of sexy Queen Ravenna. She swans around in amazing gowns constructed of bird skulls and feathers, Read more...

Tortoise in Love

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Georgia Rose

Tortoise in Love is the story of one man’s very very slow pursuit of love. Tom is a gardener, and can discuss in detail the reproductive functions of hundreds of plant species, but is dumbfounded when it comes to talking to women. He finds himself in some cringe-inducing situations while trying to Read more...

Prometheus

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Kathleen Hanna

Ridley Scott directed the very first Alien film way back in 1979. Thirty-three years on, the franchise really needed him back. After six installments, each slightly but noticeably worse than the last, most fans probably expected the seventh to be Alien vs. Dead Horse. What we get is more like 2001: Read more...

Brave (3D)

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012 by Ella Borrie

Brave abandons Pixar’s usual bromance formula for the mystical realm of teenage angst. Set in ye olde Scotland, the story follows Princess Merida, voiced by Kelly Macdonald, and her glorious ginger hair*, as she attempts to break free from her royal destiny. The proverbial free spirit, Merida Read more...

Oreo Nom Nom Nom-ness

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012 by Sasha Borissenko

Are those late night adventures to the 2-4 not doing it for you? Do their cupcakes feel a little worse for wear? Are you tired of the nacho cheese-chicken cordon bleu combination? Finding yourself wanting something a little more Nigella Lawson or Julia Child? There is nothing more comforting and Read more...