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Thor

Posted 6:23am Wednesday 25th May 2011 by Matt Chapman

Directed by Kenneth Branagh, (1.5/5). You might think that Viking gods, hammers of mass destruction, “Frost Giants”, and rainbow bridges to outer space would make for a pretty awesome movie. I thought that too. Damn. Thor, directed by Kenneth Branagh, seemed poised to blow my mind with Read more...

Mars Needs Moms

Posted 6:22am Wednesday 25th May 2011 by Loulou Callister-Baker

Directed by Simon Wells, (2.5/5). Mars is named after the Roman god of war and is often described as the "Red Planet" due to the iron oxide in its surface. A mother is a woman who has given birth to or raised a child in the role of a parent. Mars Needs Moms is a 3D computer-animated film about a Read more...

Arthur

Posted 6:20am Wednesday 25th May 2011 by Alec Dawson

Directed by Jason Winer, (2/5). Russell Brand and Helen Mirren make for an intriguing pair to place in a film together. Given that one is famous for playing a drunk rock star and the other the Queen, I went into this film with some interest. Unfortunately they are given dull typecasts Read more...

Heartbreaker

Posted 6:18am Wednesday 25th May 2011 by Tom Ainge-Roy

Directed by Pascal Chaumeil, (3.5/5). My first foreign rom-com, and it was simply charming. It’s no Love Actually or Notting Hill, but it sure was a pleasant way to spend two hours. Think afternoon delight; not necessary, but you’re really glad it happened.   A Read more...

Lesbian Vampire Killers

Posted 6:16am Wednesday 25th May 2011 by Ben Blakely

Directed by Phil Claydon. Starring James Cordon, Mathew Horne, MyAnna Buring, Paul McGann. Having only heard the title of this film, I expected a B-grade movie with fairly low production values, lots of blood and gore, and acting that was a wee bit shit. I guess I was expecting something akin Read more...

The Mystique of Menswear

Posted 7:11am Thursday 19th May 2011 by Jonathan Jong

This last week, three things popped up in my RSS aggregator which have been in the back of my mind ever since. The first was an article about the appalling working conditions at a large Chinese factory, which had led seven workers to commit suicide. The second was Isaac Likes’s blog post entitled, Read more...

Tyranny – I Keep You Thin

Posted 6:40am Thursday 19th May 2011 by Stefan Fairfield

Author: Lesley Fairfield, Publisher: Walker Books, (3/5). This is a quick read, a graphic novel about a teenage girl’s battle with the eating disorders anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. It’s a story of how a young woman spirals from a picture of good health to the depths of Read more...

Dragon Ball books 1-16

Posted 6:37am Thursday 19th May 2011 by Sarah Maessen

Author: Akira Toriyama, Publisher: Vizbig, (5/5). Dragon Ball is the creation of the prolific manga writer/illustrator Akira Toriyama. It was successful from the start and went on to sell a record-breaking 120 million copies, was made into a television series, continued with Dragon Ball Z and Read more...

Graffiti in Chernobyl

Posted 6:34am Thursday 19th May 2011 by Hana Aoake

In the last few years, images have surfaced of street art in the abandoned city of Chernobyl, which was victim to a nuclear explosion in 1986 after a reactor malfunctioned. Like Hiroshima, the desolate landscape in Chernobyl highlights the city’s process of being moulded and manipulated, but in a Read more...

Fiona Amundsen: First city in history.

Posted 6:33am Thursday 19th May 2011 by Hana Aoake

Dunedin Public Art Gallery At 2:45am on August 6, 1945 a B-29 under the command of Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, a twenty-nine year old veteran pilot, began to roll down a runway on Tinian Island to take off on its historic mission to Hiroshima.   The title of New Zealand artist Fiona Read more...