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Reefer Madness (1936)

Posted 6:25am Thursday 14th April 2011 by Ben Blakely

Directed by Louis Gasnier. Starring: Dorothy Short, Kenneth Craig, Lillian Miles, Dave O’Brien, Thelma White. A green menace is silently attacking the youth of 1930’s America. It’s name…marihuana! Yes, it was a different world back then. You could spell marihuana with an h Read more...

Battle: Los Angeles

Posted 6:22am Thursday 14th April 2011 by Tom Ainge-Roy

Directed by Jonathan Liebesman. (2/5). It’s a challenge to fit the many cinematic faux pas and clichés that Battle: Los Angeles exhibits into 350 words, but I’ll give it my best shot…with a vengeance.     Battle: Los Angeles tells the story of a Read more...

Red Riding Hood

Posted 6:20am Thursday 14th April 2011 by Zane Pocock

Directed by Catherine Hardwicke. (1/5). This movie provides the perfect platform on which to rant about everything Hollywood. It's hard to believe this piece of shit was directed by the same person who gave birth to Lords Of Dogtown, but her more recent disaster (yup, Twilight) is a much more Read more...

The Names of Love

Posted 6:19am Thursday 14th April 2011 by Lauren Enright

Directed by Michel Leclerc. (2.5/5). The Names of Love (Le Nom des Gens) is a story of how people can bridge opposite sides of the political spectrum through human relationships. Sara Forestier plays Baya, a French girl with an Algerian father. She was brought up by her mother to have left wing Read more...

Gaiety at the House of G and a bit of Lonely love

Posted 5:50am Thursday 14th April 2011 by Mahoney Turnbull

‘Twas Wednesday the 6th and iD Fashion Week was truly in full swing.   As part of the Starlight Shopping, a regular feature of iD week, various shops released some sweet deals for locals to delight in. The iD theme for the House of G (aka Glassons) was presumably “woodland Read more...

Blood Safari

Posted 5:37am Thursday 14th April 2011 by Ilka Fedor

Author: Deon Meyer. Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks (2.5/5) Deon Meyer is apparently “the best crime writer in South Africa” according to the review on the back of this book.  Set in the “lowveld” near Kruger National Park in South Africa, Blood Safari is Read more...

The Yiddish Policemen’s Union

Posted 5:35am Thursday 14th April 2011 by Leah Hamilton

Author: Michael Chabon. Publisher: Fourth Estate (4/5) The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a great tongue-in-cheek book about two homicide detectives who set out to solve a rather interesting murder. Meyer Landsman, homicide detective #1, is a recently divorced, scrawny alcoholic who doesn't sleep. Read more...

April Fools Day:

Posted 5:32am Thursday 14th April 2011 by Hana Aoake

Resident artists, Dowling St project After walking up such an enormous staircase, excited about what lay inside, I found myself leaving filled with disappointment. Gazing across any group show rarely makes me feel as though I have just been defibrillated. However, upon leaving I had barely any Read more...

The Most Massive Woman Wins

Posted 4:24am Monday 11th April 2011 by Ben Blakely

Written by Madeline George, Directed by Charlotte Waalkens. Starring: Rina Cohen, Miriam Noonan, Victoria Bernard and Tarn Felton (2.5/5). Four women have decided to take the plunge and get liposuction. The goal for all is obvious – get rid of the fat. Each woman tells us how they have Read more...

A Model Millionaire

Posted 4:22am Monday 11th April 2011 by Jen Aitken

Written by Oscar Wilde, Adapted for the stage and directed by Vickie Cross. Starring Trubie-Dylan Smith, Samuel Irwin , Kathryn Hurst, Abby Howells, Hannah Port and Lyndon Katene. (4/5) This adaptation of Wilde’s short story was imaginative, thoughtful and very quaint. It was a joy to Read more...