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Cafe Review - Lex’s Espresso

Posted 2:26am Thursday 7th April 2011 by Pippa Schaffler

Inside the Union Building, in the foyer of Union Hall. (3/5). Location: Inside the Union Building, in the foyer of Union Hall.   Prices: Flat White: $4.00, Mocha: $4.00, Long Black – not offered.   Why I came here: Was in the Link and felt too lazy to leave the building Read more...

My Wedding and Other Secrets

Posted 3:45am Tuesday 5th April 2011 by Nicole Muriel

Directed by Roseanne Liang. (3.5/5). Chinese New Zealander Emily (Michelle Ang) is a disappointment to her family. Ignoring her parents’ ambitions for her career as a doctor, she's enrolled herself in film-making school. Things get really bad when she falls for the man of her dreams, James Read more...

Limitless

Posted 3:43am Tuesday 5th April 2011 by Loulou Callister-Baker

Directed by Neil Burger. (3/5). Limitless is another action/techno-thriller packed burger on the McFilm production line which director Neil Burger (get out!) was managing with his clipboard while dressed in his cute McFilm uniform. “What is in this McFilm burger?” you ask, looking at Read more...

Get Low

Posted 3:40am Tuesday 5th April 2011 by Tom Ainge-Roy

Directed by Aaron Schneider. (3/5). I would have to describe this film as a pleasurable stroll in the woods; uneventful, but you’re glad you went along anyway. The performances are honest and calmly understated and while the script and story could use some work, the cinematography and acting Read more...

Certified Copy

Posted 3:38am Tuesday 5th April 2011 by Zane Pocock

Directed by JAbbas Kiarostami. (4/5). French films are always quite beautiful and this one is no exception, with a stunning performance by Juliette Binoche which won her the Best Actress award at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. The emotion on her face makes you giggle then vaults you into the Read more...

Pink Flamingos (1972)

Posted 3:36am Tuesday 5th April 2011 by Ben Blakely

Directed by John Waters. Starring: Divine, David Lochary, Mink Stole, Mary Vivian Pearce, Edith Massey, and Danny Mills. A movie based on a battle for the ‘Filthiest Person Alive’ is bound to push the boundaries of cinematic taste; this film is not suitable for those weak of stomach or Read more...

Urgent Competition Update

Posted 5:30am Monday 4th April 2011 by Mahoney Turnbull

Now, just to clarify, the beautiful Madame Hawke journal giveaway was not a hoax. It is as real as ever. And you can of course get your hands on a copy by sending in a little piece of fashion literature, a snippet of your style thoughts on anything you like! Unleash some serious love/hate/utter Read more...

International names set for Dunedin Fashion Week

Posted 5:18am Monday 4th April 2011 by Mahoney Turnbull

In case you’re not completely up with the iD goss, Akira Isogawa is an outstanding designer, hailing from Oz, who will be making an appearance as an international guest designer at iD Fashion Week. Hoorah! But that’s not all. Mr Stefano Sopelza will also be gracing Dunedin with his sultry Read more...

Day Walks of New Zealand – Canterbury and Kaikoura

Posted 4:34am Monday 4th April 2011 by Stefan Fairweather

Author: Mark Pickering. Publisher: Penguin (3/5) Most New Zealanders take it as a given, if not a birthright, the access we have in this country to a plethora of walks (aka tramps for the newbie foreign students reading this). But it would be interesting to ask somebody, say in Read more...

Master of Reality

Posted 4:31am Monday 4th April 2011 by Johnny Panadol

Author: John Darnielle. (4/5) Master of Reality is part of the long-running 33 1/3 series, in which each new entry is written by a different author about classic album of their choosing. John Darnielle has written his tribute to the Black Sabbath album in the form of a diary kept by a sixteen-year Read more...