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Brains – constant love forever

Posted 4:26am Monday 28th February 2011 by Sam Valentine

“give me highbrow, or give me death” With the long awaited constant love forever, ex-Dunedin trio brains should silence all ‘the haters’. Recorded in surprisingly fitting spacious high fidelity, a masterful ear for melody slowly reveals itself across the ten tracks. Removing the almost Read more...

Magika

Posted 4:21am Monday 28th February 2011 by Toby Hills

In Magicka, Arrowhead Game Studios have constructed a game where magic feels as powerful as it should, where an exploding magma ball behaves exactly as you would expect it to, yet within an incredibly balanced, robust system of game mechanics. Energy beams shift with slow weight, feeling like Read more...

NOT TOAST

Posted 4:15am Monday 28th February 2011 by Niki Lomax

This being my fourth year in this fair southern city, I am well acquainted with the inadequacies of the student diet. It’s fair to say that in the last three years I have consumed my body weight several times over in toast and pasta. Toast for breakfast, toast for lunch, pasta - usually covered in Read more...

The Fighter

Posted 4:13am Monday 28th February 2011 by Mike Jensen

Directed by David O. Russell. Hoyts, Rialto 5/5 I went to see The Fighter knowing only that it was a boxing film, that Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale were its stars, and that it was a nominee for an Oscar for Best Picture. Other than that, I had no idea what to expect. So as I watched the Read more...

Black Swan

Posted 4:09am Monday 28th February 2011 by Alec Dawson

Directed by Arren Aronofsky. Hoyts, Rialto 4/5 Darren Aronofsky, who set back the drug consumption of a generation by several years with Requiem for a Dream, has now turned his camera on ballet in Black Swan. Aronofsky certainly did enough to convince me, with my limited knowledge of the art form, Read more...

127 Hours

Posted 4:08am Monday 28th February 2011 by Matt Chapman

Directed by Danny Boyle. Hoyts, Rialto 4/5 How far would you go to survive when you have no hope left? Such is the question that director Danny Boyle raises with his latest film, 127 Hours. Boyle, best known for directing Slumdog Millionaire, chronicles the true-life ordeal of climber Aron Read more...

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)

Posted 4:04am Monday 28th February 2011 by Benjamin Blakely

Directed by Russ Meyer. Starring: Tura Satana, Haji, Lori Williams & Susan Bernard. Speed, sex and violence are the cornerstones of any blockbuster today as they’re sweet tools to sell shit. Russ Meyer was well practiced at this combo long before the likes of Tarantino made their careers Read more...

Fashion comes to Dunedin

Posted 3:44am Monday 28th February 2011 by Mahoney Turnbull

Dunedin could be coming dangerously close to breeding an uber-dark design aesthetic, a blueprint for conformist culture and generations of sinister scarfies. Nom*D. Need I say more? This year’s autumn-winter collection? Danse Macabre. How very Antwerpian of you, Margi Robertson. Taking us Read more...

The God Instinct

Posted 3:39am Monday 28th February 2011 by Jonathan Jong

Author: Jesse Bering. Publisher: Nicholas Brealey. (4/5) ‘God (and others like Him) evolved in human minds as an “adaptive illusion”, one that directly helped our ancestors solve the unique problem of human gossip.’   Thus runs the central thesis of Jesse Read more...

The Death of Lanyop

Posted 3:26am Monday 28th February 2011 by Hana Aoake

Hello and welcome back to all to Dunedin students. I implore you to discover and engage with the unique cultural environment that Dunedin has to offer. Earlier this year, the Tenancy Tribunal ruled that artist Larry Matthews could not open his small art gallery {Lagniappe} Lanyop to the Read more...