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The New Pornographers - Together

Posted 11:38pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Hope Robertson

Matador Records (3/5) This album, the fifth for indie supergroup The New Pornographers, picks up where 2007’s Challengers left off, with that clean production that comes with an album rich in strings, horns, and a well shared-out balance in the vocal duties department.  First Read more...

Demon's Souls

Posted 11:26pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Damien Khalsa

Platforms: PS3 Demon's Souls is an intriguing and inspired roleplaying game. It replaces the more traditional D&D roleplaying with something more akin to an MMORPG (non-geeks, this means 'massively multiplayer online role-playing game', durh). It combines this with an excellent combat Read more...

Amreeka

Posted 11:22pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Sarah Baillie

Directed Cherien Dabis Rialto 4/5)     I is a film about a Palestinian mother and son trying to adapt to life in post-9/11 America, where every Arabic person is suspiciously viewed as a potential terrorist. Muna is a middle-aged divorcee living in the West Bank with her Read more...

Micmacs (2009)

Posted 11:21pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Daniel Hunter

Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet Rialto (4/5)     I've never been to Paris, and Micmacs does nothing to disprove my theory that the city is laden with visual splendour which could have only been designed by some sort of film-set deity. Alongside the grimily beautiful Read more...

Toy Story 3

Posted 11:19pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Nicole Muriel

Directed by Lee Unkrich Hoyts, Rialto (4.5/5) The great thing about Toy Story 3 is that its makers haven’t succumbed to laziness. Buzz (Tim Allen), Woody (Tom Hanks), and the other toys retain their loveable personalities without being reduced to caricatures; the world hasn’t Read more...

Classic Film Review: Scarfies (1999)

Posted 11:08pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Max Segal

Directed Robert Sarkies (4/5)       Scarfies takes us back in time to the Dunedin of our slightly older siblings or cousins, one decade in the past. How much does Sarkies' stoner-comedy interpretation of the Dunedin uni-culture ring true for today's audiences?  Read more...

Out of Captivity

Posted 10:40pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Kate Macey

Authors: Marc Gonsalves, Keith Stansell, Tom Howes, Gary Brozek Publisher: HarperCollins (3.5/5) Out of Captivity is, as the title kindly spells out, a book about captivity. More specifically it details the capture, five-and-a-half years of imprisonment within the Colombian jungle, and Read more...

Making a World of Difference: Inspiring Stories of the World's Unsung Heroes

Posted 10:39pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Anna Star

Author: Miles Roston Publisher: Esisle Publishing Ltd ( 4/5)     This book is a collection of stories that profile characters from diverse backgrounds and geographical contexts who are using their individual abilities to make positive change. The book attempts to Read more...

A Soldier’s Tale

Posted 10:38pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Anne Ford

Author: M. K. Joseph Publisher: HarperCollins (4.5/5) Set during the Allied liberation of Normandy in World War II, the story follows a British sergeant, Saul, who stumbles upon a French girl, Belle, in a small country village. Belle is about to be murdered by the French Resistance for Read more...

Copernicus, Darwin, & Freud: Revolutions in the History and Philosophy of Science.

Posted 10:37pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Jonathan Jong

Author: Friedel Weinert Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell (4/5) In less than 300 pages, Professor Weinert pulls off the impressive feat of re-telling the story of three major chapters in the histories of astronomy, biology, and psychology, while also discussing the implications these Read more...