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Leviathan: Scar Sighted

Posted 1:59pm Sunday 10th May 2015 by Basti Menkes

Rating: 3/5 Black metal has to be among the most preposterous and controversial sub-genres in music. It is difficult to separate the music itself from the satanic imagery in which it is dressed, not to mention the murders and church burnings that have occurred within the black metal community. Read more...

Cities: Skylines

Posted 1:51pm Sunday 10th May 2015 by Carl Dingwall

Rating: 5/5 Do you remember Sim City? What used to be the great in-depth city builder was reduced to a disappointing, digital-rights-management-infested mess last year with the release of the series’ reboot. Long-time fans of the series were left behind as the late Maxis, which was shut Read more...

Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs

Posted 1:47pm Sunday 10th May 2015 by Bridget Vosburgh

In Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs, Johann Hari covers the bizarre origins of the drug war, the horrific state of the drug war today, what is most likely to be the actual cause of drug addiction, and the few places where people are finding better ways to deal with the Read more...

Theatre Review: MAMIL

Posted 1:41pm Sunday 10th May 2015 by George Niven

Rating: 4/5 My father is a MAMIL. I don’t like to talk about it, but it’s true. So while, initially, the main character of MAMIL sparked anxious flashbacks to the time my dad turned up to a parent-teacher conference night with only a thin layer of polyester-polyurethane copolymer Read more...

Ordinary People

Posted 1:36pm Sunday 10th May 2015 by Alex Campbell-Hunt

Classic In a somewhat Kanye West-esque fashion, Ordinary People is also known as the “movie that robbed Raging Bull of its Best Picture Oscar” and it’s a shame that this has become a big part of the film’s reputation. I haven’t seen Raging Bull, so I can’t Read more...

Lucky Them

Posted 1:33pm Sunday 10th May 2015 by Maya Dodd

Rating: 4/5 Have you ever wasted your life reminiscing over the one that got away? Maybe you pined after him as he sat in front of you in class until one day he just stopped showing up. Maybe she dropped you like last year’s Karen Walker sunnies, replacing you with an upgraded, new and Read more...

Boychoir

Posted 1:29pm Sunday 10th May 2015 by Shaun Swain

Rating: 3/5 There’s a fine line between a feel-good film and a predictably cheesy one. No matter how uplifting or audibly and visually stunning Boychoir is, Francois Girard’s drama teeters along this line like it’s a tightrope. Unfortunately, this film leans towards the Read more...

Beetroot, Blue Cheese and Candied Walnut Risotto

Posted 1:23pm Sunday 10th May 2015 by Sophie Edmonds

I’m writing this on a flight back from Wellington where I have just blown my monthly budget and my mind on a weekend’s worth of food. Oh my, was it worth it or what! One of the highlights was this epic beef cheek and red wine risotto that reminded me how much I love risotto. I sometimes Read more...

Picture/Poem: The Imagery of Joanna Margaret Paul & Cilla McQueen

Posted 1:14pm Sunday 10th May 2015 by Loulou Callister-Baker

Picture/Poem: The Imagery of Joanna Margaret Paul & Cilla McQueen is an exhibition centred on friendship. In its intimacy, its cleverness, and its written and visual imagery of Dunedin, the experience of the show is moving. Although both artists traverse disciplines — the exhibition Read more...

Horoscope | Issue 10

Posted 2:14pm Sunday 3rd May 2015 by Madame McMystery

Do you struggle with making basic life decisions? Worried about never bumping into your campus soulmate, or whether to eat two-minute noodles for every dinner this week? Fear not, chums, for I, Madame McMystery, have gazed deep into the cosmos to reveal the secrets the planetary alignments hold in Read more...

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate

Posted 2:08pm Sunday 3rd May 2015 by Cheyanne Intemann

Rating: 4/5 The Monster Hunter series is unlike any other; the games are pretty much a genre unto themselves. When you pick up Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, or MH4U, you’re going to be pitted against some of the most interesting, intimidating monsters you’ve ever seen — and Read more...

Avengers: Rage of Ultron

Posted 2:04pm Sunday 3rd May 2015 by Brandon Johnstone

Avengers: Rage of Ultron, written by Rick Remender and with art by Jerome Opeña, is Marvel Comics’ latest original graphic novel, this time about a logical, learning robot/AI (artificial intelligence) that just wants to kill everything alive. Long-time Marvel readers will know this AI, Read more...

Singles in Review

Posted 1:59pm Sunday 3rd May 2015 by Basti Menkes

Jamie xx - "Gosh" British producer Jamie xx is a master at making a handful of ingredients sound like a lot. Despite the understated style of his indie pop band, The xx, Jamie is able to take even their most diminutive compositions and make them sound vast. A good case in point is Read more...

Gorillaz Sound System

Posted 1:52pm Sunday 3rd May 2015 by Basti Menkes

Rating: 1/5 As a big Gorillaz fan, I was intrigued by the curiously-titled Gorillaz Sound System coming to Dunedin. Sure, the name gave away that it wasn’t going to be a bona fide Gorillaz show, and I had no delusions that Damon Albarn might walk out onstage. The show was presented as a Read more...

Art Online

Posted 1:44pm Sunday 3rd May 2015 by Loulou Callister-Baker

Although it didn’t begin with a neigh, a horse certainly drew a global audience’s attention to the use of the internet as a medium for art. The Twitter account, @Horse_ebooks, which published seemingly automatic, computer-generated anecdotes like “Everything happens so much” Read more...

Chicken, Mushroom and Coriander Dumplings

Posted 1:42pm Sunday 3rd May 2015 by Sophie Edmonds

Dumplings are probably my favourite international dough and meat combo. After making three lots of dumplings this weekend, I thought it was time to share another of my favourite varieties. You can put whatever you want in a dumpling; any combination of mince, vegetable and herb will usually work. Read more...

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Posted 1:37pm Sunday 3rd May 2015 by Anonymous Bird

Rating 5/5 The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s latest instalment, Avengers: Age of Ultron, brings us back to the team, but now they’re working together and combining their powers to form a more cohesive and effective team that makes for one hell of an entertaining, fun and clever Read more...

Napoleon Dynamite

Posted 1:33pm Sunday 3rd May 2015 by Ella Borrie

Cult It’s impossible to have a lukewarm reaction to Napoleon Dynamite. The film divides people — you either adore its low-key absurdity or find it totally pointless. In fact, the movie is so polarising, it broke Netflix’s algorithm. The website couldn’t accurately Read more...

The Age of Adaline

Posted 1:28pm Sunday 3rd May 2015 by Shaun Swain

Rating: 2/5 There’s a special kind of disappointment when a film’s premise is extremely promising, presented well and then ruined by acts of “love” that endorse stalking and manipulation as valid responses to superficial admiration. The Age of Adaline is an epic Read more...

Horoscope | Issue 9

Posted 3:29pm Sunday 26th April 2015 by Madame McMystery

Do you struggle with making basic life decisions? Worried about never bumping into your campus soulmate, or whether to eat two-minute noodles for every dinner this week? Fear not, chums, for I, Madame McMystery, have gazed deep into the cosmos to reveal the secrets the planetary alignments hold in Read more...