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Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by Shaun Swain

Rating: 3/5 If there’s one thing that films such as The Incredibles and The Iron Giant have taught me, it’s that animated movies can hold their own as great standalone films. Home does not qualify for this. The film bites its own tail when it forces inconsistent satirical metaphor into its Read more...

Satay Chicken Wraps

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by Sophie Edmonds

The struggle to nurture my body with more than just eggs on toast continues. Having eaten spaghetti and meatballs for most of last week, I was keen to mix things up a bit. This satay sauce can be used for chicken, tofu or even without a main protein player; it is delicious smothered by itself on the Read more...

Christchurch’s Creative Revival

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by Isabel Lanaux

S ince the 2011 earthquake, Christchurch has been undergoing a creative revival. When I was lucky enough to visit the South Island’s biggest city, what I found there was at once shocking and awe inspiring. Some of what I saw was expected, with rubble, heavy machinery and buildings Read more...

Horoscope | Issue 5

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 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...

Dying Light

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015 by Isaac Yu

Rating: 4/5 Much like fresher flu, zombies are hard to escape at the moment. Books, movies, TV shows, games: Dying Light is the latest triple-A attempt to cash in on the zombie craze following the giant let-down that was Dead Island. Made by the same developer, Techland, Dying Light takes Read more...

Zoe Crook & Aodhan Madden Suspicious Minds

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015 by Loulou Callister-Baker

The first time I met artists Zoe Crook and Aodhan Madden was at the Blue Oyster Art Project Space while they were partway through initial preparations for their Fringe Festival performance piece, “Suspicious Minds”. They had moved the office to a back room, covered the entire front window and Read more...

The Rise and Fall of National Women’s Hospital: A History

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015 by Bridget Vosburgh

The Rise and Fall of National Women’s Hospital: A History is exactly that. Author Linda Bryder covers the history of the National Women’s Hospital in Auckland, beginning with the political and social circumstances that led to the hospital’s opening in 1946, and ending with the conditions that led to Read more...

GASP

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015 by Daniel Munro

GASP is a DJ and producer based out of Dunedin, and is set to support Raiza Biza and Jay Knight at Refuel on the 23rd of April. At just 17 years old, Eden Burns is making waves locally and internationally. With recognition from both Vice and Mix Mag, Critic caught up with him to check out what he’s Read more...

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Chasing Yesterday

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015 by Basti Menkes

Noel Gallagher has to be one of the most tragic figures in rock history. Okay, he’s not quite up there with Daniel Johnston or Syd Barrett, but he is piteous in his own way. Like The Beatles (yes, it’s sentence three and I’ve already made that comparison), Oasis started out as lovable British Read more...

Dunedin Fringe Festival Dance/Theatre Performance: Bbeals

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015 by Rachael Hodge

Rating: 4/5 A s one dancer rightly pointed out, Bbeals “sure was no swan lake.” To say the least, Bbeals, performed by the New Zealand dance company, Footnote, and a French company, Danses en l’R, was interesting. I wasn’t sure what I was expecting from the show. However, I was Read more...

Kidnapping Mr. Heineken

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015 by Shaun Swain

Rating: 3/5 Films “based on a true story,” especially ones about kidnap heists, usually fit into one of two categories. Category one: documentary footage that is so intensely dramatised that it becomes almost fictitious. Category two: documentary footage that sticks diligently to historical Read more...

The Salt of the Earth

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015 by Harlan Jones

Rating: 4/5 “People are the Salt of the Earth” Sebastião Salgado informs us — hardly a surprising conclusion from a successful social photographer. The observation establishes the impetus for the documentary, which quickly moves from being a biopic about Salgado into a wider meditation on Read more...

Chappie

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015 by Maya Dodd

Rating: 2/5 Have you ever heard people say, “there goes [insert minutes, hours, seconds here] of my life that I’ll never get back”? Deon Wilson (Dev Patel) spent — or wasted, depending on how you want to look at it — the better part of three years creating an artificial intelligence Read more...

Mediterranean Lamb Burgers

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015 by Sophie Edmonds

I compensate for my lack of a Victoria’s Secret-worthy bod by seducing men with my charm, wit and culinary efforts. My usual go-to involves spaghetti and meatballs made from scratch, as carbs and meat tend to go down a treat in most males. This time I felt the pasta fest that I usually do wouldn’t Read more...

Horoscope | Issue 4

Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 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...

Super Smash Bros for Wii U

Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015 by Brandon Johnstone

Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros franchise is probably the most well-known, well-loved fighting video game in existence. Originally, the idea behind the fighter was to use generic brawler characters, but thankfully Sakurai (the bright spark who designed the game) decided to throw Nintendo’s mascots into Read more...

Anthonie Tonnon

Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015 by Basti Menkes

You are from Dunedin originally, but migrated to Auckland. Did you feel there wasn’t a place for you in the Dunedin music scene? That wasn’t it. I decided very suddenly that I was going to move to Auckland. It was New Year’s Day, I took two suitcases with me, and that was that. I think Read more...

Recent Releases

Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015 by Basti Menkes

Hot Chip “Huarache Lights” London group, Hot Chip, has been carefully honing its brand of electronica for a decade and a half now. On fifth album, In Our Heads, they have seemingly perfected their craft, blending irresistibly catchy electronics with thought-provoking lyricism. New track, Read more...

Patrick Lundberg Draft Copy

Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015 by Loulou Callister-Baker

Patrick Lundberg’s Draft Copy is a connect-the-dots of all sorts: literally in its arrangements of round pins intersected by faint pencil lines and intellectually in the discussions it raises between art objects and the gallery space. This show can be enjoyed by taking a step closer to discover the Read more...

Panguru and the City: Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua

Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015 by Bridget Vosburgh

Panguru and the City: Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua, by Melissa Matutina Williams, shares the history of the migration of Māori from the community of Panguru in North Hokianga to establish new lives in Auckland. Covering a time period from the 1950s onwards, Williams takes apart the Read more...