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Dior and I

Posted 3:17pm Sunday 19th April 2015 by Maya Dodd

Rating: 4/5 When it comes to documentaries, I’m not a huge fan. It is no surprise then that I went into the cinema with considerably low expectations and the unnerving feeling that I was about to fail miserably at another test for ma classe française. Dior and I follows the Read more...

Furious 7

Posted 3:15pm Sunday 19th April 2015 by Shaun Swain

Rating: 4/5 The make-or-break factor when it comes to high-octane action films is the pacing. Master that, and you can demand all the suspension of disbelief that you want from your audience. The seventh instalment of The Fast and the Furious series proves itself, once again, as a very capable Read more...

Interview: Raiza Biza

Posted 3:06pm Sunday 19th April 2015 by Daniel Munro

Artist Raiza Biza has solidified himself in the New Zealand Hip Hop game with last year’s release of The Imperfectionist album. 2015 is set to be another big year for the talented artist so Critic caught up with him ahead of his show this Thursday night at ReFuel. Critic: To start, Read more...

Carl Barât & the Jackals: Let It Reign

Posted 2:58pm Sunday 19th April 2015 by Oliver Gaskell

Rating: 4/5 Carl Barât is best known as a member of The Libertines, a gang of British rock ’n’ roll rebels who, alongside bands like The Strokes and The White Stripes, were part of the 2000s garage rock revival. Darlings of the English music press, The Libertines captured the Read more...

Rune Factory 4

Posted 2:53pm Sunday 19th April 2015 by Bridget Vosburgh

Rating: 4/5 Rune Factory 4 is a Nintendo eShop-only release in New Zealand. Up until this instalment, the Rune Factory games were subtitled with “A Fantasy Harvest Moon”, as the series is a Harvest Moon spin-off. In the Harvest Moon games you run a farm while repeatedly giving gifts Read more...

Roast Tomato, Pumpkin and Capsicum Soup

Posted 2:47pm Sunday 19th April 2015 by Sophie Edmonds

It’s that time of year again when the electric blankets come out, the hot water bottles get cradled in lectures and your washing takes a week to dry. Soup starts to become a viable option for most meals as your bank balances become as miserable as the weather. When I was scrounging a free Read more...

iD2k16

Posted 2:38pm Sunday 19th April 2015 by Mya Middleton

iD2k16 is a #lifestyle choice. It is a #fun and #sexy brand expo. iD2k16 equates #health with wealth; be the healthiest you that you can be. iD2k16 explores a complex collection of issues including consumerism, fashion, brand and lifestyle culture, retail and art. It also critiques the authority Read more...

Horoscope | Issue 7

Posted 2:51pm Sunday 12th 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...

InFamous: First Light

Posted 2:51pm Sunday 12th April 2015 by Brandon Johnstone

Rating: 2/5 InFamous: First Light is presented in an odd format. A tie-in to the larger title, InFamous: Second Son, and available for download and use without the player having to own the primary title, it’s not quite its own game yet it’s more than just a piece of downloadable content Read more...

The Grand Hotel

Posted 2:51pm Sunday 12th April 2015 by Bridget Vosburgh

Scott Kenemore’s novel, The Grand Hotel, is narrated by a desk clerk who makes it clear to the reader that he has a sinister ulterior motive when he volunteers to show a group of tourists around the mysterious hotel he works for. The first guest he takes the tourists to see is a desiccated Read more...

Theatre review: The War Play

Posted 2:51pm Sunday 12th April 2015 by Gini Jory

Rating: 4/5 In 2005, Private Jack Braithwaite and five other soldiers were pardoned and awarded medals for their service by Prime Minister Helen Clark under the Pardon for the Soldiers of the Great War Act 2000. The War Play focuses on the relatives of writer, Philip Braithwaite, and the scandal Read more...

Heathers

Posted 2:51pm Sunday 12th April 2015 by Mandy Te

Cult 80s coming-of-age films often deal with detention, skipping school, finally getting Jake Ryan to notice you and making your own clothes. However, Heathers breaks this mould with a plotline that is darker and deadlier than any John Hughes film. While Mean Girls is often hailed as Read more...

Infinitely Polar Bear

Posted 2:51pm Sunday 12th April 2015 by Ngarangi Haerewa

Rating: 4/5 On the spectrum of action-packed thrillers, Infinitely Polar Bear doesn’t even register, but it is in no way unremarkable. On the contrary, Infinitely Polar Bear fills a certain void that no amount of green-eyed anger ever could. Set in 1978, the film takes place at the Read more...

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water

Posted 2:51pm Sunday 12th April 2015 by Maya Dodd

Rating: 1/5 Filled with terrible puns, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water is a complete disaster that falls incredibly short of the beloved children’s cartoon that we all cherish and adore. Furthermore, with strange live-action and animation effects, I had to wonder if the director Read more...

Kendrick Lamar: To Pimp a Butterfly

Posted 2:51pm Sunday 12th April 2015 by Basti Menkes

In the last twelve months, African-American identity has been debated particularly fiercely. Coinciding with the horrors of Ferguson, we have seen a distinct whitewashing of what was previously considered “black” music. More so than ever, African-American experience needs to be culturally documented Read more...

Daft Punk: Human After All

Posted 2:51pm Sunday 12th April 2015 by Basti Menkes

Daft Punk’s third studio record, Human After All, recently celebrated its 10th birthday. After being praised as innovators in the dance-music world for the now-legendary albums Homework and Discovery, the French duo were met with mixed reviews for Human After All; the Guardian even went so far as to Read more...

Roasted Tomato and Red Onion Spaghetti

Posted 2:51pm Sunday 12th April 2015 by Sophie Edmonds

Vine-ripened tomatoes are in full swing at the moment. Finding them at my local veggie shop for $1.99/kilo got me inappropriately excited as I thought of making my own pasta sauce. This is for those of you who are finding store-bought pasta sauces or the homemade ones made out of budget tins of Read more...

The Hal Salive Science Fiction and Fantasy Collection Aliens, Androids & Unicorns

Posted 2:51pm Sunday 12th April 2015 by Loulou Callister-Baker

On the first poster that catches my eye as I enter the room, a blonde woman disinterestedly adjusts the strange, alien-gun weapon she is holding. The red swimsuit that adorns her toned body looks like a beast has clawed at it; it doesn’t cover much — in fact, it almost looks like a red tiger stripe Read more...

Horoscope | Issue 6

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th 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...

Lightning Bolt: Fantasy Empire

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by Basti Menkes

Lightning Bolt are a noise-rock duo from Providence, Rhode Island. Everything about the band sounds far-fetched: both members are called Brian and one of them plays drums and sings through a gas mask while the other shreds a bass guitar strung with banjo strings. Their music is a technicolour Read more...