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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...

Thunderstruck & Other Stories

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

Whenever I read contemporary literary short stories I tend to feel like I’m missing the point. I must be missing the point, because there must be one. No one would publish entire collections of meaningless stories where nothing happens to boring people. And if they did, scores of critics wouldn’t Read more...

Dunedin Fringe Festival

Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015 by Mandy Te

T he night was a successful taste test of what to expect from the Dunedin Fringe Festival, and I’m sure it won’t disappoint. With a song from Beards! Beards! Beards! by two men sporting their very own impressive beards and a hilarious performance from the girls of BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH Read more...

Focus

Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015 by Maya Dodd

I must admit, following the utter disappointment of After Earth, my expectations of Will Smith providing quality cinematic entertainment in Focus were pretty low. The fact that it was a “Baby and Me” screening did not help matters — screaming toddlers and dimmed-but-not-entirely-blacked-out lighting Read more...

How to Make a Salad

Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015 by Sophie Edmonds

I went to the Farmers’ Market the other day and became instantly inspired to start eating more vegetables. I was prancing around the market in new fluoro Nike gym gear too, so I feel like the health kick had gone well and truly to my head. I became overwhelmed with choice and even found myself Read more...

Gemma Bovery

Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015 by Mandy Te

Rating: 3/5 The Francophiles of Dunedin can rejoice in the knowledge that the 2015 Alliance Française French Film Festival is now in full gear. I myself am rejoicing, but that’s because I’m a lover of subtitles. A film with subtitles and also part of the French Film Festival is Gemma Read more...

Life is Strange

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 by Amber Hilton

Rating: 4/5 Life Is Strange is an episodic, story-driven graphic adventure game that centres around Max Caulfield, a (mostly) ordinary photography student attending high school in Arcadia Bay, Oregon. It’s hard to go into detail without giving away key plot points, but I will say there are a Read more...

Interview: Leon Jory - Charisma Collective

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 by Basti Menkes

L eon Jory is a Dunedin musician, and one of the minds behind local music label Charisma Collective. Critic caught up with Leon recently to talk about his new solo release, EP 24b.3Q, and what is on the cards for the collective this year. Critic: For the many readers who won’t be Read more...

En Esch - Spänk

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 by Basti Menkes

Rating: 3/5 Nicklaus Schandelmaier, more commonly known as En Esch, is an industrial rock musician hailing from Germany. For many years he was in the phenomenal band KMFDM (Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid), sharing songwriting duties with Sascha “Käpt’n K” Konietzko. Like many famous musical Read more...

Erica Van Zon - Dogwood Days

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 by Loulou Callister-Baker

W hen my family was moving house yet again, I remember listening to a conversation between two relocators. They were packing my mother’s various objects, which decorated the numerous shelves in the study. While arranging two strangely bent papier-mâché trout and a found piece of burnt Read more...

Yesterday's Kin

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 by Bridget Vosburgh

Yesterday’s Kin by Nancy Kress is a science-fiction novel about the experiences of geneticist Marianne Jenner and her adult son, Noah, after the arrival of aliens on Earth. The aliens have already established their presence in New York City when the story starts, probably because this novel is very Read more...

The Dunedin Fringe Festival

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 by Mandy Te

Among the shattered glass that litters our streets and the misrepresentation of Dunedin as a place that’s full of wasted students, this city has a lot to give — especially when it comes to the arts. From James K. Baxter, Janet Frame and Alan Dale (the guy who plays the evil, rich grandpa with the Read more...

House of Cards, Season 3 (Episode 1)

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 by Harlan Jones

A s a passionate subscriber to Netflix’s reboot of House of Cards, I found myself eagerly anticipating the first episode of the new season. When the latest chapter was finally released on 27 February, a titanic struggle ensued between my desire to return to the exploits of Machiavellian Read more...

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 by Shaun Swain

Rating: 4/5 After neglecting the romantic dramedy genre for some time, I am glad to have been reintroduced with the lively, beautiful and surprisingly captivating sequel to The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. While I wasn’t all too familiar with the original instalment, The Second Best Exotic Read more...

Force Majeure

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 by Anonymous Bird

Rating: 5/5 Force Majeure follows a Swedish family on their five-day skiing holiday. The opening scene shows the family being persuaded by a photographer to have their picture taken. The result is a funny moment where you can see how they have constructed an ideal family: mother, father, Read more...

Pulled Chicken & Peach BBQ Tacos

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 by Sophie Edmonds

For those who know me or have followed my recipes here since last year, my unwavering love for soft-shell tacos is evident. My favourite being those that include melt-in-your-mouth, slow-cooked meats. For those of you who really value that extra twenty minutes of sleep in the morning and CBF putting Read more...