Repo! The Genetic Opera

Posted 12:32pm Sunday 22nd May 2016 by Anonymous Bird

Rating: A It’s the year 2056, and the future is super goth. An epidemic of organ failure has caused the deaths of many. A new company, GeneCo, offers organ transplants on a payment plan. Those who make their payments live on and live rich. However, those who miss their payments fall victim Read more...

Daddy Jong’s Jaeyuk bokkum

Posted 1:15pm Sunday 22nd May 2016 by Kirsten Garcia

I was a sous chef in a kitchen where I learned this recipe. This is courtesy of my Korean friend, known as Daddy Jong. I was a bit stuck on what to write for the Critic this week, and he offered to make this dish from his homeland. According to people who have lived with him in the past, Read more...

The Man Who Knew Infinity

Posted 12:35pm Sunday 22nd May 2016 by Tom Lord

Rating: B I can’t remember if I’d ever been the youngest person in the movie theatre until I went along to The Man Who Knew Infinity – and I don’t just mean by a few years, I mean that the next youngest person was probably in their mid-50s. When the lights came on at the Read more...

Florence Foster Jenkins

Posted 12:39pm Sunday 22nd May 2016 by Nita Sullivan

Rating: A In the middle of a very stressful week, and nearing the end of a pretty hectic semester, seeing a heart-warming film about a rich woman who couldn’t sing turned out to be exactly what I needed.  Florence Foster Jenkins creatively depicts the life of Madam Florence (played Read more...

Paper Girls

Posted 12:53pm Sunday 22nd May 2016 by Anonymous Bird

Opening this graphic novel is an eerie, creepy dream sequence, depicting some kind of angel of death. The protagonist wakes up and we are introduced to Erin, a 12-year-old girl who has just started a job doing the paper round in her neighbourhood. In the early hours of the morning post-Halloween, Read more...

Stephen’s Sausage Roll

Posted 12:59pm Sunday 22nd May 2016 by Campbell Calverley

Rating: B+ Think of the most difficult puzzle game that you have ever played and multiply it by a thousand. Then take away all instructions, add a lot of frustration and headache-induced pain, and you will get a game that is still only half as infuriatingly difficult as Stephen’s Sausage Read more...

Lemonade — Beyonce

Posted 1:01pm Sunday 22nd May 2016 by Jessica Thompson

Beyoncé dropped Lemonade on the 23rd of April, 2016. It is her sixth album, first released on Tidal with an incredible hour long film. I think it’s safe to say I’m not the only person who signed up for the thirty day free trial just to hear Queen B’s sweet, sweet beats, Read more...

Mavis!

Posted 1:05pm Sunday 22nd May 2016 by Nita Sullivan

Rating: A A heart-warming documentary that spans the life of Soul, RnB, and Gospel singer Mavis Staples, Mavis! entertains and informs on many levels. You don’t have to be a history or music buff to appreciate and enjoy all that Mavis Staples has accomplished during her lengthy career Read more...

Niu Sila

Posted 12:40pm Sunday 15th May 2016 by Gini Jory

Rating: A+ Niu Sila tells the story of two boys, Ioane Tafioka and Peter Baker, growing up in the same street in 1970s suburban Auckland. One fresh from the Islands, the other as white as they come, this story spans 40 years of friendship, cultural differences, and takes a closer look at the Read more...

Braided Bread

Posted 1:10pm Sunday 15th May 2016 by Kirsten Garcia

My flat “Star Whores” had a potluck for May the Fourth, Star Wars day. As well as supplying Sangria and Pimms, I thought I would contribute some fresh made bread for starters. I totally froth over bread baskets.  This dough recipe is so easy to make because it has very minimal Read more...