Classic Film | Issue 6

Posted 7:07pm Sunday 1st April 2012

Director: Howard Hawk Private dicks, classy dames, grifting, shooting, and a whole lot of fedora hats, Howard Hawk’s The Big Sleep is a smooth cocktail of intrigue, romance and suspense. Far removed from the Red Bull attitude of modern cinema, this classy cocktail should be savored and Read more...

Thor

Posted 6:23am Wednesday 25th May 2011

Directed by Kenneth Branagh, (1.5/5). You might think that Viking gods, hammers of mass destruction, “Frost Giants”, and rainbow bridges to outer space would make for a pretty awesome movie. I thought that too. Damn. Thor, directed by Kenneth Branagh, seemed poised to blow my mind with Read more...

Fast Five

Posted 11:17pm Monday 9th May 2011

Directed by Justin Lin, (3.5/5). We’ve come a long way since 2 Fast 2 Furious, and Fast Five wants to make that known. Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster return for the fifth installment in the Fast and the Furious series, and Justin Lin returns as director. Yet, Lin takes a Read more...

Unknown

Posted 5:10am Monday 28th March 2011

Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. (4/5). Jaume Collet-Serra's action-thriller Unknown is similar in feel to Pierre Morel's 2008 film, Taken, except with a great deal more mystery thrown in. Liam Neeson stars as Martin Harris, who, after being involved in a freak accident, wakes up from a coma to Read more...

Sanctum

Posted 12:54am Tuesday 15th March 2011

Directed by Alister Grierson. Starring Richard Roxburgh, Ioan Gruffudd, Rhys Wakefield. 2/5 As an avid scuba diver, I was expecting big things from Alister Grierson's new film, Sanctum. Produced by James Cameron, it looked set to be an action movie of epic proportions; sadly, I was underwhelmed. Read more...

127 Hours

Posted 4:08am Monday 28th February 2011

Directed by Danny Boyle. Hoyts, Rialto 4/5 How far would you go to survive when you have no hope left? Such is the question that director Danny Boyle raises with his latest film, 127 Hours. Boyle, best known for directing Slumdog Millionaire, chronicles the true-life ordeal of climber Aron Read more...

This Week Matthew, I'm Going to Be... - 20

Posted 3:40am Monday 23rd August 2010

...a bogan.  The life of a bogan revolves around bourbon, cars, and rock/metal music; and since you can’t really wear either of the first two, wearing a t-shirt that has AC/DC written in big letters is going to be your best choice to start your bogan ensemble. Especially if Read more...

This Week Matthew, I'm Going to Be... - 19

Posted 11:24pm Sunday 22nd August 2010

...a stoner.  David Skegg is yet to discover that the most profound philosophy that occurs at Otago Uni does not in fact take place in the philosophy department, it in fact takes place at Union Lawn at 4.20 pm. That’s right; this week, Matthew, I’m going to be a stoner. Read more...

This Week Matthew, I'm Going to Be... - 18

Posted 2:18am Monday 9th August 2010

...a Muso  Of the many kinds of ladyslayer that can be found in Dunedin, there is no one more prolific and talented than the man who knows his way around a musical instrument. So this wee,k Matthew, I’m going to be a Muso. And because Musos are inherently songwriters, this column Read more...

This Week Matthew, I'm Going to Be... - 17

Posted 1:28am Monday 26th July 2010

...a jock Guys who play sport get chicks. Guys who play sport get mates. Guys who play sport are cool. You want to be a guy that plays sport. So this week, Matthew, I’m going to be a jock. Dunedin jocks have a very unique style that has evolved out of years of refinement and Read more...