Killers
Posted 4:29am Tuesday 10th August 2010
Directed by Robert Luketic Playing at Hoyts, Rialto (3/5) Kutcher and Heigl are back at it again in a slightly younger and lamer version of Knight And Day. Most audiences are not buying that a Kutcher-type character would be into a 'young', Heigl-type. And let's face it, we Read more...
NZ International Film Festival 2010
Posted 4:23am Tuesday 10th August 2010
Another NZ International Film Festival has come and gone, and our film-watching stamina has been put to the test. For two-and-a-half weeks they've thrown eight or ten films per day at an enthusiastic public, eager for a break from the usual Hollywood fare. What was the result? Did you see as Read more...
Interview with Jason Stutter
Posted 12:39am Monday 26th July 2010
Director Jason Stutter’s newest film Predicament screened at the opening night of the New Zealand International Film Festival. He has also directed Diagnosis Death (2009) as well as short films such as Careful With That Axe. Predicament will be released in theatres on August 26. Read more...
Interview with Briar March
Posted 12:38am Monday 26th July 2010
Briar March is the director of There Once Was An Island, SICK Wid It (Homegrown: Dance Films), and Michael and His Dragon (Homegrown: Quirky Stories). Tell me about There Once Was An Island. It's about an island called Takuu, and about their situation following three islanders as they Read more...
Classic Film Review: Scarfies (1999)
Posted 11:08pm Sunday 11th July 2010
Directed Robert Sarkies (4/5) Scarfies takes us back in time to the Dunedin of our slightly older siblings or cousins, one decade in the past. How much does Sarkies' stoner-comedy interpretation of the Dunedin uni-culture ring true for today's audiences? Read more...
2010 Banff Mountain Film Festival
Posted 10:02pm Sunday 11th July 2010
Multiple Directors (4/5) This year’s Banff Mountain Film Festival featured 12 adrenaline-pumping short films showcasing a variety of mountain and adventure sports. They might as well call this the “Is he gonna die? Film Festival” because that seemed Read more...
Genova
Posted 9:54pm Sunday 11th July 2010
Directed by Michael Winterbottom (3.5/5) Colin Firth stars in Genova as Joe, a man whose wife has recently died in a car accident, leaving him alone to raise his two daughters, Mary (Perla Haney-Jardine) and Kelly (Willa Holland). They temporarily move from Chicago to Genova, Italy, as Joe Read more...
The Blind Side
Posted 3:03pm Sunday 11th July 2010
Directed by John Lee Hancock (1/5) The Blind Side is the latest instalment in the long-running narrative that is the myth of white supremacy. Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) is a wealthy, conservative mother of two who takes black teenager Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) into her Read more...
Good Hair
Posted 12:47pm Sunday 11th July 2010
Directed By Jeff Stilson (4/5) Comedian Chris Rock explores conventional beauty and in particular the idea of Good Hair in this hilarious, compelling, and star-studded documentary. You have to give Rock and director Jeff Stilson credit for broaching the highly sensitive topic of how Read more...
The Missing Person
Posted 12:47pm Sunday 11th July 2010
Directed By Noah Buschel (4.5/5) In The Missing Person, writer and director Noah Buschel takes a nostalgic look at the classic film noir genre, but with a twist. This is a private-eye story playfully set in the present day. Private detective Rosow (Michael Shannon) wakes up in a Read more...