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An American Pickle – movie review

Talk about getting yourself into a pickle. In the decidedly quirky An American Pickle, Herschel Greenbaum (Seth Rogen) certainly does…

A Room Made of Leaves (Kate Grenville) – book review

Kate Grenville continues her exploration of the early days of the colonisation of Australia in her latest book A Room…

Italian Film Festival 2020 – movie feature

The ST. ALi Italian Film Festival is back and will screen (hopefully) nationally from 29 September. The flagship event will…

I’m Thinking of Ending Things – movie review

Things no one will say about Charlie Kaufman's new film, I'm Thinking of Ending Things: "Aww, that was sweet"; "What…

Becky – movie review

A D-grade horror thriller featuring bad acting and a wafer-thin plot, Becky boasts four particularly gory scenes. Senior school student…

Adam – movie review

The sensitive and affecting film Adam takes a close up look at two women from a poor Casablanca neighbourhood caught…

Whatever it Takes (Paul Cleave) – book review

Christchurch based author Paul Cleave has had a way of creating scenarios and settings for his novels that have kept…

Bill & Ted Face the Music – movie review

Dudes, welcome to the most bodacious time-travel, rock music, metaphysical mind-warp of the year. Bill & Ted Face the Music…

Slim & I – movie review

Slim Dusty was an Australian icon. No arguments there. He was the first Aussie to have an international number 1…

Raised by Wolves (FOXTEL on Demand) – streaming review

When the name Ridley Scott is mentioned in reference to a new science fiction series, it’s a certainty that there…