Culture
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Film Review: VERMILION starring Jennifer Ward-Lealand
Read more: Film Review: VERMILION starring Jennifer Ward-LealandVermilion is the intimate story of Darcy (played by Jennifer Ward-Lealand), a composer and mother, and how she, with friends and family, tackles a summer of big changes and decisions. Made with investment from the New Zealand Film Commission, the majority female cast and 85% female production team make for a refreshingly progressive project that…
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Auckland Art Gallery and Karen Walker colab inspired by Frances Hodgkins
Read more: Auckland Art Gallery and Karen Walker colab inspired by Frances HodgkinsAuckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki and Karen Walker to launch collaboration inspired by pioneering artist Frances Hodgkins IMAGE: Fashion designer Karen Walker and Mary Kisler, Senior Curator, International Art, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, view paintings by Frances Hodgkins Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki and leading fashion designer Karen Walker are working…
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Movie Review: Bad Times at the El Royale
Read more: Movie Review: Bad Times at the El RoyaleDrew Goddard (The Cabin in the Woods, The Martian, World War Z) writes and directs, for the second time, to bring us ‘Bad Times at the El Royale’; a movie about bad people doing bad things in a bad place. From the very beginning, ‘Bad Times at the El Royale’ lays out what it is…
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Movie Review: The Old Man & The Gun starring Robert Redford, Sissy Spacek, and Casey Affleck
Read more: Movie Review: The Old Man & The Gun starring Robert Redford, Sissy Spacek, and Casey AffleckMovie Review: The Old Man & The Gun starring Robert Redford, Sissy Spacek, and Casey Affleck… Starring Robert Redford, Sissy Spacek, Casey Affleck and with two excellent rounds of support from Tom Waits and Donald Glover, ’The Old Man & The Gun’ is a gentle, sedately paced film based on the life of career criminal…
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My Picks and Tips – Queenstown Holiday With Kids
Read more: My Picks and Tips – Queenstown Holiday With KidsMy top picks and tips for a family holiday in Queenstown with your family with kids in tow, with cheap and fun activities – including a $50 Airbnb credit voucher – and what we got up to that I’d personally recommend. Glenorchy Animal Experiences A sheep almost CLIMBING THE FENCE trying to get our animal feed.…
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My highlights in photos from The Food Show Auckland 2018
Read more: My highlights in photos from The Food Show Auckland 2018I headed in to The Food Show Auckland on Thursday 26th July to check out the new and amazing things on offer. You can taste samples, buy special show-only deals, see artisan producers and meet the owners of many brands, as well as listen to chefs in the demonstration theatre. Here are my personal highlights…
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Movie Review: WAYNE- The Wayne Gardner Story
Read more: Movie Review: WAYNE- The Wayne Gardner StoryMovie Review: WAYNE The Wayne Gardner Story RELEASE DATE: 13/09/2018 RUNNING TIME: 95 mins DIRECTOR Jeremy Sims Enthusiastic and often emotional, WAYNE captures the complexity of a man’s passion for doing something that you love. WAYNE the film, much like its irreverent namesake, is a fun, fast-paced journey through the formative years and career highlights…
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Film Review: 20th Century Women
Read more: Film Review: 20th Century Women20th Century Women is a multi-faceted narrative that’s very specifically set in the Santa Barbara of 1979. It focuses on five main characters – Dorothea, Jamie, Julie, Abbie, and William – but most clearly centres on Jamie (Lucas Jade Zumann) as he takes tentative steps into manhood and the 1980’s. Written and directed by Mike…
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Film Review: Emily Mortimer and Bill Nighy star in The Bookshop
Read more: Film Review: Emily Mortimer and Bill Nighy star in The Bookshop‘The Bookshop’ follows Florence Green (Emily Mortimer) and her struggles to open a bookshop in the small seaside town of Hardborough, Suffolk. The film is adapted from the Penelope Fitzgerald book of the same name and stays true to the source material. Mortimer is joined by Bill Nighy and Patricia Clarkson, among others, in an…
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Film Review: Charlize Theron and Mackenzie Davis in TULLY
Read more: Film Review: Charlize Theron and Mackenzie Davis in TULLYTully, with a twist… Genre: Comedy/Drama Director: Jason Reitman Cast: Charlize Theron, Mackenzie Davis, Ron Livingston, Mark Duplass Rated: M (some nudity and sexual content) Runtime: 1 hour, 35 minutes So, Tully. Tully is… difficult. Charlize Theron helming as protagonist and producer, director Jason Reitman, and writer/producer Diablo Cody (of Juno fame) reunite to tell…