Culture
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Top Movies to Watch While Social Distancing
Read more: Top Movies to Watch While Social DistancingThreadnz’s Film Reviewer Luke McMeeken-Ruscoe gives us a rundown for lockdown of his fave all-time movies whether you’re looking for something to scare you, feel good, feel cultured, or the classics- it’s all here. Read on, stay home, stay safe. As a former professional athlete, I have developed a very special set of skills over…
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Art, Food, and Fashion in Melbourne in February 2020
Read more: Art, Food, and Fashion in Melbourne in February 2020Art, Food, and Fashion in Melbourne in February 2020 COLLECTING COMME at NGV First thing I do in Melbourne and already my heart is full of joy- seeing an exhibition of one of my favourite designers, Rei Kawakubo of Comme Des Garcons exhibition at NGV. I happened across their excellent and free of charge guided…
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I travelled with a family on a budget to Nelson NZ; here are the must-sees and all the costs
Read more: I travelled with a family on a budget to Nelson NZ; here are the must-sees and all the costsTravelling with a family is often done on a budget, and can be a very different-looking trip than you might do alone as adults. I thought it might be helpful to share my personal must-sees from my trip to Nelson New Zealand in January 2020 -as well as the costs- for anyone planning a trip…
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Film Review: The Current War
Read more: Film Review: The Current WarMark Twain may or may not have written that history doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes. If he did or did not it doesn’t really matter; it’s a great line. It also neatly addresses what is happening in Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon film, The Current War. The film chronicles the rise of electric power and…
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Film Review: The Invisible Man
Read more: Film Review: The Invisible ManI like to do a little research before writing these reviews, I am not trying to brag but I know how to use Google, no big deal. And the thing that most shocked me was that this film was made for 9 million dollars. $9 million, that’s basically the cost of one day of food…
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Sunsetter Food, Wine & Music Festival 2020
Read more: Sunsetter Food, Wine & Music Festival 2020The Takapuna Food, Wine & Music Festival returned to Smales Farm on Saturday February 15th 2020 with its new title: Sunsetter Food, Wine & Music Festival. And the name sums it up perfectly – it did just what it says on the tin – as the sun set, people of all ages mingled listening to music over local…
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Film Review: The Professor and the Mad Man
Read more: Film Review: The Professor and the Mad ManWhen the film you are going to see is about the creation of the oxford dictionary and the dialogue is littered with amazing and esoteric words, there is a sense of obligation to make your review loquacious and verbose. I will try to contain myself. The Professor and the Mad Man (dir. Farhad Safinia) is…
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Film Review: The Gentlemen
Read more: Film Review: The GentlemenIn the halcyon days of 1998, I never actually saw Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels in the cinema. I only got round to watching it on DVD sometime later. Remember those things, DVDs? It was so fresh and vibrant, the dialogue popped off the screen, smart wit, clever wordplay, it felt so organic next…
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Movie Review: Bad Boys For Life
Read more: Movie Review: Bad Boys For LifeI wasn’t meant to see this film; there was a mishap with the other film that I was going to review and so the company said go see whatever you want, it’s on us. Never one to look a gift horse in the mouth I scanned the board to see what films were on and…
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Film Review: Clint Eastwood’s Richard Jewell
Read more: Film Review: Clint Eastwood’s Richard JewellRichard Jewell (dir Clint Eastwood) is my early contender for film of the year. Yes, its very early and the sample size is still in the low single digits, but this is the best of the bunch by far. Its enthralling, engrossing, and enjoyable. I think you should give it a go, you won’t be…