movies
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Movie Review: John Wick 3 Parabellum, starring Keanu Reeves
Read more: Movie Review: John Wick 3 Parabellum, starring Keanu ReevesI really like ice cream. My favourite is Goodie Goodie Gumdrops. The colour is blatantly artificial, but the combination of sweet ice cream and little lollies really does it for me, even though, after I finish I think I shouldn’t have eaten it. There are many delicious flavours and most are terrific. Some are not…
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Film Review: The Curse of La Llorona The Weeping Woman
Read more: Film Review: The Curse of La Llorona The Weeping WomanI have had a few family members pass away but I was never there for it. Obviously, the death of a loved one creates an emotional load that needs to be processed. Recently, I was present for the final few days of someone in the family and it was an entirely different experience. It is…
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Film Review: Sometimes, Always, Never, starring Bill Nighy
Read more: Film Review: Sometimes, Always, Never, starring Bill NighyThree things come to mind while viewing Carl Hunter’s Sometimes, Always, Never. Bill Nighy is great in everything This feels like Moby Dick Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein quote “The limits of my language mean limits of my world”. Bill Nighy is great. He plays Alan, a scrabble obsessed man who is searching for his missing…
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Life Hacks – My top tricks and tips in Auckland
Read more: Life Hacks – My top tricks and tips in AucklandLife Hacks! Here are my top tips and tricks for Auckland city, including parking, hair, beauty, movies, attractions, and things to do. All offers correct at time of writing – January 2019 – and are my unpaid opinions. Parking Nothing effects Aucklanders more than parking; it’s like the weather to most people. If you can’t…
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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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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: 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: 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…
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FILM REVIEW: LOVE, SIMON is a story you’re going to LOVE
Read more: FILM REVIEW: LOVE, SIMON is a story you’re going to LOVE“Simon Spier keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends, and all his classmates: he’s gay. When that secret is leaked, Simon must face everyone and come to terms with his identity.” IMDB This film in so many ways, is not a film I’d normally like. It’s a high school coming-of-age story, it’s a…