EntertainmentMovie Review: Real SteelAn at-times unusual blend of intense futuristic boxing and schmaltzy, predictable father and son drama, this science fiction adventure is a mixed bag but should find a keen audience these school holidays.05 Oct 05:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Tinariwen, TassiliThe tranquility and rejuvenating quality of Tinariwen's desert blues tunes is remarkable. That might sound a little hippie dippy - far-fetched, even - but the Tuareg Malian band's minimal music really does have that healing power. 05 Oct 05:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: The Cat's TableIn the opening pages of Michael Ondaatje's new novel, a young boy named Michael sets out for England on a passenger liner. It's the early 1950s. 05 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Pao "Life is hard" is one of the Noble Truths and Yang Pao, as a young boy landing on the streets of Jamaica in the 1930s, learns that lesson quickly. 05 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentTheatre Review: Yours Truly at The BasementPlaywright Albert Belz has earned considerable acclaim for his treatment of Maori subjects but his re-telling of the Jack the Ripper story seems to be making a statement about the perils of pigeon-holing writers according to their ethnicity.02 Oct 07:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Wilco, The Whole LoveIf Wilco followers, especially those who signed on during their celebrated left-turn period of 2002's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and 2004's A Ghost Is Born, might have felt the band's more recent albums were playing it safe, then help is at hand.30 Sep 05:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Nirvana, Nevermind (Super Deluxe Edition)The greats of the grunge era are still vying for market share, 20 years on. Scott Kara dives in.30 Sep 05:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Wooden Shjips, WestWooden Shjips, out of San Francisco, once again serve up their particular brand of astral plane psychedelic drone-rock which sounds filtered through steel wool. 30 Sep 05:30 PM
OpinionConcert review: R&V Soundcheck, Vector ArenaKaty B might have been a no-show but bass heavy dubstep acts Magnetic Man, Diplo and Nero made up for at Vector Arena in Auckland.30 Sep 01:00 AM
OpinionJanet McAllisterTheatre Review: Anything Goes at Civic TheatreCole Porter's smart-to-be-silly, witty-and-warm songs are so exceptional that they could pull this 1934 hit musical comedy through by themselves.29 Sep 06:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Kasabian, Velociraptor!Posturing rockers Kasabian named their fourth album after a dinosaur, maintaining they are the current dinosaurs of the Brit-rock scene.28 Sep 05:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Tourettes, Tiger BellyWhile Auckland rapper and poet Tourettes (real name Dominic Hoey) is not so much of a smart aleck on fourth album Tiger Belly, he's just as clever, cutting, and hilarious. 28 Sep 05:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Mastodon, The HunterThe music of Mastodon is perfect for a spot of hunting. It's pure blood sport music because when it's human against beast, and you're pumped up with scything and powerful tunes like Black Tongue and Spectrelight you will not back down.28 Sep 05:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Spirit Of ProgressConstructed in the manner of ensemble films such as <i>Nashville</i>, <i>Grand Canyon</i> and <i>Crash</i>, this novel by the award-winning Australian writer Carroll again refracts the lives of some characters who have populated his previous work. 28 Sep 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: The Sense Of An EndingIn 1967 the great critic Frank Kermode published The Sense Of An Ending, a series of lectures that not only mined the apocalyptic theme in art, but reviewed the ways in which fiction carves order and pattern out of the chaotic flux of time. 28 Sep 12:00 PM
OpinionAlbum review: Pajama Club, Pajama ClubWhile it’s easy to be sceptical about the side projects of well-established musicians, particularly when they consist of odd amalgams of collaborators, they can often emanate a certain charm. 27 Sep 04:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Mel Parsons, Red Grey BlueMel Parsons' sophomore album is like high quality aural chocolate - sweet, comforting, sometimes dark, full of subtle layers, and a treat for your ears.24 Sep 03:30 AM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Game, The R.E.D AlbumThe often disgusting and downright mean things rappers get away with really is something. On Game's fourth, star-studded album everyone from Erykah Badu to the cronies at Interscope records are in his sights.24 Sep 03:30 AM
EntertainmentMovie Review: The Human Resources ManagerPitched somewhere between Faulkner's As I Lay Dying and the 80s Kiwi shaggy dog story Carry Me Back, this unassuming absurdist Israeli feature may have trouble winning hearts on this side of the world.23 Sep 06:30 PM
