EntertainmentTV Review: UnzippedFashionistas have a bad reputation as being flaky and dumb. Ruthless and mean. Vain and pompous. Extravagant and decadent. But never, ever boring. So you would think the fashion industry would provide fabulous material for a reality television programme.07 Aug 05:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: UndercoverThis outstanding transcription of extraordinary events carries a telling subtitle: "A Novel of a Life". 07 Aug 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Wish You Were HereWe still know little for sure about the prospects for intelligent fiction in a digital age. Yet most observers agree that the status of the professional "career novelist" may shift from that of a rare species to a deeply endangered one. 07 Aug 05:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Hurray For The Riff RaffAlynda Lee clearly identifies with an inner gypsy. Deciding she wanted to become a musician, she fled her home in the Bronx and jumped across freight trains until she got to New Orleans, or so the story goes. 03 Aug 07:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Zomby, Dedication He's a mysterious little brat, this Zomby chap. Similar to like-minded sinister beats-man Burial, who kept his identity secret at first, Mr Zomby prefers anonymity. 03 Aug 07:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Hollie Smith and Mara TK, Band of Brothers Vol: 1Hollie Smith sure got something out of her system on her second album, Humour and the Misfortune of Others from last year, which scared many with its cathartic songs and tough playing. 03 Aug 06:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Brian Eno, Drums Between the BellsThis makes two albums in two years for super-producer and ambient master Brian Eno. 03 Aug 06:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: Larry CrowneTom Hanks directs and stars in this lacklustre romantic comedy he's co-written with Nia Vardalos, the writer and star of My Big Fat Greek Wedding.03 Aug 06:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: 17 Hippies, Phantom SongsNot the most promising band name in these tougher times, but this multi-lingual German neo-folk outfit don't go the 20-minute guitar solo route, but rather their name reflects their origins in a Berlin squat and their collective mentality. 03 Aug 06:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: RomeHad Robert Hughes continued with his original aim of being an artist rather than becoming possibly the best-known art critic in the world it is a safe bet he would not have been a miniaturist. 03 Aug 05:00 PM
EntertainmentTheatre Review: I Love You BroThe first offering from Silo Theatre's second-cousin programme emphatically delivers on its promise of edgy and engaging theatre.02 Aug 05:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Greetings From Route 66When, in 1946, Bobby Troup wrote what became his classic song, <i>Route 66</i>, he could hardly have anticipated how popular it would become.02 Aug 05:00 PM
EntertainmentTV Review: The Grand Tour: Jeremy Wells With The NZSOI realise I am a bear of little brain who doesn't grasp the subtle smartness of post-modern personality-driven television. I need things spelled out to me in simple, non-ironic terms. 31 Jul 05:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: Captain America: The First AvengerJust like the US in World War II, Captain America is the last to get in on the act, but still does more than enough to end the season with a bang.29 Jul 05:30 PM
OpinionConcert Review: DJ Shadow, PowerstationHe could have turned up and played some records - or whatever they scratch and mash-up tunes on these days. 27 Jul 11:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Amon Tobin, ISAMThe prolific and weird beat conductor Amon Tobin is back to wrestle and toy with your mind on album number seven. Since starting out in the mid-90s he's gone from using samples, to field recordings, and on <i>ISAM</i> he takes another bold new step.27 Jul 06:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Various, Rave OnIf Charles Hardin Holley was alive today he'd be approaching his 75th birthday and would probably still be wondering why his fans are crying out "play the old stuff" at his shows.27 Jul 06:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: The Close Readers, Group HugFrom the literary suggestion of the band name and the chief songwriter here - Damien Wilkins - you could guess at some serious lyrical chops.27 Jul 06:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: African CatsAfrican Cats is a wonderfully filmed animal documentary aimed at a young audience. 27 Jul 06:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: Oranges and SunshineThe raw material of this based-on-fact film is political and emotional dynamite, but the drama doesn't translate on to the screen and the result is more earnest than engaging.27 Jul 06:30 PM
EntertainmentTheatre Review: Sexy BuddhaA basement bar in Karangahape Rd provides an appropriate venue for a highly original variation on the classic "man walks into a bar" scenario. 27 Jul 05:30 PM
EntertainmentPoetry Reviews: Breathing on the pageVivienne Plumb's new collection of poetry - beautifully designed by poet and publisher Helen Rickerby - reminds me that poetry books can feel so good in the hand. Plumb's poems have a chance to breathe on the page. 24 Jul 05:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: The Greg Foat Group, Dark is the SunThis debut from British pianist, arranger and jazz eccentric Greg Foat starts out brilliantly strange and tranquil, with the harpischord-driven Time Piece 1, and then it gets head-nodding and smooth on the title track. 22 Jul 06:30 PM
