EntertainmentAlbum Review: Marianne Faithfull, Horses and High HeelsThe off-beat British singer is determined to keep at it, and so drags her voice through her 18th studio album, a collection made up mostly of covers.22 Apr 07:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Sandra Boynton with B.B. King, One Shoe BluesGuitar hero B.B. King singing the blues with a chorus of sock puppets? What the ... ?22 Apr 07:00 PM
EntertainmentHayley Westenra teams up with legendary Italian composerNew Zealand popera star Hayley Westenra has teamed up with a legendary Italian composer for her latest album. 22 Apr 07:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: J Mascis, Several Shades of WhyFor those expecting the ear-splitting riffs similar to the ones J Mascis lets rip with in Dinosaur Jr. then take a chill pill. 22 Apr 07:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: The Kills, Blood PressuresThe antagonism is still there and Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince let it ricochet off one another.20 Apr 07:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: Mars Needs MomsBased on the book by Berkeley Breathed, this 3D sci-fi adventure is another performance-capture animation from Robert Zemeckis, the producer of Polar Express, Beowulf and A Christmas Carol.20 Apr 07:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: ArthurThis modern-day remake of the 1981 classic romantic comedy Arthur should be well received by fans of Russell Brand; what fans of the original film starring Dudley Moore will make of it is another matter.20 Apr 07:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: HeartbreakerUnabashedly commercial, outrageously predictable, this blockbuster French rom-com, is also irresistibly self-confident.20 Apr 07:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Scratch 22, Distance From ViewThe sinewy riffs, slightly breathless beats, and squally Eastern psychedelia influence of Window Rattle off Distance From View is the perfect example of how instrumental music can take a mundane image and make it magical.20 Apr 07:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: TV on the Radio, Nine Types of LightThese New York art rock oddballs have quite a pedigree to uphold following three of the most twisted, yet captivating, albums of the past decade.20 Apr 07:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: Another YearAfter the uncharacteristically sanguine Happy Go Lucky, the master of bleak British social realism returns to downbeat form in a film whose confusions of perspective are perhaps provocatively deliberate.20 Apr 07:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>By Nightfall</i>Michael Cunningham's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, <i>The Hours</i>, was in debt to both life and literature. His new novel, <i>By Nightfall</i>, also displays a strong allegiance to both.19 Apr 05:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Pereira Maintains</i>The small, superb story has become a talisman in the author's Italy. Since its publication there 15 years ago, it's won plaudits and prizes and been made into a Mastroianni film. 19 Apr 05:30 PM
EntertainmentConcert Review: Bruno Mars, Vector ArenaBruno Mars' enamoured young crowd sings his lyrics right back at him, but none with more conviction than "I think I wanna marry you".18 Apr 05:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake</i>Mixing reality and fantasy with little help given to the reader makes an odd book - but it's no lemon.17 Apr 05:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: Paul<i>E.T.: The Extraterrestrial</i> and the funny-looking aliens in <i>Close Encounters of the Third Kind</i> have been given a run for their money in the peculiar guise of <i>Paul</i>, a potty-mouthed ode to Steven Spielberg's sci-fi epics.17 Apr 05:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Other People's Money</i>It would be very easy in these economically grim times to write novels casting bankers in the harshest of lights - simple moustache-twisting pantomime villains.17 Apr 05:30 PM
OpinionWilliam DartConcert Review: Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Auckland Town Hall15 Apr 05:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: The IllusionistChomet's follow-up to his idiosyncratic The Triplets of Belleville is a wistful animated valentine to the days of the variety entertainers that is also a kind of love story.13 Apr 07:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Paul Simon, So Beautiful or So WhatIn the liner notes Elvis Costello says this album should be counted alongside the finest of Simon's career (now reaching almost 50 years).13 Apr 07:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Aaron Neville, I Know I've Been ChangedAaron Neville saying he's been changed is hardly news and nor is his soulful, vibrating falsetto, which is given a florid showcase in the long intro to the gospel-cum-R&B opener <i>Stand By Me</i>.13 Apr 07:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Foo Fighters, Wasting LightSomehow Dave Grohl's second famous band went from his post-Nirvana solo outing to stadium giants.13 Apr 07:00 PM
