EntertainmentBook Review: Mary Ann in Autumn: A Tales of the City NovelWay back in the 1980s I was addicted to Armistead Maupin's <i>Tales of the City</i> novels.28 Nov 04:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band <i>The Promise</i>Graham Reid rides to the shadowlands with Bruce Springsteen.26 Nov 06:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: The AmericanRating: 3.5/5. Verdict: Thriller shoots first then asks existential questions later. For quite some time.26 Nov 06:00 PM
EntertainmentConcert Review: U2 <i>Mt Smart Stadium</i>U2 last night paid tribute to the victims of the Pike River mine disaster. Scott Kara was there25 Nov 04:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Kanye West <i>My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy</i>Rating: 4/5. Verdict: This character just don't care.24 Nov 06:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Dear Time's Waste <i>Spells</i>Rating: 4/5. Verdict: Barely there beauty.24 Nov 06:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Fistful of Mercy <i>As I Call You Down</i>Rating: 1/5. Verdict: If cream rises, this sinks like a lead samosa.24 Nov 06:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Antony and the Johnsons <i>Swanlights</i>Rating: 3/5. Verdict: The difficult instalment from the arthouse favourite.24 Nov 06:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: MacheteTalk about a guilty pleasure. It's nasty, nonsensical and further evidence for the case that Robert De Niro will say yes to most anything these days.24 Nov 04:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: Let Me InSwedish director Tomas Alfredson's macabre romance <i>Let the Right One In</i> was an artful, unique, deeply disturbing and yet touching vampire film. Unexpectedly, so too is director Matt Reeves' Hollywood remake <i>Let Me In</i>.24 Nov 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Shakespeare's Hamlet</i>Nicki Greenberg loves Shakespeare, she "gets" Shakespeare, and she has done something wondrous with him, a thing I have never seen done before.22 Nov 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>On Life, Death And Breakfast</i>Move over Bridget, it's the blokes' turn.21 Nov 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Ethan Grout</i>David Hill reviews two new Australian novels depicting two very different sides of modern life.20 Nov 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Hand Me Down World</i>It is a tricky little bugger of a book this one. Distant, confusing and perhaps a little cliched in parts, it is also compelling, subtle and maybe even brilliant.20 Nov 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>The Vintage And The Gleaning</i>Judge not a book by its title.20 Nov 04:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Florence and the Machine <i>Between Two Lungs Deluxe Edition</i><b>Rating:</b> 5/5 19 Nov 06:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: The Orb feat. David Gilmour <i>Metallic Spheres</i><b>Rating:</b> 3/519 Nov 06:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Kehua!</i>The book that has everything, Kehua! offers murder, adultery, incest (and plenty of it), redemption and ghosts.18 Nov 04:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: MatarikiLOCALS: Alix Bushnell is one of a strong raft of characters in Mataraki.17 Nov 06:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: MonstersThe synopsis for <i>Monsters</i> makes it sound like a classic sci-fi flick about an alien invasion on earth, but it is far from it. Dreamy, allegorical and sparse.17 Nov 04:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Ardijah <i>The Best: Polyfonk</i>Graham Reid enjoys going back over the Ardijah catalogue17 Nov 04:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Rihanna <i>Loud</i>Scott Kara review the reigning R'n'B queen's latest album.17 Nov 04:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: <i>Lebanon</i>The debut feature by Israeli director Maoz is a carnival ride designed by the devil. It's also a film of jaw-dropping mastery which manages, by dint of having no polemical intent at all, to be a powerful anti-war statement.17 Nov 04:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: K.T. Tunstall <i>Tiger Suit</i>Word is that a campervan trip around NZ in 2009 and appearing at Neil Finn's 7 Worlds Collide reinvigorated Scottish singer Tunstall who leapt to fame overnight on a Jools Holland show six years ago.17 Nov 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>The Hut Builder</i>With this review I want to declare two biases. I am a big fan of Laurence Fearnley’s writing and particularly loved Edwin + Matilda.16 Nov 04:30 PM
EntertainmentTV Review: <i>Celebrity Apprentice</i>Gender politics divide and rule as <i>Celebrity Apprentice</i> kicks off this Tuesday. By Deborah Hill Cone.13 Nov 04:30 PM
