LifestyleBar review: The Elbow Room, Herne BayIt was a hot afternoon so my partner and I met up at this cute corner bar for a couple of refreshing drinks.05 Feb 03:00 AM
EntertainmentNew sitcoms worth watchingThere are new sitcoms flying at us from all directions this week as networks continue to roll out their new season wares.05 Feb 02:30 AM
EntertainmentHawking film more romance than scienceThe media and public fascination with Stephen Hawking has, it seems to me, always been driven by a mixture of infantilising sentimentalism and morbid curiosity.05 Feb 02:00 AM
EntertainmentMeet Kingsman's breakthrough starsThese Brit acting newbies got to play with the big guns in an action black comedy with a stiff upper lip. They talk to Lydia Jenkin.05 Feb 12:00 AM
EntertainmentBetter Call Saul: Break with the pastWhat do you do when you've made the defining TV show of the era? Press rewind. Chris Schulz meets Vince Gilligan and Bob Odenkirk, the men hoping Better Call Saul can live up to the legacy of Breaking Bad.04 Feb 11:30 PM
EntertainmentOscar-snubbed Selma actor 'exceptional'Given the civil rights subject matter, the greatness of Martin Luther King as the man at the centre of the story, and relevance today it's surprising Selma isn't a bigger, flashier film.04 Feb 11:15 PM
EntertainmentBob Dylan takes on Frank SinatraNo one should be surprised by this 36th studio album from 73-year-old Dylan being standards.04 Feb 09:00 PM
OpinionWho should win Song of the Year?The Song of the Year is one of the many Grammy Awards being given out on Monday, New Zealand time. We asked some of our favourite ZM presenters which is their pick to win.04 Feb 08:35 PM
EntertainmentX Factor: Battles of acts and showsTV3'S 2015 season of X Factor NZ 2015 will start screening on Sunday, February 15, setting up a local reality TV head-to-head with TVNZ's new DIY show Our First Home, which goes to air for the first time this Sunday.04 Feb 08:00 PM
EntertainmentTour news: Alan DaviesHis last tour here was called Life is Pain but it seems Alan Davies will be in a bit of a better mood when he visits again in July.04 Feb 07:50 PM
EntertainmentAlbum review: Father John Misty, I Love You HoneybearThe sweeping, swooning, beautifully melodramatic world of Father John Misty's latest album is quite a thrill.04 Feb 05:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum review: Joey Bada$$, B4.DA.$$Over several mixtapes and two New Zealand live appearances, Joey Bada$$ has proved an incendiary talent.04 Feb 05:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum review: Mikky Ekko, TimeIt felt like Mikky Ekko had come out of nowhere when he featured on Rihanna's 2013 hit Stay. Now the American singer-songwriter is introducing his own music with debut album Time.04 Feb 03:20 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: Me, Myself and MumAs french as croissants aux amandes and so extravagantly theatrical that you can practically smell the greasepaint in the cinema, this small and goofy French comedy follows the struggles of a young teenager to come to terms with his sexual identity.04 Feb 03:00 PM
EntertainmentDavid Oyelowo - The man who would be KingMichele Manelis talks with the star of Selma about the civil rights struggle in the US and racism today.31 Jan 12:00 AM
EntertainmentCheryl Strayed: Walk from the wild sideFrances Morton talks to the woman whose heroic tale of beating life's problems took her from wilderness to red carpet.30 Jan 10:00 PM
EntertainmentSalem - tune in for the TV fantasyJust as you were about to give up on witches, in come some scheming, dark, violent types to restore their good name, writes Rebecca Barry Hill.30 Jan 08:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: The CrucibleGreat drama speaks to any day in which it is performed. The second-most famous play by the great Arthur Miller deals with the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts, in the late 17th century.30 Jan 05:00 PM
EntertainmentFortitude: Still making the blood run coldIt might be set in Norway's remote Arctic north but crime drama Fortitude doesn't have much in common with its Scandinavian predecessors, its creator tells Sarah Hughes.30 Jan 12:30 AM
EntertainmentThe Missing: Truth in the darkest placesJames Nesbitt tells Vanessa Thorpe how his role as a father grieving after his child disappears helped him face his own anxieties.29 Jan 09:30 PM
EntertainmentGaming gadgets to get your hands on this yearGet your wallets ready. Gaming is going high-tech this year with some fancy-pants new gadgets. Siobhan Keogh checks out some of the necessities coming your way.29 Jan 06:00 PM
EntertainmentGame review: Pokemon Omega RubySome things in life need not be messed with. Fairy bread was perfected ages ago and kids are probably happier for it, the developed world knows what happened when Coca-Cola went "New", and Pokemon's still Pokemon.29 Jan 05:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum review: The Waterboys, Modern Blues KobaltChief Waterboy Mike Scott said after his last album - musical settings of poems by W.B. Yeats - that he wanted to return to rock 'n' roll, hence these nine often rambunctious, sometimes soulful, occasionally thoughtful and mostly engaging songs.29 Jan 04:00 PM
EntertainmentThe new TV show you need to seeFans of the original Danish crime series The Killing and other Scandi-noir shows of past years are directed towards Fortitude, the Norwegian-set drama with an international cast.29 Jan 02:30 AM
EntertainmentDownton Abbey special: All you need to knowA month after it screened in Britain, Downton Abbey fans are getting to see the period drama's annual Christmas Special, which Prime has split into two halves (tonight and next week) for local consumption. Here's a guide to the new episodes.29 Jan 02:00 AM
OpinionStephanie Merry: What happened to Johnny Depp?In his latest comedy caper Mortdecai, Johnny Depp has delivered yet another ham that only forgiving fans could love. What has brought him to this, asks Stephine Merry.29 Jan 12:00 AM
EntertainmentChanning Tatum - from stripping to stardomChanning Tatum has gone from beefcake to credible A-list star. But he still doesn't know how to act, he tells James Mottram.28 Jan 11:30 PM
EntertainmentInterview: Paul Simon and StingPaul Simon and Sting talk to Russell Baillie about the pair's joint tour that lands in Auckland tomorrow night and New Plymouth on Saturday.28 Jan 09:30 PM
OpinionThe Clash: Did anyone miss the Big Day Out?Did the lack of a Big Day Out go unnoticed this year? Or were you in a puddle of tears on January 16? Chris Schulz and Lydia Jenkin share their thoughts.28 Jan 08:00 PM
EntertainmentMeet the new Kriss KrossRemember Kriss Kross? Those two-hit wonders who wore all their clothes backwards and wanted to "warm it up" and "make you jump, jump" in 1992? Get ready to meet 2015's version.28 Jan 08:00 PM
EntertainmentRed carpet nerves for Jemaine ClementJemaine Clement is standing on the Sundance red carpet awaiting the premiere of his latest movie People, Places, Things, the first American movie in which he has a starring role. It is a very big deal.28 Jan 07:00 PM
EntertainmentRebuilding DIY reality TVTVNZ'S first big reality show of the year is Our First Home, a brand new DIY reality show format. It starts next Sunday (February 8, TV One, 7.30pm) and will be on screen three nights a week, following three competing families.28 Jan 06:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: FoxcatcherThere are times in this brilliantly acted and understated psychological drama when it seems very little happens at all, but when the lights go up you're left reeling by the culmination of events that have quietly unfolded.28 Jan 04:00 PM
