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![Concert review: Tenacious D at Auckland Town Hall](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Concert review: Tenacious D at Auckland Town Hall
Tenacious D's jokes didn't have the subtlety for an 80 minute set but they made up for it with musical talent and charisma, Lydia Jenkin writes.
![Colin Hogg: Hottest Home Baker a shock hit](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Colin Hogg: Hottest Home Baker a shock hit
I had an awful dream, the sort of thing television critics can suffer, and in it I imagined a new TV series.
![Classical review: Provocative concert played with ardour](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Classical review: Provocative concert played with ardour
Jonathan Fuller's Music Box was a trippy welcome to Karlheinz Company's Sunday concert.
![Gig review: Bobby Womack](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Gig review: Bobby Womack
You've got something special if you can appear on stage in a red leather suit with matching cap and glasses and still come off as charming.
![Movie review: Snitch](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Movie review: Snitch
After starring in several big blockbusters in a row, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson attempts something a little mellower with this moderately entertaining action drama.
![Movie review: Kon-Tiki](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Movie review: Kon-Tiki
The beautiful poster for Norwegian ocean epic Kon-Tiki, a stronger piece of art than the poster for Life of Pi, will draw a sizeable audience even before people have seen the trailer for this classic adventure tale.
![Classical review: APO's historical snapshot catches hope and faith of a soul-testing time](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Classical review: APO's historical snapshot catches hope and faith of a soul-testing time
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's Splendour series has taken a slightly different approach from previous years.
![Theatre review: Blunt assessment of child abuse](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Theatre review: Blunt assessment of child abuse
Patua means "to hit, kill, subdue, ill-treat", and writer-director Renae Maihi bravely takes on the subject of child abuse in the 75 nicely paced minutes of this, her second play.
![Movie review: Spring Breakers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Movie review: Spring Breakers
Spring Breakers sees a couple of ex-Disney Channel actresses, clad in bikinis and obviously keen to shed their wholesome reputations, head to Florida to party for the spring break holiday.
![Movie review: Snitch](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Movie review: Snitch
Dwayne Johnson is obviously keen to put his wrestling moniker "The Rock" behind him in his first serious dramatic role in this crime thriller.
![Colin Hogg: Seven Sharp finally getting some edge](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Colin Hogg: Seven Sharp finally getting some edge
That most picked-upon local television show of recent times, Seven Sharp, seems a little sharper these days, writes Colin Hogg.
![Classical review: Touch of jazz brings fun](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Classical review: Touch of jazz brings fun
Auckland Chamber Orchestra has taken a courageous stand this year in its search for the unexpected.
![Movie review: Star Trek Into Darkness](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Movie review: Star Trek Into Darkness
After proving himself the modern master of the blockbuster with 2009's Star Trek reboot, J.J. Abrams returns to helm the eagerly awaited sequel, which stands in the shadow of the best-regarded Trek film of them all, 1982's Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan.
![Movie review: Song for Marion](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Movie review: Song for Marion
This British dramedy squanders its fine actors. Vanessa Redgrave plays Marion, an outgoing cancer patient determined to stay in the local choir.
![TV Preview: Arrow](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
TV Preview: Arrow
TV's latest comic book hero unexpectedly pierces Nick Grant's cynical shell.
![Into the depths](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Into the depths
The biggest game in town is Michael Parekowhai et al at Michael Lett. It combines the talents of an artist and a collective.