Martin Scorsese's first 3D film is a mesmerising, enchanting affair based on Brian Selznick's imaginative book The Invention of Hugo Cabret.

Director Gus Van Sant has hit the bullseye in the past with films about teen angst and worse - from Good Will Hunting to Elephant - but this one quite misses the target.

An unashamedly old-fashioned romp through World War I on the back of a horse named Joey, Stephen Spielberg's interpretation of Michael Morpurgo's novel is part sentimental family film and part brutal and grisly war epic.

In New Zealand, the Roots are known as an alternative hip-hop outfit - and in their 20-year reign they have made some of the finest, and most intelligent music to come out of that genre.

Wellington's freakiest six-piece embody the notion of psychedelia on their sophomore album.

On the face of it, news that nu-metallers Korn were dabbling with dubstep sounded like the worst kind of bandwagon jumping imaginable.

Vile invites you into his world with his seemingly stream of consciousness lyrics, self-deprecating optimism on life and a no-gimmicks-required songwriting ability.

Oscar Kightley witnessed Run-D.M.C. play The Powerstation in Auckland on 18 November 1988.