EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Caribou Island</i>The disintegration of American dreams into nightmares is the leitmotiv of this first novel. Its narrative punches you from the first paragraph: "I'm ten years old ... I opened our front door and found my mother hanging from the rafters..."11 May 05:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: Hook, Line and SinkerThe first feature outing under the banner of the small, self-sustaining Wellington collective Torchlight Films was <i>Taking the Waewae Express</i>, a small and gutsy effort that took us into the lives of several young men.08 May 05:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: Source Code"Just treat it like it's a game" says the guy who has woken up yet again on a Chicago commuter train in the body of another man.06 May 07:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: BeastwarsLike a mongrel mix of Kyuss, Neurosis, and the mighty Godflesh, Beastwars bring together pummelling intensity, beautiful brutality, and sonic paranoia to create a sound all of their own.04 May 07:00 PM
EntertainmentComedy Review: The Big Show, Comedy Chamber, Town HallA boozy Saturday night crowd wants easy gags. Thankfully Gordon Southern, the host of <i>The Big Show</i> - one of the more glamorous daily events at the festival - was full of them.02 May 05:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Bird Cloud</i>There are memoirs that are about a personal life lived, and then there are memoirs about a specific subject on which an author wishes to ruminate at length. Annie Proulx's non-fiction <i>Bird Cloud</i> very much falls into the latter.01 May 05:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Roy Orbison, The Monument Singles Collection 1960-1964Roy Orbison didn't show a lot of emotion, but his songs and voice were brimming with them, writes Graham Reid.29 Apr 07:00 PM
EntertainmentConcert Review: Mavis Staples, the Blind Boys of Alabama with Aaron Neville at the Civic29 Apr 05:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: PNC Man on WireA couple of years ago, PNC's album <i>Bazooka Kid</i> set local hip-hop on a renaissance trip of sorts with its flashy and fun mix of styles, cheeky bravado and rhymes like "Looking for the chicks with Brooke Fraser lips".27 Apr 07:00 PM
