Sometimes you get the feeling that some contestants think they know better than the producers and the judges. And then those people aren't there any more.

The lasting affection for Shatner is partly because he's been smart enough to make a fool out of himself, writes Russell Baillie.

In New Zealand, it seems the only real criminals we get to see on on telly is on the CCTV footage on Police Ten 7.

Faintheartedness, the second solo work from ex-Goldenhorse guitar/vocalist/songwriter Ben King, but first under the moniker Grand Rapids, started as a limited release giveaway about a year ago.

Back in the 1970s Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City columns captured the off-beat spirit of San Francisco. One of Maupin's leading characters was Mary Ann Singleton, a TV presenter.

The limited edition of this album comes with a DVD doco about this New York garage band. It's entitled Pardon Us For Living But the Graveyard is Full and that's apt, as the Fleshtones have been around forever.

The G rating for this visually stunning nature documentary should be accompanied with a note that it "contains commentary that is banal, incomprehensible or unhelpful - sometimes all three at once".

Mixing live action with animated characters like we've seen in other films such as Alvin and The Chipmunks (which Tim Hill also directed), Hop is technically fantastic.

Continuing their exploration of folk-influenced rock and the ethos, if not the actual sound, of 60s psychedelic rock, the quartet come over reflective and quasi-cosmic on this third studio album.

After a series of fine albums, Ohio's Over the Rhine deliver their most sophisticated album to date

Stars: 3/5

Stars: 5/5. Verdict: The history of Chicago blues in Alligator's shoes across two exciting discs.

Stars: 3.5./5

Stars: 3.5/5

Stars: 4/5

Stars: 3.5/5

Inkinen hits early heights with uplifting Lilburn fanfare

Seeing Hemingway through his first wife's eyes is an intriguing view.

Prepare to cringe as NZ episodes of America's Next Top Model finally make it to our screens.

This globe-spanning contemporary drama from Swedish writer/director Lukas Moodysson (Lilya 4-Ever) can function as a slightly less histrionic take on the multiple-narrative films of Alejandro González Iñárritu (Babel).