Stars: 3.5/5

Stars: 3.5/5

Stars: 4/5

Inkinen hits early heights with uplifting Lilburn fanfare

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

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).

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

An offbeat odd-couple comedy with a deliciously bittersweet centre, this highly enjoyable film struggles slightly to communicate across a cultural divide.

The name might not be familiar but from the first bar the voice certainly is. It belongs to that rusty balladeer in Gomez.

Stars: 2.5/5. Verdict: Debut from Welly rockers needs more grunt

Stars: 4/5. Verdict: Quality instrumental beats your brain can dance to

Battle Los Angeles drags out every war and alien invasion movie cliche it can in two hours of noise and action, and very little else.

Auckland Chamber Orchestra looked good on stage at the Raye Freedman Centre, the group's new home for the 2011 season.

With the reliably stoic Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight) in the lead and a cracking trailer, this alien invasion flick had a decent amount of promise.

Starman captures only some of pop icon David Bowie's intrigue.

Cold, endless forests, a pale, long-haired protagonist and a wild, forbidden love - Red Riding Hood must be descended from Twilight.

Having helped make the world safe again for garage rock on 2001 debut Is This It and its 2003 follow-up, the Strokes seemed to lose their way on 2006 third album First Impressions of Earth.

Some albums are more important for what they are than what they deliver. So it is with this double-disc, the final concert Bob Marley ever played: September 23, 1980 in Pittsburgh.

Duran Duran must have felt pretty slick when they returned to the studio to record their 13th studio album. They had Mark Ronson - the guy who produced Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen and Adele - behind them.

When Robert Duvall first looms into sight here, a menacing silhouette whose reputation scares children sick, it's impossible not to think of his first big-screen role almost 50 years ago.