EntertainmentMovie review: <i>Tamara Drewe</i>Based on Posy Simmond's graphic novel, originally serialised in the Guardian's Review supplement, Tamara Drewe is a light and frothy satire on life and lust in a quiet English country village.02 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: An Emerald City <i>The Fourth</i>Rating: 4/5. Verdict: Setting their controls to the heart of the sun02 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: <i>Curry Munchers</i>A knockabout Kiwindian comedy with a light seasoning of pathos, this self-funded project does not exceed the expectations raised by its modest origins.02 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Of Montreal <i>False Priest</i>Rating: 4/5. Verdict: More absurd fun from Georgia's most colourful, camp and clever band02 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: PJ Harvey <i>Let England Shake</i>Rating: 5/5. Verdict: History recorded02 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentFringe Festival Review: Deep in the Forest: A Cautionary CabaretDeep in the Forest is subtitled a Cautionary Cabaret and punters should be cautioned to exercise a certain amount a scepticism when viewing the show's promotional material. 02 Mar 01:31 AM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Working The Room Essays</i>One of the pleasures of reading an essayist as eclectic as Geoff Dyer is that one can go within a few pages from regarding him as a fount of wisdom (when his opinions match yours) to thinking he's a pretentious phoney (when they don't).02 Mar 01:00 AM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Remember Nothing And Other Reflections</i>For women of a certain (or uncertain) age, remembering nothing is not difficult. Remembering something is more problematic. Thus, women of a certain age will be enchanted by Nora Ephron's take on memory, or lack of it.01 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Sourland</i>It's been six months since the last Joyce Carol Oates, so it's not surprising to find she has another book out. Her productivity is astonishing, she's Barbara Cartland in black instead of pink.01 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Of Love And Evil</i>Confession time: I'd never read anything by Anne Rice before this. For a while, I thought she was another name for Stephenie Meyer. She's not (of course), but she could be.01 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>The Rose</i>I began this book when a William Lobb rose was in its first flowering in my garden. Every time I went out to get the mail the perfume hung in the air and I breathed it in and felt good about being alive.01 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Dolci Di Love</i>Lynch fans will delight in her latest offering of love and heartache in the Italian hills. Sarah-Kate Lynch even helped smooth the reviewer's own path to love.27 Feb 03:00 PM
EntertainmentConcert Review: High On Fire, Melvins and Kylesa, Whammy Bar, AucklandK Rd's Whammy Bar has hosted more than its share of full and sweaty nights over the last few years, a bit of communal congestion being something that regulars of this underground live music institution never seem to mind too much.24 Feb 11:00 PM
EntertainmentFringe Festival Review: When Animals Dream of Sheep, Lower Myers ParkThe avant-garde end of Fringe Fest spectrum finds an appropriate niche with a free event held at the base of the stairs that link Saint Kevin's Arcade with Myers Park.24 Feb 08:00 PM
EntertainmentFringe Festival Review: Sirens, Parnell BathsBefore they'd even put a toe in the water this week, the Wet Hot Beauties were the media's feel-good, sold-out hit of the summer. 24 Feb 08:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: <i>Conviction</i>Hilary Swank doesn't shy away from Hollywood's unglamorous roles; they have, after all, seen her collect Oscars for Million Dollar Baby and Boys Don't Cry.23 Feb 06:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: King LearThe titanic Shakespearean tragedy that is arguably the greatest work of English literature gets a thrilling and compellingly delicate reading in this production, the latest release in the excellent NT Live series.23 Feb 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Listen To This</i>One of the many funny lines in the profanity-strewn satirical film In The Loop came from the character Jamie Macdonald, the senior press officer in 10 Downing St and the "angriest man in Scotland".23 Feb 04:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Social Distortion <i>Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes</i>Rating: 4/5. Verdict: An implosion of influences force-fed turpentine wine and turned up loud.23 Feb 04:00 PM
EntertainmentConcert Review: Tricky, The PowerstationTricky is still high on the 90s, stalking about the stage to the pounding bassline of Eurythmics' <i>Sweet Dreams</i> before throwing himself at <i>You Don't Wanna</i>, hissing like a reptile and boxing the air.22 Feb 11:13 PM
EntertainmentConcert Review: Queens of the Stone Age, Logan Campbell CentreThere's something special about playing the first song off your first album as the opening number at a concert. It takes you right back to where it all began.21 Feb 04:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: PJ Harvey <i>Let England Shake</i>The Queen of Scream, PJ Harvey, reconnects with her folk-blues roots on her eighth album, <i>Let England Shake</i>.20 Feb 04:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Faith Evans <i>Something About Faith</i>It's been more than five years since Grammy Award-winning R&B singer Faith Evans put out her last album, the chart-topping <i>First Lady</i>, which spawned the hit <i>Again</i>.20 Feb 04:30 PM
EntertainmentConcert Review: Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra <i>at Auckland Town Hall</i>20 Feb 04:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: UnknownLast time Liam Neeson went on a violent romp around Europe he was desperately in search of his missing daughter in Taken.18 Feb 06:00 PM
