![TV Review: Parks and Recreation](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
TV Review: Parks and Recreation
Compulsory cringe binge Parks and Recreation's Amy Poehler shows no mercy in her painfully revealing portrayal of a babbling small-time bureaucrat. By Deborah Hill Cone.
Compulsory cringe binge Parks and Recreation's Amy Poehler shows no mercy in her painfully revealing portrayal of a babbling small-time bureaucrat. By Deborah Hill Cone.
The Smoke Fairies are best mates Katherine Blamire and Jessica Davies who met in the school choir in rural Sussex.
This second annual Griffith fiction collection focuses on contributors and topics from the Pacific in a generously interpreted sense.
The arguments are over and the votes are in - here's the albums TimeOut reviewers consider the year's best.
Rating: 3.5. Verdict: Dazzling reboot with story blips
Harry emerged in a tutu that blew like a Marilyn Monroe photoshoot every time she stood near the fan at the front.
Rating: 3.5/5. Verdict: King of Pop crown regains lustre, too late.
It was an introduction Uwe Grodd could not resist, before launching Auckland Choral's annual Messiah.
What: The Fall Where and when: Powerstation Reviewed by: Scott Kara
Nicholas Evans' new novel, The Brave, deals with the hard edges of life. This is a story of people and relationships interlaced with a complicated and ambitious plot.
Graham Robb has that rare gift of storytelling that compels riveted attention from readers of non-fiction as much as fiction and he understands that stories may spring emotionally from places but inevitably embrace the lives of people.
An enormously worthy and well-intentioned novel, strengthened by its ethical content, burdened by the very same ethical content.
Lean pickings on the telly leave Deborah Hill Cone fuming.
First, because it has to be done, let's get our definitions sorted. The cover of this slim volume bills it as a graphic novel.
Rating: 4/5. Verdict: Local dubstep debut with heart and soul.
Rating: 2/5. Verdict: ... of the end? Well, not quite, but it sure is irritating.
Rating: 2/5. Verdict: A solid instalment of the Narnia chronicles that should keep its young fans happy.
Rating: 3/5. Verdict: Heaven for ballet lovers, but ballet lovers alone
Rating: 3/5. Verdict: Relentless party.
Rating: 5/5. Verdict: Radio with pictures.
Anyone who went to high school will remember the holy grail of cool - and that there's nothing less cool than trying to be.
This bizarre Finnish comedy horror doesn't live up to the appealing central concept, but has more than enough points of difference to warrant interest.