EntertainmentMovie Review: Fair GamePrepare to be outraged by this political drama, based on the autobiography of outed CIA agent Valerie Plame.06 Feb 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>More Than You Can Say</i>Paul Torday produces an intriguing page-turner that won't fail to surprise.06 Feb 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>The Windup Girl</i>This work of speculative fiction arrives on New Zealand shelves with the degree of hype usually reserved for angst-ridden teen vamps or boy wizards.06 Feb 04:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Jessica Lea Mayfield <i>Tell Me</i>Mayfield was just a teenager when a copy of an album she'd recorded in her bedroom fell into the hands of Dan Auerbach from The Black Keys.06 Feb 04:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: White Lies <i>Ritual</i>Rating: 3.5/5. Verdict: Still dour, but more diverse second offering from London trio02 Feb 06:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Wanda Jackson <i>The Party Ain't Over</i>Rating: 4/5. Verdict: Get down with the coolest grandma.02 Feb 06:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: <i>True Grit</i>Jeff Bridges' Cogburn retains the Wayne eyepatch and the girth but he's not up for the carbine twirl.02 Feb 06:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: <i>Fela!</i>Fela Kuti was a revolutionary and a rogue. And man, could the Nigerian musician and pioneer of Afro-beat sing, dance and play saxophone.02 Feb 06:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: <i>127 Hours</i>Director Danny Boyle goes from a cast of many with Slumdog Millionaire to pretty much a cast of one, in an intense tale of survival that takes the saying "I'd give my right arm ..." to a new level.02 Feb 06:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Iron and Wine <i>Kiss Each Other Clean</i>Rating: 4/5. Verdict: Folk fellow finds the funk on his fifth.02 Feb 06:00 PM
EntertainmentConcert Review: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, <i>Auckland Town Hall</i>02 Feb 04:30 PM
EntertainmentConcert Review: Les Savy Fav <i>Kings Arms Tavern</i>With so much of Auckland's attention focused on Monday's Laneway Festival, it was always going to be interesting to see how Les Savy Fav's first New Zealand show was going to go. 01 Feb 06:30 PM
EntertainmentConcert Review: Laneway FestivalThe Laneway Festival was loud and proud yesterday and in the process it found its home in the newly revamped Aotea Square.31 Jan 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Sunset Park</i>Paul Auster writes splendidly about disaffected, damaged people, usually alienated from society in some way, often isolated, physically and/or psychologically.31 Jan 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Landfall 220</i>After an interregnum of six years following the "retirement" of Justin Paton (the quotation marks are an intriguing addition by the publisher) in 2004, during which "guest editors" steered the ship, Landfall has a permanent editor again.31 Jan 04:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Fenech-Soler <i>Fenech-Soler</i>The highly charged electro-pop that's pumped out by Fenech-Soler is relatively unknown here, but in the band's British homeland it's a floor-filling festival favourite.30 Jan 04:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Adele <i>21</i>You'd be a fool to buy into the argument that Adele Adkins is just another packaged Brit School graduate with a great set of lungs.30 Jan 04:30 PM
EntertainmentTV Review: Panic at Rock IslandEnough to make you spew Not even Kiwi talent can save the Oz "event" movie that is <i>Panic at Rock Island</i>, says Deborah Hill Cone.30 Jan 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Up From the Blue</i>Even though 2011 is still new, I suspect this debut novel from US author Susan Henderson will be one of my standout reads of the year. 30 Jan 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Mennonite in a Little Black Dress</i>Rhoda Janzen's memoir may be light on laughs, but it's heavy on affection.30 Jan 04:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Amanda Palmer <i>Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under</i>Rating: 3/528 Jan 06:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Various <i>NYC Salsa: The Incendiary Sound of Latin New York</i>Rating: 4/528 Jan 06:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: The Greenhornes <i>****</i>They come, they perform, and they move on to the next gig. That's what they do.26 Jan 06:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Wire <i>Red Barked Tree</i>Rating: 4/5. Verdict: The old gang is back, and conjuring up their very best in a new way26 Jan 06:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Gregg Allman <i>Low Country Blues</i>Rating: 3/5. Verdict: Sounding older and wiser, survivor Allman finds meaning in old blues26 Jan 06:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: <i>Black Swan</i>It's easy to see, while watching her character's descent into madness, why Portman scooped the Best Actress Golden Globe award and an Oscar nomination for her role in this psychological thriller.26 Jan 06:00 PM
