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Concert Review: Blondie with The Pretenders, <i>Vector Arena</i>
Harry emerged in a tutu that blew like a Marilyn Monroe photoshoot every time she stood near the fan at the front.
Album Review: Michael Jackson <i>Michael</i>
Rating: 3.5/5. Verdict: King of Pop crown regains lustre, too late.
Concert Review: Auckland Choral, <i>Auckland Town Hall</i>
It was an introduction Uwe Grodd could not resist, before launching Auckland Choral's annual Messiah.
Concert Review: The Fall <i>Powerstation</i>
What: The Fall Where and when: Powerstation Reviewed by: Scott Kara
Book Review: The Brave
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.
Book Review: Parisians: An Adventure History Of Paris
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.
Book Review: The Marrowbone Marble Company
An enormously worthy and well-intentioned novel, strengthened by its ethical content, burdened by the very same ethical content.
TV Review: The Great American Roadtrip
Lean pickings on the telly leave Deborah Hill Cone fuming.
Book Review: The Night Bookmobile
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.
Movie Review: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Rating: 2.5/5. Verdict: Part III of bestselling trilogy leaves you wanting less.
Return to the frontline
Graham Reid reconsiders two classic and expanded albums from three decades ago.
Album Review: Jessica Mauboy <i>Get 'Em Girls</i>
Rating: 3/5. Verdict: Relentless party.
Movie Review: <i>The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3D</i>
Rating: 2/5. Verdict: A solid instalment of the Narnia chronicles that should keep its young fans happy.
Movie Review: <i>La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet</i>
Rating: 3/5. Verdict: Heaven for ballet lovers, but ballet lovers alone
Album Review: The Black Eyed Peas <i>The Beginning</i>
Rating: 2/5. Verdict: ... of the end? Well, not quite, but it sure is irritating.
Album Review: Truth <i>Puppets</i>
Rating: 4/5. Verdict: Local dubstep debut with heart and soul.
Movie Review: <i>A Prairie Home Companion</i>
Rating: 5/5. Verdict: Radio with pictures.
Movie Review: Easy A
Anyone who went to high school will remember the holy grail of cool - and that there's nothing less cool than trying to be.
Movie Review: Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
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.
Album Review: Kanye West <i>My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy</i>
Kanye West's latest album is something special.
Concert Review: Bon Jovi <i>Vector Arena</i>
Let's face it, if you're not singing along to Livin' On a Prayer when it's playing at a party you're letting the side down - go home.
Movie Review: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The third entry in this mildly beloved fantasy franchise benefits from being ocean-bound, but fails to offer much for the grown-ups.
Movie Review: The Eclipse
Don't like scary movies? The toast of the Tribeca Film Festival is much more atmospheric drama than ghost story, though the few wraiths who appear momentarily do make you jump.
Book Review: The Confession
John Grisham clearly felt deeply about this book - perhaps because he's recently become concerned about wrongful convictions, and the treatment of that theme here has a very passionate edge.
Album Review: The Black Eyed Peas <i>The Beginning</i>
In Black Eyed Peas land The Beginning comes after The END (released a mere year-and-a-half ago).