Movie Review: <I>Diary of a Wimpy Kid</i>
Rating: 3/5 Verdict: Tries too hard to impress, but a solid start to the series
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Album Review: Surf City <i>Kudos</i>
Rating: 3/5 Verdict: The sound of 80s NZ rock today
Album Review: Shihad <i>Ignite</i>
Rating: 4/5 Verdict: Eight albums in, still firing on all cylinders
Theatre Review: Biography of my Skin, <i>Auckland Concert Chamber Town Hall</i>
For those who haven't seen this play, it would be easy to think: actors, eh, gawd what a narcissistic bunch, touring a performance autobiography.
Concert Review: Metallica <i>Canterbury Arena</i>
Last night in Christchurch, Metallica got back to being hard, fast, and heavy.
Movie Review: Despicable Me
Having suffered through the gore of Piranha 3D I thought I was immune to anything these new-fangled goggles-required flicks could throw my way.
Album Review: John Mellencamp <i>No Better Than This</i>
The country rocker teams up again with producer T. Bone Burnett on a beautifully laid-back and yet gritty set about life, love, and, on the meandering banjo-driven Easter Eve, fighting.
Album Review: Ray LaMontagne & Pariah Dogs <i>God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise</i>
On his fourth album, the formerly shy beardy soul-folk guy LaMontagne steps out in front of a band for a set that starts out lively and ends on high.
Movie Review: I'm Still Here
Joaquin Phoenix really let it all go when he gave up acting.
Album Review: Various <i>Ninja Tune X</i>
This collection - in its many different forms, from six-CD and six seven-inch vinyl box set to double-CD sets - documents 20 years of influential and twisted music from Brit electronica/hip-hop label Ninja Tune.
Book Review: Atlantic
Reviewers are, I suppose, expected to be dispassionate but I admit to being an enthusiastic fan of Simon Winchester. I have never read a book of his that was not thoroughly rewarding and this latest, from a prolific production line, is one of the best.
Movie Review: <i>The Sorcerer's Apprentice</i>
Rating: 3/5 Verdict: Another slick, overblown Jerry Bruckheimer production
Movie Review: <i>Animal Kingdom</i>
Animal Kingdom arrives at at time when even audiences on this side of the Tasman might be suffering Aussie underworld fatigue in our entertainment diet. Crikey even that Chopper guy's on tour here again.
Movie Review: <i>Mother and Child</i>
Rating: 2/5 Verdict: Self-indulgent and self-absorbed
Album Review: Robert Plant <i>Band of Joy</i>
Rating: 4/5 Verdict: After the Grammy-winning Raising Sand, former Zepp-frontman Plant returns with darkness and light
Album Review: Grinderman <i>Grinderman 2</i>
Rating: 3/5 Verdict: The un-Seeded Nick Cave rocks hard once more.
Book Review: Dear Charles Dear Janet - Frame And Brasch In Correspondence
The letters between the two start with a "Dear Miss Frame" in March 1954, soliciting a particular poem for Landfall and any other work, poetry or prose. Her reply
Album Review: William Orbit <i>Pieces In A Modern Style 2</i>
Rating: 4/5 Verdict: Penetrating background music
TV Review: Rivers
Sarah Lang finds Rivers has the makings of a hit show - if only it wasn't a touch dull.
Album Review: Mary Gauthier <i>The Foundling</i>
Rating: 3/5 Verdict: Sombre theme, but not entirely depressing.
Album Review: Anywhere On This Road
Rating: 4/5 Verdict: Worthwhile grouping of tunes from the wider world and even NZ