As a spoof or spy movie, you have to say this about Keeping up with the Joneses - it sure can't keep up with those Smiths.

Soprano's star status guarantees local release.

TJ McNamara finds an exhibition which breaks the mould of an artist's former works

If Shideh wasn't already feeling demonised enough. She's a liberal-minded woman living in Tehran during the final years of the 1980s Iraq-Iran war.

British actor Guy Masterson shows why he is a master of solo performances.

Opera double-bill is a refreshing reminder of the art form's rich potential.

Usually, I prefer the offensive type of comic but McIntyre performed a fairly wholesome set at no one's expense and with just as many laughs.

The second Jack Reacher film fails to measure up to just about everything.

Ouija: Origin of Evil is a familiar story but Flanagan throws in just enough creepy and witty twists to keep you interested in how it turns out.

Creative excellence and exquisite performances close this year's Tempo Dance Festival.

Does Priscilla, Queen of the Desert still wear the crown?

The death of Janet Moses is a sad, difficult story, however the crime docu-drama Belief tells it with poise and clarity.

Rodney Bell's Meremere is a beautifully crafted hour of beguiling story-telling through dance.

The eight expert players of the London Conchord Ensemble delivered a high-minded Friday night variety concert.

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's Aotea Centre recital was a courageous undertaking for the 72-year-old soprano. It was an evening of some entrancement.

Billy Elliot, a story of triumph over adversity.

Director Janice Finn has assembled a dream cast for The Pink Hammer, including The Real Housewives of Auckland star Louise Wallace.

Freeing the Memory is one of the large standout images on display at Artweek.

As the 2014 Oscar-nominated anthology Wild Tales showed, Argentinean cinema does like its black comedies.

It's ten years since Tom Hanks first played the dull but exceedingly well-read Robert Langdon in The Da Vinci Code, and seven since he did another lap of art-history orienteering in Angels and Demons.

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra delivers an evening with a mood of celebration.

Beautiful and thought-provoking show is exquisitely staged and marvellously theatrical.

If a guy orders a tall pint of milk on the first date it's probably not a good sign.

George Bernard Shaw was sometimes sceptical of composers' motives in writing requiems.

VOU Dance Fiji invokes traditional ceremony and ritual.

NZSO describes its annual Bold Worlds: New Frontiers concert as an exploration of contemporary international repertoire and its connections.

It's not difficult to get swept up and away by Great Fire of London musical.

Papakura's Sir Edmund Hillary Library promises a great free day out at the end of the Southern line.

A great English composer is farewelled with poetry and politics.

Newcomers fill gallery with video, words and illusion.