After her terrific war-themed Let England Shake of 2011, PJ Harvey is still contemplating the big, bad world and attempting to portray it in song.

This movies has a satirical take on life as a war correspondent and requires Fey to move through gears from serious to funny and absurd.

Any concern that Disney has messed with Rudyard Kipling's classic tale with this live action remake are dispelled just by the trailer.

But to the extent that Deschamps' film tells us anything about the food, it does so only in the style of a corporate video that seems close to a puff piece.

Today in NZ Herald Focus we are in New York for the crucial results in the crucial New York Primary. Queen Elizabeth, Britain’s longest running Monarch is celebrating her 90th birthday and does the biggest All Black fan live in Spain?

British comedy You're Back in the Room is set to get a Kiwi remake later this year. But based on the original, Calum Henderson wonders why we are bothering.

By the standards of present-day "Back-to-Baroquers", Mendelssohn was a musical meddler.

Listing racist remarks and restrictive stereotypes may seem simplistic at first, but this is mere preparation for some smart theatrics.

To celebrate its silver jubilee, Tim Bray Productions is bringing back favourite shows from its repertoire and The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch is first.

This third annual season of New Original Dance, showcases the choreographies of four nascent dance makers on a cast of five dancers.

Male choirs can have an advantage over their female counterparts when it comes to octaves, but women's voices in harmony have always had a unique appeal for composers.

A lack of tension and a cyclical plot does little to draw you into this lacklustre third outing, and leaves you wondering if you even care about the fate of Tris and her mates.

COMMENT: Everything about the story stank to high heaven: the dresses were purchased for her, and had a book value of less then $800.

COMMENT: Lightbox's new show The Path has got me thinking about life inside a cult. The main problem with being in a cult is that you're in a cult.

The technical accomplishment on show delivers something watchable that goes a long way towards compensating for an ending that's non-existent.

Unlike most Deftones albums, Gore kicks off not with a snotty ball of rage, but with a bit of a whimper.

There's a point early in Dark Souls III where an angry tree bashes you to death with a branch while firing murderous magic skulls at you in a poison swamp.

By general consensus, Barack Obama has authorised about 10 times as many drone attacks as his predecessor; the death toll from drone strikes is now higher than that of 9/11 and many of the dead have been innocent civilians, including women and children.

Fear the Walking Dead's second season premiere just jumped the zombie shark, writes Chris Schulz.

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Edo de Waart's second selection of masterworks on Saturday rewarded a well-filled town hall with music that strayed for only eight minutes from the Teutonic straight and narrow.

Fleetwood Mac's drummer one of the surprise guests for show at vintage suburban theatre ...

An all-star cast brings The Jungle Book reboot to life, but the new Mowgli is the standout.

Two attractive new releases feature Valencia, alongside Katherine Austin, mining the repertoire for cello and piano, both substantial and stocking-filler.

COMMENT: The Ranch wants to pull on your heartstrings but it also wants to insult you and stick its hand up your privates, writes Karl Puschmann.

There was plenty of noise in the studio during the recording of the Sacramento rockers' latest album.

Dating's cheating. Here are five reasons why Married at First Sight is better than The Bachelor.

From the reggae-rock punch of the title track to the closing caress of the lullaby-soul Dream, this is an album Smith is running on best instincts.

Slow down. Take a minute. Hit pause. Just chill. That's exactly what Quantum Break asks you to do. Frequently.

"We are comfortable with the direction we went" says The Walking Dead's executive producer after fans complain about season six's cliffhanger finale.