I am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story plays like an extended promo, washed with a score of elevator-music strings, and composed of so many talking-head snatches that it often feels like a trailer for itself.

The future of television, we've been hearing for ages now, is online.

STEVE BRAUNIAS' THE BLOCK FINALE REVIEW: Cat and Jeremy, not Brooke and Mitch, deserved to win - they are a true reflection of New Zealand.

Tools down. This week The Block NZ: Villa Wars marked the end of the build, the final bang of the hammer, the last creak of Cat's croak.

Dominic Corry looks at five films based on survival at sea.

Despite a shaky start and dubious encores, Lucinda Williams' Auckland show proved something special.

Father John Misty's impassioned, whole-hearted, and hilarious performance at the St James on Thursday night was one of the best shows of 2015.

A seemingly innocent quiz brought up memories of TV3's darkest chapter last night, writes Steve Braunias.

The last time Shellac played in Auckland it was at the beautiful Mandalay ballroom in Newmarket in March 2001. Sadly the venue is long gone, but the memory of Shellac's angular attack has been etched permanently in the recesses of my rock'n'roll mind.

More vileness from Brooke on The Block NZ: Villa Wars last night.

Twenty-one years ago, one of New Zealand television's most iconic moments happened in Wainuiomata. A new show is heading back there.

Two couples were disqualified from the room reveal on The Block. But is it time to start feeling sorry for them? No, says Steve Braunias.

TimeOut's album reviews for new music in November 2015.

Over the course of his long career, David Beckham was often characterised as kind of a dimwit. He's certainly no mug, his new TV shows.

TVNZ didn't like it but Late Night Big Breakfast has found a new home for its second season. Duncan Greive checks out the makings of a comedy hit.

This spectacular cirque cabaret, starring the stylish acrobats of The Dust Palace, imagines The Odyssey as Star Trek.

Somehow, this next generation Rocky spin-off delivers a fresh, exciting boxing drama all its own.

Mental health warning: The Block will make you hear voices in your head, writes Steve Braunias.

The eight-year-old me would hate the 33-year-old me right now. I just killed Luke Skywalker and about an hour ago I shot down the Millennium Falcon. And it felt so good.

You don't have to like cycling to find yourself leaning into the corners on The Program.

Ernest Rutherford started a chain reaction that has changed the world. It has powered millions, killed a few hundred thousand and provides the background for two of the year's best shows, writes +Plus screen critic Paul Casserly

There's more bad news ahead for the sisters on The Block - but what is the cause of this fresh devastation? Steve Braunias continues his Block-watching marathon.

In an ideal world, for premium enjoyment you'd see Perth psychedelic rockers Tame Impala in the wild and free surrounds of a crazy outdoor festival like Splore.

Sarah and Minanne are the unluckiest pair on The Block. But for one brief moment in time their luck turned, writes Steve Braunias.

Contestants Brooke and Mitch stand for everything mean and rotten about life in New Zealand, writes Steve Braunias.

Yes, you wait decades for a female superhero to headline their own series and two come along at once.