In Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials the fight for survival now takes place among demolished cities and desert landscapes.

Even those familiar with the famous July Plot of 1944, in which a group of German officers led by Claus von Stauffenberg tried to kill Hitler, may not be aware that it was the last of more than a dozen planned or attempted assassinations.

The Monster of Mangatiti proves you can still work within the docu-drama genre to give the story the respect it deserves, and create devastatingly stunning imagery.

Imagine Dragons love New Zealand so much, they shot their latest music video here. Rachel Bache checks out the Las Vegas group's Auckland show.

Simone Young and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra returns with a monumental Bruckner Eighth Symphony.

HBO's Show Me A Hero makes gripping TV of council meetings and housing shortages, writes Karl Puschmann.

Well in the battle of the Rugby World Cup songs, clearly we've already won, writes Russell Baillie about Sol3 Mio's Rugby World Cup song.

If you're looking for blood, you've come to the right place. Until Dawn splashes the thick red stuff across walls and has it clotting on floorboards.

Louder, straighter, more pummelling, more forceful - that's the direction British rockers Foals have taken on their fourth album.

Because this is a film about the darkest days in New Zealand's long-time connection to the highest peak on the planet, it was always going to resonate here differently than in many parts of the world.

Show's aims unclear as it makes enviable return to NZ screens.

Even if you're not a horror fan, you've probably seen a Wes Craven film. Dominic Corry picks his five favourite films from the Scream director.

There was a sense of celebration, marred only by the thudding beats of revivalist worship downstairs. A well-filled Town Hall Concert Chamber hosted an audience keen to welcome home some distinguished young Auckland musicians.

Calum Henderson previews some of the strange new shows screening on Sky TV's new channel, TLC.

Meryl Streep's rock'n'roll dysfunctional family drama makes Mamma Mia look authentic.

Glenfield's most famous export is funny and warm in her show that takes her around the world to talk to the locals about matters of style and beauty,

The man with the octopus dreadlocks is becoming a ubiquitous voice across pop, hip-hop and R&B, the go-to guy for sweet hooks on depressing sex jams.

Delaney Davidson is known for blues and country songs tinged with pathos, a wizened understanding of the human condition and a touch of humour.

The film version of a well-regarded stage play, which was itself based on a true story, was always going to be at high risk of being a weepie of cloying sentimentality.

Leaving the theatre after watching this documentary about Carl Boenish, father of the base-jumping movement, I couldn't help but think how far skydivers have pushed the sport.

The zombie drama, which follows some of the last surviving humans in an undead-ravaged America, is by most counts the highest rating cable series of all time.

Can The Walking Dead spin-off capitalise on the zombie franchise's huge success? Chris Schulz checks out the first episode of Fear the Walking Dead, starring our own Cliff Curtis.

By giving physical embodiment to recorded interviews, verbatim theatre creates a remarkably powerful form of communication that is far more intimate than video.

Auckland Museum's auditorium might have been on the European concert circuit this month, hosting two top-notch pianists just weeks apart.

It's a bold call to make murder victim the cruel and deserving villain, but it works, writes Duncan Greive.

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's Thursday concert had enough joie de vivre for a lifetime of Bastille Day celebrations, writes William Dart.

In the summer of 2012, Call Me Maybe exploded across radio, launching talent agent Scooter Braun's latest project Carly Rae Jepsen into the limelight.