Creepy and strange goings-on in new mystery/thriller series keep the cliffhangers coming for Karl Puschmann.

Here's a recent headline from the New York Post: "A$AP Rocky had three acid-fuelled orgies at SXSW."

Ever since Jerry Maguire showed him the money, Cameron Crowe has had a hard time making movies that stick.

Can the Entourage movie rise above being mere fan service? Or does it risk becoming another Sex and the City 2? Chris Schulz finds out.

As the cast go about their work it is clear that Hamlet is in the hands of seasoned professionals deeply committed to their craft and passionate in their engagement with Shakespeare’s language.

Once you know the story about Unknown Mortal Orchestra frontman Ruban Nielson's experience with polyamory while this album was in creation, it's hard to forget.

A small war in the contested Black Sea state of Abkhazia is the backdrop to this gripping and focused chamber piece, which made the final five in the best foreign film category at this year's Oscars.

Australian electronic duo Hermitude mix synth keys, deep bass and drums to create the sound of their fifth studio album, Dark Night Sweet Light.

Five Game of Thrones fans share their thoughts on season five's eighth episode, Hardhome.

Death and the Maiden steers away from specific political considerations and takes on the more difficult issue of how to respond to the dehumanising effects of sanctioned cruelty.

There are many different forms of Enlightenment and in the hands of award-winning British playwright Shelagh Stephenson it becomes a cool, sophisticated piece of theatre.

William dart writes: Director Lindy Hume described Rossini as a genius who didn't muck around. Nor has she with her vivid take on his 1817 fairytale La Cenerentola.

Westside arrived on our screens, not just offering a promising start to this six-part encore to Outrageous Fortune, but yet more evidence of global warming.

Silicon Valley is the Apple of comedy. A show that's so smart, even dummies like me can get into it, writes Karl Puschmann.

The final half hour of this daily current affairs show rose above its remit to become an event, writes Karl Puschmann.

There's nothing to make you yearn for the good ol' days of music quite like a 19-piece jazz orchestra.

Four Game of Thrones fans share their thoughts on season five's seventh episode, The Gift.

This doco, made and heavily branded by the V&A, is likely to be as close as fans here will get to it without an airfare.

Poltergeist 2015 is a faithful tribute, produced with an eye to introducing the Steven Spielberg-produced original - and the phrase "they're here" - to a new audience.

It's worth being reminded, by this semi-fictionalised oral history, how unbelievably insolent and sordid "Underwatergate" was.

She's So Rad are a duo with wonderful musicality.

Five Game of Thrones fanatics - Russell Baillie, Karl Puschmann, Cameron McMillan, Chris Schulz and Robert Smith - share their thoughts on season five's sixth episode, Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken.

Beau Monga is buzzy about a lot of things. He also thinks Willy Moon and Natalia Kills are good people: "We're all humans, we all make mistakes."

X Factor NZ put us out of our misery, crowning the talented but appallingly coached beatboxing singer Beau Monga its second and likely final winner.

Some strange decisions are being made at our biggest TV networks, and Paul Casserly isn't happy with them.

Like the many, ingenious vehicles it has roaring and exploding across the screen, Mad Max: Fury Road is a giant scrapyard jalopy, says Herald entertainment editor Russell Ballie.