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Review: Singin' In The Rain at the Civic

Duo shine in bard's comedy

The second instalment of a two-parter, this play proposes a solution to the mystery of what happened to the play that matched Love's Labour's Lost by assuming it was (and then delivering) Much Ado About Nothing.

Comedy review: Wash Your Mouth Out

I have never been a big fan of comedians who resort to crude, shock humour, riddled with curse words that would make a sailor proud. So it was refreshing to get along to Wash Your Mouth Out, at Vault at the Q Theatre, in Auckland.

Chang a feast for the eyes but not ears

From the start, Sarah Chang seemed to project impatience rather than impetuosity, writes William Dart.

The Gunman is not a hit, man

One of the later sequences in this heavily armed action flick takes place in a bullfighting ring. Yes, we're now in Spain. No kidding.

Full House reunion? No!

There's no use crying about TV remakes ruining the past, writes Karl Puschmann. You're much better off crying about them ruining the future.

Paint by numbers film a fail

The wonderful choristers of the American Boychoir School (is "boychoir" even a word?) in Princeton, New Jersey, are the heart and soul of this production. But all the star power at the top of the bill cannot save a sentimental paint-by-numbers film.

Alone in the spotlight

One of New Zealand's most talented clowns makes magic out of nothing, alone in his spotlight, tights and singlet, Janet McAllister writes.

Evil Within's DLC a hell of a scare

It was a scream that startled the neighbours. I'd been fumbling around a blackened basement looking for the power switch when something grabbed my ankle. It didn't have any legs. And it was trying to eat me.

Game review: Ride doesn't reinvent the wheel

Motorbike title Ride hasn't exactly reinvented the wheel. All it's really done is removed two.

Game review: Mortal Kombat X

Almost a quarter-century of Mortal Kombat has brought us to this, the Xth edition of a series heavy on the blood and liberal with the letter K.

Movie review: Leviathan

For Russian writer-director Zvyagintsev, whose 2003 debut The Return deeply impressed, this is feature number four, though only his second to be seen here outside festivals.

Movie review: Testament Of Youth

Review: Don McGlashan, Lucky Stars

This is McGlashan's third solo album and though the previous two had plenty of terrific songs, they had a grab-bag kind of feel about them.

Avengers II not as much fun

Age of Ultron feels less of an event than the first film, just a reasonably exciting instalment in Marvel's ongoing mega-franchise.

Latta better than Mythbusters

Psychologist Nigel Latta is on a quest to find out ‘how stuff happens,’ writes Alex Casey.

SJD makes fans dance until their legs hurt

Movie review: The Age of Adaline

After a difficult start with the comings and goings of numerous directors and stars, including Katherine Heigl and Natalie Portman, this epic romantic drama about a woman who remains aged 29 for almost eight decades finally sees the light of day.