EntertainmentMovie review: Hector and the Search For HappinessThe title gives a good indication of what to expect from this. Hector and the Search for Happiness is the story of Hector (Pegg) leaving his sheltered life as a well-to-do psychiatrist to travel the world in search of the meaning of happiness.31 Oct 07:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: Decoding Annie ParkerThe "decoding" refers to the work done at UC Berkeley by renowned geneticist Mary-Claire King, whose accomplishments included developing genomic sequencing to identify the stolen children in Argentina's "dirty war".31 Oct 05:00 PM
OpinionChris SchulzChris Schulz: Oi, Foo Fighters, where's our Town Hall show?If you're a Foo Fighters fan, there are many good reasons to be very, very excited right about now.30 Oct 09:00 PM
EntertainmentConcert review: NZTrio, City Gallery WellingtonNZTrio play their final concert for the year at Q Theatre in Auckland on Sunday, and the opportunity of a Wellington preview proved irresistible.30 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: The Dead LandsThe Dead Lands might start in a graveyard, and it sure creates quite a body count along the way. But among all that death it also feels more like the birth of something.30 Oct 03:00 AM
EntertainmentMovie review: St VincentYou've seen this story before - a curmudgeon reluctantly takes a lost kid under his wing and reveals he's not such a bad guy after all. But with Bill Murray playing the curmudgeon it's a story worth watching again.30 Oct 02:30 AM
EntertainmentAlbum review: Taylor Swift, 1989A big part of Taylor Swift's enduring appeal is that she seems like a supposedly perfect being, all willowy, blonde, cookie-baking, and stage-dominating, and yet, she knows all about being sad, lonely, jealous, angry, and frustrated.29 Oct 09:00 PM
EntertainmentA slow journey to MKR finale"If these boring hippies make it past the first week, I'm not watching anymore," I shouted at my husband during the first episode of <i>My Kitchen Rules New Zealand</i>.29 Oct 06:19 PM
EntertainmentSunset Overdrive's arcade zombie thrillsYour hands are shaking, your mind is racing and it feels like your body is floating towards the ceiling.29 Oct 06:00 PM
OpinionJoanna HunkinJoanna Hunkin: Modern Day Hippies go all the way on MKR"If these boring hippies make it past the first week, I'm not watching anymore," I wrote.26 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: WhiplashWhiplash is a riveting, thrilling film that gets away with an ending that's perhaps just a little too clean, writes Russell Baillie.23 Oct 03:00 AM
EntertainmentMovie review: Love, RosieThis romantic comedy, based on Irish author Cecelia Ahern's novel <i>Where Rainbows End</i>, begins promisingly, writes Francesca Rudkin.23 Oct 01:00 AM
EntertainmentMovie review: FuryFury is a reminder that war movies should be a guilty pleasure. You shouldn't enjoy the carnage, but that's what movies were invented for.22 Oct 10:00 PM
EntertainmentEvil Within delivers devilish scaresWelcome to the world of <i>The Evil Within</i>, the new psychological-horror game from <i>Resident Evil</i>'s scare guru Shinji Mikami that doesn't hold back.22 Oct 05:00 PM
EntertainmentConcert review: NZSO, Auckland Town HallWhen the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra brought its Bold Worlds concert to town last year, the accent was on percussion.19 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: Get on upActor Chadwick Boseman "gets on up", and some, in this slick biography of "the Godfather of Soul", James Brown. Boseman won't be familiar to New Zealand audiences but his electrifying turn will put his name up in lights.17 Oct 02:30 AM
EntertainmentAlbum review: Chris Brown, XChris Brown's new album has taught me a valuable life lesson: never listen too closely to the lyrics of an R&B song. You will be grossed out.17 Oct 02:15 AM
EntertainmentAlbum review: Lenny Kravitz, StrutWith two new Prince albums, the reissue of two Hendrix albums (Cry of Love, Rainbow Bridge) and the next instalment of Hunger Games pending.17 Oct 01:45 AM
EntertainmentDance review: The Status of BeingThere is no complacent sitting back comfortably to watch Alexa Wilson's explosive and challenging choreography The Status of Being, made on the company's very new quintet of five impressive young dancers.17 Oct 01:15 AM
EntertainmentGame review: DriveclubThere's a grating irony about a game that's all about getting to the finish line quickly and cleanly having taken so long to actually make it into the shops, all banged-up on arrival.17 Oct 01:00 AM
EntertainmentAlbum review: Will Wood, Broken ManWill Wood defies any normal categorisation. The Aucklander grew up playing classical violin and piano, and singing in choirs, before he got stuck into the drums and guitar.16 Oct 11:45 PM
EntertainmentAlbum review: [shift], The TravellerNew Zealand band [shift]’s debut album <i>The Traveller</i> is one that you’ll want to turn the volume up for.16 Oct 10:15 PM
EntertainmentAlbum review: Flying Lotus, You're DeadAmong the many things you can accuse Flying Lotus of being, boring is not one of them.16 Oct 08:15 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: Two Gentlemen of VeronaThe Royal Shakespeare Company's project to stage all the plays over six years (the centrepiece of which will be the 400th anniversary, in 2016, of the playwright's death) continues with an energetic and good-natured production.16 Oct 05:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: PrideWhen British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher set about closing coal mines in 1984, it sparked a year-long strike by members of the National Union of Mineworkers, the memories of which still reverberate in the provinces.16 Oct 02:45 AM
EntertainmentDance review: Prime and Q&Q with A&APrime programme of 2014 with a distinct flavour.12 Oct 04:00 PM
OpinionConcert review: Justin Timberlake, Vector ArenaVector Arena was treated to some impressive southern hospitality last night, with Tennessee kid Justin Timberlake playing his first Auckland show of three.12 Oct 10:21 AM
EntertainmentMovie review: SiddharthCanadian-born director Mehta shows a keen eye for the mean streets of his ancestral homeland in this small, heartfelt story of a man's search for his missing son.10 Oct 06:00 PM
