A big budget new game promises to subvert horror cliches - and involve players at every turn. Chris Schulz delves into Until Dawn's troubled world.

Oklahoma-born rock 'n' roller JD McPherson is heading to New Zealand for the first time in celebration of his acclaimed release Let The Good Times Roll.

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 thing I find about dear Lana Del Rey, is she always confuses the heck out of me.

Lydia Jenkin talks to cabaret singer Camille O'Sullivan about career change, rock influences and expressing herself .

Kicking back in a sleepy English town with no one around and nothing to do sounds like a terrible way to spend your time.

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.

Coming to a paddock near you ...

Psychedelic rock institution The Flaming Lips are headlining a major new summer music festival. Frontman Wayne Coyne talks about the band's long strange trip and the Miley Cyrus connection to Russell Baillie.

He's become a real glutton for punishment has Jake Gyllenhaal; whether it's the pounds he dropped for Nightcrawler, the muscle he packed on for this, or the cold he endured to play Scott Fischer in the forthcoming Everest.

The title sequence of this reboot of 1983's National Lampoon's Vacation includes holiday snapshots of butt cracks, animals humping and peeing, vomiting and an erection.

The Flaming Lips is but one of 20 acts coming to the McLaren Valley Music and Arts Festival, a new event to run at a venue nestled below the Bay of Plenty's Kaimai Ranges in mid-January.

The perfect spot for a feed and a few drinks before kicking along to other K Rd haunts.

Director and screenwriter Peter Bogdanovich has often looked to the past for inspiration; this time he revives the screwball comedy genre he enjoyed success with in the early 70s.

Wordless as it is, this debut feature by a Ukrainian filmmaker makes no allowances for its audience's need for dialogue, expository or otherwise.

Fans of Parks and Recreation, get excited. Ron Swanson and his evil sex-crazed ex-wife Tammy are coming to New Zealand.

The top 20 nominees for this year's prestigious Apra Silver Scroll award have been whittled down to the top five by the 10,000-strong New Zealand Apra membership, and announced this morning.

Cirque du Soleil returns to New Zealand next year with its iconic show, Quidam, last seen on our shores in 2005.

So here we have a British director reviving an American Cold War show that was the small-screen answer to Bond.

Cliff Curtis' lead role in the Walking Dead prequel is a departure from his other American television parts. He explains why to Dominic Corry.

Young singing sensation Thomston was given a year by his parents to make his mark in music or go to university. Today, he is making an impact globally with his own brand of pop-R&B-alt-electronic, writes Lydia Jenkin.

Nostalgia ain't what it used to be. But sometimes, if you've stayed home on a chilly Tuesday night, it's just what you feel like.

With Cats returning to Auckland, Eli Orzessek takes a wander down memory lane and talks to one of the stars of the show.

Veteran actor Michael Caton talks to Russell Baillie about his new movie which takes the road less travelled.

He has played everything from a gawky teen to a gay cowboy. Now, Jake Gyllenhaal has turned himself into a bulked-up boxer. He spars with Elaine Lipworth.

The year's first major Star Wars release isn't in theatres - it's on consoles. Chris Schulz meets one of the men behind Disney Infinity, the franchise that's embracing Luke and Leia for the first time.