Archive for the 'Film' Category

March 08 2010

January 27 2010

Get Ready for Some Soul

posted by Steven Shaw at 1:46 pm

StillBill

Still Bill, screening one night only in both Auckland and Wellington

Prepare to get on up and get down with your bad self this February. Not only is the first NZ Soul Alldayer on in Auckland, there are screenings of a great new Bill Withers documentary called Still Bill scheduled for both Wellington and Auckland…

December 16 2009

Avatar

posted by Steven Shaw at 4:01 pm

Avatar

Avatar, written and directed by James Cameron, starring Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Zoe Saldana

James Cameron’s Avatar has been hyped for years now and heralded as the next big thing in movie making. And with good reason; visually this 3D epic is pretty damn mind-blowing…

September 04 2009

New Zealand may like to keep its celebrations on the down-lo compared to the Australians, but after covering the Logies the folk at Throng.co.nz were keen to dish up a bit of showbiz awards hype here.

August 19 2009

District 9

posted by Steven Shaw at 11:04 am

District 9

District 9 Directed by Neill Blomkamp, starring Sharlto Copley, Rating R16 contains violence and offensive language

District 9 is a perfect science fiction movie, because it uses an out-there premise to tell a basic story.

It’s set in Johannesburg, where decades ago aliens — known to humans as ‘Prawns’ — arrived in a huge mother ship. They are living in squalid conditions in refugee camps, with no way to get home or even just back up to the mother ship…