Movies

  Ever had one of those dreams where your running happily through a kaleidoscopically-colourful wonderland made of meringue-topped cupcakes, chocolate towers, fields of cherry-red lollipops and upside down ice cream cones? It feels wonderful doesn’t it? While you might eat broccoli and tofu in real life, here in Mr Sandman’s domain, Continue Reading

  We all need to feel like we belong somewhere. It’s an extricable part of the human experience, the burning imperative to not just simply survive but to feel like there is a place where we are valued, loved and where we can rest and recuperate from the vicissitudes of life. But Continue Reading

  SNAPSHOT The story centers on a fearless and curious child prodigy (Mackenzie Foy) who lives with her equally academically talented yet overachieving mother (Rachel McAdams). After moving into a new neighborhood, the girl meets her next door neighbor “The Aviator” (Jeff Bridges), an old yet eccentric and mischievous man. Continue Reading

  This is pure genius! Some very clever people in the marketing department of Disney New Zealand have combined the current Marvel juggernaut Avengers: Age of Ultron with its upcoming Pixar blockbuster Inside Out to create the trailer to end all trailers. OK that might be going a tad overboard but Continue Reading

  Life is a thousand shades of muted beige for the titular lost soul of director David Zellner’s deftly-crafted idiosyncratic search for meaning Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter. Trapped in a dead end job working as an Office Lady, well past the age of 25 when most of these women either marry Continue Reading

  SNAPSHOT The Visit is written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, The Village), which he also produced with Blumhouse Productions (Paranormal Activity, Insidious, The Purge, Sinister). The film employs a found footage style of storytelling to follow a brother and sister (Ed Oxenbould, Olivia Continue Reading