One of the most inglorious days in All Blacks history is set to be relived on the big screen. Guinness – brewer of the official beer of the Irish Rugby Football Union – has commissioned a short clip immortalising the plucky club side’s historic 12-0 win over the All Blacks during the side’s 1978 tour of the UK, the only time any Irish team – including the national side – has beaten the All Blacks in 109 years of competition between the two nations.
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INXS biopic tells an all-too familiar story
He was, at the end of the day, a charismatic narcissist with a Jim Morrison complex. Arms spread wide like Jesus, leather pants painted on, a second-hand Jagger swagger and, according to one girlfriend, “the Taj Mahal of crotches.” Talent, too, of course
Review: The 100-year-old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
REVIEW: Seriously What movie exec would approve so long-winded a film title Well, in this case, it’s justified. This is the wholly fitting cinematic rendering of the best-selling and multi-translated Swedish novel of the same name (don’t make me repeat it) by Jonas Jonasson.
Review: Postman Pat: The Movie
REVIEW: An unavoidable clash with a vital Warriors rugby league match saw reviewing duties for this full-length reimagining of the children’s classic deputed to a 4-year-old and his 68-year-old grandmother.
Making the Sound of Music hum
The Sound of Music is among the best-known musicals of all time – and will be in New Zealand with a cast of Kiwi kids next month. Michelle Duff gets the jump on what we can expect here, at the Singapore premiere.
The directors who refuse to say cut
Visiting a retired Frank Capra at his Sierra Nevada hideaway, Clint Eastwood was baffled.
Upper Middle Bogan shines
REVIEW: Bess Denyar (Annie Maynard) is a hypochondriac with a really bad case of reflux. Her work-from-home architect husband, Danny (Patrick Brammall), is a horny bugger, constantly trying to jump her, even with the kids in the next room
David Duchovny and Tea Leoni split – again
On-again, off-again Hollywood couple David Duchovny and Tea Leoni have divorced.
Victoria Beckham pares wardrobe
Victoria Beckham is selling 600 items from her wardrobe to support an HIV charity.
Is it possible to have too much Kardashian?
When Kim Kardashian prints a 352-page book of selfies will she suffer the same fate as Narcissus: a self love so great it became his downfall The buxom reality-TV star has announced the concept for a book, aptly titled Selfish. Kardashian, 33, dominates social media channels such as Instagram, where her 17 million followers are given a behind-the-scenes look into her