Category Archives: Movies and Entertainment

Listening to Bill Bailey reel off his list of pets is beginning to get exhausting. “We have a few birds of all kinds of different hue, we have parrots and cockatoos and pigeons and starlings,” he is saying.

REVIEW: There doesn’t have to be big-name film stars in a horror movie to get me into the cinema, but unless the story otherwise promises a clever, innovative conceit (like the terrific horror parody The Cabin in the Woods) then the casting of actors I’ve rated highly in more general fare will get my hopes up.

REVIEW: You know what they say – you wait ages for a decent Kiwi film to come along, and then four arrive at once. With a handful more debuting in the New Zealand International Film Festival (some of which we may be lucky to see on wider release later), the industry looks to be in very rude health indeed.

You have reviewers saying Mutineers is your best album since 1998 multi-platinum seller White Ladder. Were you intimidated by your own success Unquestionably that is true but it’s a bit more complicated than that

Kanye West fans, rejoice: the self-proclaimed rap megastar is heading to New Zealand later this year. The 21-time Grammy Award winner, who is bringing his YEEZUS tour to Australia for a five-city run in September, was strongly rumoured to be adding a New Zealand concert date, an industry source told the Sunday Star Times.

Madonna thinks her daughter Lourdes has what it takes to be the next big star.