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17 March 2010
Film & T.V.
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Happy and effective
Happy as Larry, TSB Arena, reviewed by Deirdre Tarrant THIS high-action,…
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Surreal and spontaneous
Connan Mockasin, San Francisco Bathhouse, reviewed by Janina Nicoll CONNAN…
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Theatre
Mostly good
NZ International Arts Festival Theatre, by Lynn Freeman THE Arrival…
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Suitable for adults
Hicksville, by Dylan Horrocks, Victoria University Press, reviewed by Martin…
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The handball goal
17 March 2010
I’M not sure why Ricki Herbert and the Phoenix got so upset after Chris Payne’s…
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I was unsure about whether I would go hear Audrey Niffenegger, author of The…
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On sportsmanship
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All good in Wellywood
IT’S official. We must be the Hollywood of the South Pacific because Wellington International Airport will erect a 28m long Wellywood sign to celebrate the capital city’s film industry. At least seven film-related companies are based on the Miramar peninsula.… Continue
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Balibo banned
POLITICAL thriller BALIBO is banned in East Timor but doing well on the black market there, says film director Robert Connolly. “Even though I’m making no profit, I’m pretty happy about it,” he says. The controversial film tells the story of five journalists… Continue
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The perfect catch
“HE’LL make you wet your pants,” said someone at the Film Archive when Capital Times organised an interview with Kiwi filmmaker Florian Habicht. He didn’t succeed, however snippets from his documentary Land of the Long White Cloud elicited laughter as well as… Continue
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Fans run off with pieces of Bones
A band set list is to a music-lover what a street sign is to a movie buff. An Irish architect was spotted walking down Kent Terrace with a large street sign from The Lovely Bones New Zealand premiere this week. Michael Landy, 22, and many other red carpet revellers… Continue
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Lovely computers
As Wellington prepares for the New Zealand premier of Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones, Capital Times talks to Weta Digital’s James Ogle about geekiness and ghosts. THERE are benefits to being a geek. Just ask James Ogle, who works in the digital models… Continue
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Twilight fever
A blood-related disease is spreading through Johnsonville Medical Centre. At least five nurses and two receptionists there have Twilight fever. They’ve read Stephanie Meyer’s vampire series multiple times, watched the first film in the saga, Twilight, and all… Continue
Columns
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This should not be a movie
WHERE the Wild Things Are is a children’s picture book by New Yorker Maurice Sendak. It tells the sobering story of an angry brat called Max who goes on a trip to an island of demented Wild Things, before making his peace with the world again. Although… Continue
Reviews
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Remembering 9/11
At the movies with Dan Slevin STARS are important. Despite their supposedly waning influence on box office (Avatar managed perfectly well without a marquee name and Bruce Willis hasn’t carried a film in years) the charisma of a leading man is still a key… Continue
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Just as good in 2D
At the movies with Robyn Gallagher TIM Burton’s Alice in Wonderland follows on from Lewis Carroll’s original stories. Now Alice (Mia Wasikowska) is 19, trying to get away from a drippy wannabe fiancé, and all the while haunted by a curious recurring… Continue
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Essential viewing
At the movies with Dan Slevin IN October 1975, the obscure little Portuguese colony of East Timor was given independence after 400 years of European rule. A mixed Melanesian/Polynesian population was sitting on rich mineral and fossil fuel potential and… Continue
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Shutter speed
At the movies with Dan Slevin THERE’S something very odd about the opening scenes in Shutter Island and it takes the entire film for you to put your finger on it. Shots don’t match between cuts, there’s a stilted quality to the dialogue (too much exposition… Continue
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Movie kissers
At the movies with Dan Slevin and Robyn Gallagher THE French Film Festival is underway at the Embassy. Despite the organiser’s generous offers of previews, my other commitments (performing The Immortals during the Fringe Festival) have restricted me… Continue
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Precious picture
At the movies with Dan Slevin AFTER watching so many films so similar in content and construction that they are hard to tell apart, it is a real pleasure to come across something that contains no familiar faces, has a director whose name is unknown (to me… Continue
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Eastwood victory
At the movies with Dan Slevin BEFORE Jerry Dammers and The Special AKA wrote that song about him in 1983, I didn’t know who Nelson Mandela was. When I bought the record and read the story on the back I was horrified – 23 years as a political prisoner,… Continue
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Freak show
THE first thing you need to know about It’s Complicated is that it isn’t very complicated at all. The plot, the characters, the gags (dear God, especially the gags) are all perfectly comprehensible – even to those of us with only modest intellectual faculties.… Continue
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The fantastic and the yuck
At the movies with Dan Slevin WHAT a lovely summer we’ve been having – for watching movies. While the Avatar juggernaut rolls inexorably on there have been plenty of other options for a dedicated seeker of shelter from the storm. Released at any other… Continue
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The must-see movies of 2010
At the movies with Dan Slevin WELCOME to the 2010 “cut out and keep” guide to video renting (or downloading or however you consume your home entertainment these days). I suggest you clip this article, fold it up, stick it in your wallet or purse and refer… Continue
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Whoah Avatar
THE two most common questions I have been asked this week: “Have you seen Avatar?” and “Is it any good?” Thanks to the helpful people at Readings I can say “Yes” to the first one and thanks to James Cameron I can say “Whoah” to the second. Like many Wellingtonians,… Continue
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Mountain high
AS the recent fuss over The Vintner’s Luck demonstrated, filmmakers adapting beloved New Zealand books open themselves up to all sorts of potential criticism, so when Jonathan King and Matthew Grainger announced that their next project was going to be a version… Continue
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Solidly funny
At the movies with Dan Slevin. THIS past week may have been the most consistently satisfying week of cinema-going since I started this journey with you back in 2006: seven very different films, all with something to offer. And no turkeys this week, so I’ll… Continue
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Like a fine novel
At the movies with Dan Slevin WE’RE born alone and we die alone and in between nothing goes according to plan and the people around us are mostly unreliable and occasionally malevolent. Meanwhile, God either doesn’t exist or is indifferent to our suffering.… Continue
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