Revive at Revive

Eating well as a student on limited budget can be hard, but it has become easier with the launch of a second store in the Revive chain of vegetarian restaurants in Auckland.
Hot on the heels of a flagship restaurant opened on Fort Street in 2005, Revive owners Jeremy & Verity Dixon have opened a second [...]

Max Payne is Max Fail

This film lacks everything that made the games great.

Review: Novel About My Wife by Emily Perkins

It’s hard not to be jealous of Emily Perkins. She’s funny, pretty, and her first book, Not Her Real Name, was published in 1996 to ecstatic acclaim when she was just 26. Since then she’s hosted The Book Show on TV1 in various obscure timeslots and published two more books, as well as contributing to several literary anthologies and reviews.
Apart from [...]

Salsa night at the Kingslander

Suffering a case of the mid-week blues, I head over to the Kingslander to boogie the night away at one of their famous salsa nights.

For $5 you get to take part in an hour-long, gyration-filled class. I do not lie – there are actually a few gyrating moves in there.
The class was pretty full and everyone was [...]

Review: Kings of Leon, Only by the Night

While America missed the beat with the Kings of Leon’s new album the rest of the world is catching on to the seductive tones of Only by the Night.
The label’s pick for their first single – Sex On Fire – brings the band into well-known thematic territory and it works. But, surprisingly for this typically [...]

Tiger Woods PGA Tour ‘09

The name Tiger Woods conjures up many images and words. Words such as awesome, amazing, one of a kind, the best, number one. It brings up images of a long 20m putt only Tiger can do. Or a 300m drive-in-one. Now you can indulge your inner golfer in Tiger Woods PGA Tour ‘09 for all major consoles.
I [...]

These ladies aren’t looking for Mr Big, they are Mr Big

Lipstick Jungle is the next TV show attempting to satisfy my Sex and the City cravings.
Just another show about some fashionable friends living it up in New York, you ask? Well, yes, but after watching the first season, I have to admit it’s done very well at filling the SATC void in a way Cashmere [...]

Smith: some alcohol with your tea?

A glamorous cross between Shanghai Lil’s and the Musket Room, Britomart’s Smith bar combines cool, casual and kitsch into a style its slightly less hip neighbours on the waterfront will envy.
From the cane thrones surrounded by palms in the 70s splendour of the courtyard to the gilt mirrors, mounted deer heads and brocaded chaise lounges of the [...]

The Counterfeiters – a true story of surviving a concentration camp

The Counterfeiters, a true story of surviving a Nazi concentration camp, captivates the audience from start to finish. Even those normally distracted by subtitles will enjoy this year’s Foreign Language Film Oscar-winner, which holds its own through compelling character synergy and acting.
Main character Salomon Sorowitsch is a Jewish-Russian master counterfeiter, whose adaptability ensures his survival. [...]

Get on the Internet and get giving

If, like me, you are in the midst of the 21st birthday season feeling horribly guilty over the obligation to buy everyone a present that’s not going to sabotage this week’s rent payment, look no further. The grand invention of the Internet and the brilliant website www.redballoondays.co.nz will solve all your problems.
This little gem [...]