MOVIE REVIEW BY JACK WATSON
Roofman
Director: Derek Cianfrance
Starring: Channing Tatum, Kirsten Dunst, LaKeith Stanfield and Peter Dinklage
Genre: Crime-comedy
Rating: 3.5 stars
Enjoy the Toys “R” Us shenanigans and appreciate...
Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast
This regular and ongoing podcast series is described as the ultimate guide to travel, adventure, and the outdoors...
YouTube
The Charismatic Voice
This popular music-themed YouTube channel has 2.2 million subscribers for good reason. Host Elizabeth Zharoff is an opera singer and vocal expert...
OMNIBIRD: THE AVIAN INVESTIGATOR’S HANDBOOK, RRP, $45.
This picture book by author Giselle Clarkson is a highly illustrated, playful field guide to common international birds....
THE PREDICAMENT, RRP $38.
Author William Boyd’s new novel centres on the fictional character Gabriel Dax, a travel writer and accidental spy, who’s found himself...
Cambridge Five: The Spy Scandal That Broke M16
This podcast series from Wondery tells the story of five members of the British establishment who betrayed...
Comedy sequel exceeds expectations
MOVIE REVIEW BY JACK WATSON
The Bad Guys 2
Director: Pierre Perifel
Starring: Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Awkwafina, and Craig Robinson
Genre: Action comedy
Rating: 2.5 stars
Although the first film was a relatively...
THE VANISHING PLACE, RRP $38.
On the remote West Coast of the South Island, vast forests stretch out between mountain ranges and rugged beaches. There,...
Netflix
American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson
This riveting four-episode series explores the killing of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman in Los Angeles in 1994 and...
ALBION, RRP $38.
Author Anna Hope’s new work of contemporary fiction shakes the country house novel to its foundations in a story of family, inheritance...
Inside the Mind of the Yorkshire Ripper
This podcast series by authors Chris Clark and Tim Hicks explores the crimes of Peter Sutcliffe, the English...
MOVIE REVIEW BY JACK WATSON
Weapons
Director: Zach Cregger
Starring: Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich and Austin Abrams
Genre: Mystery/horror
Rating: 4.5 stars
Zach Cregger continues to haunt the suburbs in his masterful sophomore...
