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A cross-Tasman tug of war is testing the strength of Kiwis against Aussies. The virtual rope pull is believed to be the first technology of its kind measuring tension on two separate ropes – one at Sylvia Park shopping centre in Auckland and the other in Sydney.
Heath Ledger’s stunning performance as Batman’s iconic nemesis The Joker has been immortalised in Lego. A new Lego figure – known in the Lego world as a “minifig” – depicts The Joker with the jagged, disturbing face make-up that was distinct to Ledger’s portrayal
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REVIEW: Begin Again, much like writer/director John Carney’s 2007 effort Once, is going to polarise audiences. The grumps and the cynics – those people who like to describe themselves as “realists”; the ones you don’t want to get stuck next to at a dinner party – will say it’s a sappy load of old hoo-hah which only goes to prove that Carney is fatally afflicted with dewy-eyed romanticism, and that his leading lady Keira Knightley has the acting chops and the intellectual gravitas of a concussed rabbit
Radio programmer Miles Buckingham loves films. He loves them so much that during the two weeks of this year’s international film festival his days will consist of little more than home, work and the cinema.
REVIEW: You probably know that Agnes Brown is the creation of Irish writer and comedian Brendan O’Carroll.
Robyn Malcolm is stepping back from the screens and onto the stage for her performance in Bertolt Brecht’s Good Soul of Szechuan. The play, which opens to the public this Saturday at Auckland’s Q Theatre, explores the line between good and evil.
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