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News'The Lord of the Rings' Franchise Is Returning to the Big Screen with a Brand-New Series of Movies
They're taking the hobbits back to cinemas, with multiple new films in the works based on JRR Tolkien's book series.
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NewsFrom Voicing 'The Simpsons' to Selling Timeshares on the Moon: Hank Azaria Talks 'Hello Tomorrow!'
The self-described “voice guy” puts his acting talents to excellent use in this new Apple TV+ dramedy — and he tells us all about it.
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NewsCult Catering Comedy 'Party Down' Is Finally Back and Just As Fantastic (and Funny) As Ever
You’ll be having fun, and often, with this Adam Scott-starring gem’s 13-years-later revival.
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NewsChristoph Waltz-Starring Thriller 'The Consultant' Is Your Next Easy-to-Binge Workplace Nightmare
In this moody Prime Video series, a gaming company’s nine-to-five grind gets diabolical when a new head honcho takes over.
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NewsThe Trailer for 'Carmen' Turns the Classic Opera Into a Paul Mescal-Starring (and Aussie-Shot) Musical Drama
Remember when Paul Mescal was in Australia? This is why.
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NewsIt Looks Like 'House of the Dragon' Season Two Mightn't Hit Your Streaming Queue Until Winter 2024
More 'House of the Dragon' is coming, after the first season proved a huge dragon-filled hit — but likely not until next winter.
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NewsTen Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
Spend your couch time watching the delicious return of 'The Bear', Glen Powell playing a fake hitman and Lily Gladstone's latest excellent performance.
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NewsTen Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in May
Spend your couch time watching a documentary about Jim Henson and an Elisabeth Moss-led spy thriller.
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GuideMust-Stream TV: All the Best Shows You Should Be Watching From 2024 So Far
Don't spend hours scrolling through streaming platforms — here's 2024's standout shows that you need to see.
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NewsEleven Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in April
Spend your couch time watching Andrew Scott step into Tom Ripley's shoes, a shattering docuseries about Nickelodeon's kids TV hits and Colin Farrell as a PI.
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NewsEleven Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in March
Spend your couch time watching Adam Sandler in space, a stunning Oscar-winning documentary, girl group-fuelled sitcom hilarity and Noel Fielding's latest show.
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NewsHop to It: 16 Classic and Eclectic Films You Can Stream This Easter Long Weekend
Some feature bunnies. Some include eggs or chocolate. Some have provocative takes on religion.
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NewsNine 2024 Oscar-Winning Films That You Can and Should Watch Immediately
'Oppenheimer', an astonishing Ukraine-set documentary, a Wes Anderson short, Emma Stone's most-spectacular performance yet: they each won 2024 Oscars, and you can check them them all now.
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NewsSay Cheers to Hollywood's Night of Nights: Concrete Playground's Oscars 2024 Drinking Game
Whether you're hoping that 'Oppenheimer', 'Barbie', 'Poor Things', 'Past Lives' or something else picks up Academy Awards, here's how to sip along.
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NewsPredicting the Oscars: Who Should, Could and Will Win at the 2024 Academy Awards
Will 'Oppenheimer' sweep the Oscars? What else will win? What should but won't? Here are our predictions.
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NewsHere's Where You Can Watch 32 of 2024's Oscar-Nominated Movies in New Zealand Right Now
From 'Barbenheimer' and twists on 'Frankenstein' to animated 'Spider-Man' antics and devastating documentaries, here's where to watch 2024's Oscar contenders.
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NewsYou Can Stop Hoping for 'Mindhunter' Season Three Because David Fincher Says It Isn't Happening
"It's a particularly expensive show and, in the eyes of Netflix, we haven't attracted a large enough audience to justify such an investment."
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NewsMarvel Might Start Spacing Out Its Usually Jam-Packed Slate of MCU Movies and TV Shows
Disney is reportedly thinking about slowing down the pace of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and getting better at curating it.
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News'The Coldest Case in Laramie' Is the New Must-Listen 'Serial' True-Crime Podcast Dropping This Week
The first Serial Productions show hosted by a 'New York Times' reporter, it focuses on the unsolved murder of a college student in Wyoming in 1985.
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NewsThe Trailer for the 'Tetris' Movie Lines Up a Wild Cold War-Era Thriller About the Hit Game's Origins
"I still see falling blocks in my dreams."
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NewsTen Standout Maori-Owned Eateries in Tamaki Makaurau to Try During Te Matatini Festival 2023
Whether you’re singing out for somewhere new to eat or visiting the city for Te Matatini, head to one of these much-loved local spots.
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NewsWoke Up This Morning, Got Yourself a Gun: The New Action-Packed 'John Wick: Chapter 4' Trailer Is Here
Keanu Reeves is still using every weapon at his disposal in his fourth stint as cinema's favourite dog-loving assassin.
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BarScarlett Slimms & Lucky
476 Mt Eden Rd, Auckland
Scarlett Slimms and Lucky is a haunt for the modern day Raymond Chandler.
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BarCassette Nine
Vulcan Lane, Auckland
Any place that can pull off jeans as wallpaper has two thumbs up in my book.
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RestaurantMiss Clawdy
12 Jellicoe Street, Auckland
There is a sassy new lady in town ready to serve you some good ol' fashioned soul food. Introducing Miss Clawdy, the newest feather in Wynyard Quarter's culinary cap.
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News'Mad Men' Meets 'The Jetsons' in Apple TV+'s Stylish New Lunar Salesman Dramedy 'Hello Tomorrow!'
What happens when selling the American dream means literally shooting for the moon? That’s this retro-futuristic sci-fi series’ premise.
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NewsAll In: Natasha Lyonne-Starring Sleuth Series 'Poker Face' Has Been Renewed for Season Two
You didn't need to be a detective to pick that this whodunnit TV show, which hails from 'Knives Out' filmmaker Rian Johnson, would prove a hit.
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NewsTen Sydney WorldPride Events Worth a Trip to the Harbour City That You Can Still Nab Tickets To
From multi-day party programs to appearances by Kylie Minogue and Kelly Rowland, these events will have you booking last-minute flights to Sydney.
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NewsGet Splashing: Disney's Live-Action 'The Little Mermaid' Just Dropped a New Teaser Trailer
Halle Bailey slips into Ariel's scales and tail in the latest Mouse House remake — and in this new teaser, Ursula shows up.
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NewsNetflix Has Unveiled Its First 'Queen Charlotte' Trailer Ahead of the 'Bridgerton' Prequel's May Debut
This dive into the monarch's origins and rise to power will be the talk of your streaming queue come autumn.
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NewsBelieve: 'Ted Lasso' Season Three Will Finally Hit Apple TV+ in March — and It Has a Trailer
The 12-episode third season will follow the fallout from Nate's defection, as well as AFC Richmond's fortunes in the Premier League.
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EventChristmas Lights at MOTAT 2024
Tue, 10 Dec - Mon, 23 Dec 2024
MOTAT, Western Springs
MOTAT is bringing nights of festive fun and dazzling lights back for another year.
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EventFat Daddy's Bottomless
Sat, 7 Dec, 2024
The Elephant Wrestler, Takapuna
How many burgers and beers can you down in 90 minutes? Find out at The Elephant Wrestler.
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EventCasa Bacardi in Auckland Viaduct
Thu, 5 Dec, 2024
Viaduct Harbour, Auckland
Casa Bacardi has popped up on Auckland's Viaduct, but a warning to rum-lovers: its here for a good time, not a long time.
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EventBritomart Saturday Farmer's Market
Sat, 7 Dec, 2024
Takutai Square, Britomart., Auckland
This weekly inner-city farmer's market sells everything from fresh produce and flowers to coffee, vegan foods, pastries, sweet buns, crepes, juices and savoury snacks.
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EventPasta and Peroni Nights at The Grounds
Sun, 8 Dec, 2024
The Grounds at Whoa! Studios, Auckland
See out the last sunny evenings of autumn with fresh pasta handmade by an ex-Baduzzi chef and ice-cold beers on tap.
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EventSmales Farmers Market
Mon, 9 Dec, 2024
Smales Farm, North Shore
Auckland's newest farmers market arrives across the harbour.
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NewsPhoebe Waller-Bridge Rescues Harrison Ford in the Latest Peek at 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny'
Yes, Ford is back in the hat — but this time he's joined by 'Fleabag' favourite Waller-Bridge.
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NewsThe Just-Dropped New 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3' Trailer Goes Heavy on Family and Last Rides
If a franchise features Vin Diesel, does it have to go big on family? According to the just-dropped 'Guardians' trailer, yes, yes it does.
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NewsThe First Trailer for 'The Flash' Is Here with Both Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton as Batman
Forget multiple Spider-Men in the same movie — in the DC Extended Universe, there's now two versions of Batman in one flick.
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GuideThe Best Things to Do in Auckland This Week
Sink your teeth into a bottomless afternoon tea spread, or check out Karangahape Road’s huge anti-Valentine’s Day festivities.
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NewsFamily, Revenge and Vin Diesel Versus Jason Momoa: They're All in the Just-Dropped 'Fast X' Trailer
This high-octane franchise keeps living its life one reference to family — and a heap of new high-profile cast members — at a time.
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GuideThe Best Things to Do in Auckland This Weekend
Scoff bottomless burgers in Takapuna, catch the candlelight orchestra or support Cassia's post-flood pop-up.
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News'Cunk on Earth' Is Netflix's Gloriously Ridiculous Satirical Spin on David Attenborough-Style Docos
Created by Charlie Brooker of ‘Black Mirror’ fame, this history-of-the-world series is an absurdist comedy delight.
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NewsSXSW Has Just Dropped Its Inaugural Sydney Lineup Details — and Amy Webb Is the First Keynote Speaker
For a week in October, SXSW Sydney will debut with more than 1000 sessions, including dedicated music, gaming and screen festivals.
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NewsEerie and Twisted Apple TV+ Horror Series 'Servant' Is One of M Night Shyamalan's Best-Ever Projects
Like a thriller take on 'Mary Poppins', this unsettling series charts the strange events that follow a Philadelphia family when they hire a new nanny.
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NewsWelcome Back to Rydell High: The Full Trailer for 'Grease' Prequel Series 'Rise of the Pink Ladies' Is Here
"Grease" is the word — again — in this new musical streaming series, which gives an iconic cinema girl gang an origin story.
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NewsStart Making Broadway Plans: 'La La Land' Is Being Turned Into a Stage Musical
The hit flick is taking its singing and dancing to the theatre — fingers crossed for a run Down Under.
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News'Suzume', the Gorgeous New Film by 'Your Name' Director Makoto Shinkai, Hits Cinemas Down Under in April
Following a girl travelling through ruins in Japan, the movie heads to Australia and New Zealand after releasing in Japan last year — and playing this year's Berlin Film Festival.
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News'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' Will End Its Four-Year Australian Run This Winter
Playing since 2019, currently as a one-part production, the magical hit will put away its wands in July 2023.
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NewsJack Harlow Takes to the Court in the First Teaser Trailer for the New 'White Men Can't Jump' Remake
Another 90s flick gets a do-over, with Harlow and Sinqua Walls taking over from Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes.
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NewsWe're All Alright: Netflix Has Renewed 'That '90s Show' for a Second Nostalgic Season
The sequel series to 'That '70s Show' will return to Wisconsin for another round of 90s teen antics.
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NewsThe Very Fictional Ant-Man Has Penned a Very Real Book If You'd Like Paul Rudd's Face on Your Shelf
"In this new book I'm almost certain was not written by me, we pull back the curtain and uncover the man behind Ant-Man: Scott Lang," advises Paul Rudd.
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NewsNew Zealand Pop-Punk Band Goodnight Nurse Are Reuniting to Open for My Chemical Romance Next Month
Start practising your scream-singing — Joel Little, Jaden Parkes and Rowan Crowe are heading back to the stage.
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NewsHere's How Netflix's New Password-Sharing Block Might Work When It Comes Into Effect
Accessing the streaming service via a friend or family member's account is coming to an end — and soon.
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NewsPage-to-Screen Miniseries 'Fleishman Is in Trouble' Is a Stunningly Cast Character Study — and Mystery
This smart, sharp Jesse Eisenberg- and Claire Danes-starring series reflects upon a marriage breakdown after a doctor’s wife suddenly disappears.
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NewsDaniel Radcliffe's Weird Al Yankovic Biopic Will Finally Be Available to Stream in Australia in March
The 'Harry Potter' star picks up the accordion for this gleefully silly flick, which also features Evan Rachel Wood as Madonna — and will stream via Paramount+.
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NewsRainbow Celebration Big Gay Out Is Returning as Part of Auckland Pride Festival This Month
The city's harbourside celebration of rainbow diversity is back, baby.
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NewsThe Auckland Lantern Festival Has Been Cancelled (Again) Amid Weather Warnings Across the City
The city's biggest cultural event hasn't been held since 2019 — and now we'll be waiting another year.
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NewsTen Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in January
Feast your eyes on two stunning new shows from top-notch filmmakers, the best game-to-TV adaptation yet and a twisty flick about clones.
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NewsHBO Has Renewed 'The Last of Us' for a Second Season Because the First Is That Fantastic
The video game-to-TV adaptation enjoyed the US network's second largest debut ever, behind 'House of the Dragon'.
