Pike River, 2026. Directed by Peter Sarkies. Starring Melanie Lynskey, Robyn Malcolm, Erroll Shand, Madeleine McCarthy, Lucy Lawless, Jordan Mooney, Ben Porter, Peter Tait, Elizabeth Hawthorne, Hamish McEwen, John Leigh, Richard Crouchley, Tim Gordon, Ian Mune, Jeff Kingsford-Brown. SYNOPSIS: In the aftermath of an explosion that rocked the Pike River Mine and took 29 lives, […]
2026 Sundance Film Festival Review – Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant
Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant, 2026. Directed by Thunderlips. Starring Hannah Lynch, Yvette Parsons, Arlo Green, Jackie van Beek, Jonny Brugh, Karen O’Leary, Ariadne Baltazar, Angella Dravid, Renee Lyons, Ian Mune, Donogh Rees, Brenda Kendall, Fasitua Amosa, Rashmi Pilapitiya, and Barry Te Hira. SYNOPSIS: When a messy millennial underachiever accidentally gets alien-pregnant she must overcome sceptical […]
Movie Review – The Rule of Jenny Pen (2025)
The Rule of Jenny Pen, 2025. Directed by James Ashcroft. Starring Geoffrey Rush, John Lithgow, George Henare, Nathaniel Lees, Thomas Sainsbury, Maaka Pohatu, Irene Wood, Ian Mune, Bruce Phillips, Holly Shanahan, Paolo Rotondo, Yvette Parsons, Rashmi Pilapitiya, Ginette McDonald, Semu Filipo, Hannah Lynch, Anapela Polataivao, Hilary Norris, Richard Chapman, Nick Blake, Jane Waddell, Lutz Halbhubner, […]
