Super seven? Really? Will each week from here on in have a new catch phrase? Milestones I can understand; making it to the MasterChef kitchen, making the top 10, making the grand final. But every week? I guess I can understand…

1. MasterChef NZ blog: episode ten (12 comments)

Movie blogger Dominic Corry profiles Iron Man III director Shane Black, who he once called the Miles Davis of action films.

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He's not a mega music star in the vein of Rihanna or Justin Timberlake, although Pharrell Williams has been the man behind many hit songs in the past 13 years or so. But let's just say he's been a little fickle of late…

It has a cringe-worthy title but Puberty Blues , (TV One, Sundays, 9.30pm), based on the 1979 Aussie novel of the same name, is pretty good. You could say it's what would happen had Judy Blume cross-pollinated Home & Away…

1. TV picks of the week: X Factor debuts in NZ

Well my theory has gone out the window. I thought I'd been clever and worked out the final four based on their social media presence, or lack of. My theory went like this. Four of the remaining contestants don't have…

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It was encouraging news a few weeks ago when the New Zealand-shot Evil Dead remake opened big at the US box office. With horror films traditionally not hugely popular at the New Zealand box office (they often go straight…

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There is nothing like live TV. If it creates excitement or fury, via twitter, or other message boards, it becomes something that TV isn't thought to be - a community event. A happening. History. And so it was on Wednesday…

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Resource consent pending, the Big Day Out will be back louder than ever in its new home at Western Springs. I say louder, because plonking the one-day music festival slap bang in the middle of urban Auckland means more people…

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