Books, Film & TV 2013 - Page 2
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Ok, Lindsey: This Is The Next Level
After the craziest year of her life – career-threatening injury, finalization of her divorce, a new relationship with Tiger Woods – can the greatest skier of her generation bounce back to win gold at the Winter Olympics? Lindsey Vonn... More about Ok, Lindsey: This Is The Next Level
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The Complete New Zealand Seafood Cookbook
By the Auckland Seafood School Photography by Sean Shadbolt Published by Penguin Group NZ. RRP $60.00 Book Review by Liam Butler Petra New and her five male colleagues from the Auckland Seafood School have produced a comprehensive lesson on... More about The Complete New Zealand Seafood Cookbook
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Kickstarter Q & A with the creators of Tina the series
Kickstarter launched in Australia and New Zealand last week with 1,700 projects. One of particular interest out of Grey Lynn in Auckland is a web comedy series involving a tuatara expert with serious delusions involving his love doll... More about Kickstarter Q & A with the creators of Tina the series
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Something to Aim For. A Hunter's Quest. By Daryl Crimp
By Daryl Crimp The Halcyon Press $39.99 www.thefishingpaper.co.nz/shop/ Book Review by Liam Butler Something to Aim For is written by a passionate Nelson based hunter who has penned an entertaining book. The softcover version of... More about Something to Aim For. A Hunter's Quest. By Daryl Crimp
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Film Review: Filth
This film, based on a book by Irvine Welsh (also the author of ‘Trainspotting’) is sexually explicit, uninhibitedly violent, larded with distasteful expletives and saturated with scenes of drug-use and mental illness. Watching this... More about Film Review: Filth
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Book Review: Leighton Smith - Beyond the Microphone
I love Leighton’s Smith’s morning programme on ZB. I grew to feel very affectionate towards this sensible, opinionated, yet caring, man who has kept me company on many days. Thus, it was with a sense of immense delight that I... More about Book Review: Leighton Smith - Beyond the Microphone
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TV Review: The Story- High School (Long Bay College)
Was anyone else reminded of Summer Heights High when they watched ‘The Story-High School’ on Monday night? Sure there wasn’t Jonah Takalua, Jam’ie King or Mr. G; but there was Eli the trouble maker, Ashleigh Horne: Head Girl... More about TV Review: The Story- High School (Long Bay College)
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Thor: The Dark World
There has been a worrying trend in recent years with Marvel comic book adaptations that needs to be discussed. As the films have reached blockbuster status time and again and the studio has positioned itself as a major Hollywood player with a... More about Thor: The Dark World
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Coast. A New Zealand Journey
By Bruce Ansley and Jane Ussher www.RandomHouse.co.nz RRP $75 Book Review by Liam Butler One of life’s great pleasures for inland dwellers is to pack up the car and head off to the Coast. That is exactly what award winning writer Bruce... More about Coast. A New Zealand Journey
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Book Review: 1001 Guitars
Have you ever played in a band? Taken guitar lessons? Had an obsessive interest in a rock star’s music and the instruments he uses to create his unique sound? If you, like many other people, answered ‘yes’ to one or more of... More about Book Review: 1001 Guitars
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