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All’s normal (except it really, really is not) in first ep of The Last of Us

1 week ago | flicks.co.nz | Clarisse Loughrey

Clarisse Loughrey’s Show of the Week column spotlights a new show to watch or skip. This week: The Last of Us returns for season two. The hard lesson of our era is how unnervingly easy it is to find normalcy while the world outside our window burns.
Justin Kurzel’s WWII drama is weighty, thoughtful - and yes, cinematic - television

1 week ago | flicks.co.nz | Tony Stamp

Acclaimed filmmaker Justin Kurzel brings a story of Australian WWII prisoners of war to the screen in The Narrow North to the Deep North – streaming on Prime Video from April 18. Its images are often undeniably beautiful, including the ones depicting horror, writes Tony Stamp. Australian author Richard Flanagan wrote the book The Narrow North to the Deep North in part because his father had been a Japanese prisoner of war in WWII, tasked to work on the Burma Railway.
The Last of Us is back, still making the greatest game franchise ever even greater

1 week ago | flicks.co.nz | Daniel Rutledge

Back for its second season, The Last of Us continues to build and expand upon its beloved video game source material. Daniel Rutledge reflects on an impressive first episode – and the challenges to come. There’s one scene in this episode that encapsulates a lot of what this show gets just right. It’s a great demonstration of how it can do a lot with a little, and is possible only after its careful building up of a fearsome bank of emotional stakes to draw from.
Black Mirror’s performances are its greatest weapon in season 7

2 weeks ago | flicks.co.nz | Clarisse Loughrey

Clarisse Loughrey’s Show of the Week column spotlights a new show to watch or skip. This week: Charlie Brooker’s dystopian tech anthology Black Mirror is back with a new batch of eps. Does Black Mirror still have the power to scare us? A decade ago, it felt like an electric shock applied to the public consciousness: its anthology tales of pig-fucking prime ministers, clownish TV star dictators, and the dead resuscitated by AI were dark, cynical, but just plausible enough.
EGOT Viola Davis plays a butt-kicking POTUS in bonkers action romp G20

2 weeks ago | flicks.co.nz | Daniel Rutledge

A judo expert President wastes a veritable smorgasbord of international goons in new action pic G20 – streaming on Prime Video. Enjoying the heck out of seeing Davis’ POTUS going up against a Kiwi-played baddie called Rutledge? Flicks’ own Daniel Rutledge. American movies have given us plenty of American presidents kicking arse. “Get off my plane,” Harrison Ford grumbles in Air Force One before killing a terrorist played by Gary Oldman with his bare hands, after taking a few others out with an MP5.
The quiet power of Cillian Murphy in Small Things Like These

2 weeks ago | flicks.co.nz | Luke Buckmaster

With somber tones, evocative imagery, and a morally complex leading performance from Cillian Murphy, Small Things Like These is a deep-thinking and engrossing drama, writes Luke Buckmaster. Coming to Cinemas - 24 April Small Things Like These leaves absolutely no doubt that Cillian Murphy looks great in front of a log fire, face illuminated by flickering flames.
Does Hacks have the best love (ok, love-hate) story on TV?

2 weeks ago | flicks.co.nz | Eliza Janssen

One of today’s most beloved shows returns for its fourth season, with new episodes of Hacks arriving imminently. Eliza Janssen takes a look at what makes this inside-comedy comedy so compelling. Oh, how the writers’ room tables have turned. If you—or a lesbian close to you—is a returning fan of Hacks, you’ll be aware that season three’s finale shockingly switched up the power dynamic between legendary stand-up Deborah (Jean Smart) and her harried underling Ava (Hannah Einbinder) for good.
Why I can’t wait for Final Destination: Bloodlines

2 weeks ago | flicks.co.nz | Luke Buckmaster

With the first Final Destination movie in almost 15 years arriving next month, Luke Buckmaster explains why he’s pumped—saluting the franchise’s grotesquely innovative appeal. Coming to Cinemas - 15 May When I think about the Final Destination movies, I think of the phrase “easy come, easy go.” Each film follows people who evade their deaths through no skill of their own (easy come!) only to be killed off in freakish ways soon after (easy go!.
How to… make a Bond film

3 weeks ago | flicks.co.nz | Matt Glasby

Matt Glasby’s monthly column How to… turns a sly, critical eye on how the movie world really works. This month: How to… make a Bond film. With 25 movies in 63 years—that’s one every two-and-a-half years—the Bond franchise is the ageing uncle of the blockbuster world: fondly thought of, but a little bit racist. Following its recent sale to Spectre, sorry, Amazon, there’s going to be a hell of a lot more on the way. Here’s how to stop them getting Bond wrong.
10 shows arriving in April that we’re excited about

3 weeks ago | flicks.co.nz | Eliza Janssen

Don’t be an April fool and miss out on the return of your fave shows: whether you’re fanging for more zombies, galactic rebellion, or the mixed bag Black Mirror always offers, this month is stacked with hotly-anticipated sequels. In terms of new stuff, prepare to fall in love in a small Arctic town, or the backstage of a prestigious dance company. Whichever streaming service you prefer, you’ll find at least one fresh obsession on this master list.