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Arts, movie and performance

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Monsters, Inc. – stay for the credits

The credits are the true highlight of ths movie.

Read the full article ⍾ Arts, movie and performance 3 October 2009 0 comments

Japanese archery

A couple of photos from the Japanese Archery exhibition in Wellington.

Read the full article ⍾ Arts, movie and performance 20 September 2009 0 comments
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UP – a hilarious movie for kids and adults

Up is an extremely funny and engaging animated movie from Pixar. Watch it in 3D for the most fun.

Read the full article ⍾ Arts, movie and performance 12 September 2009 0 comments
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Play up the flag in Apia

The Police Band flag raising is a tourist highlight in Apia.

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The Art of Cycling

Can you ride a bike? I bet you can’t ride it like these young women.

Read the full article ⍾ Arts, movie and performance 27 August 2009 0 comments

Wellington the film capital

Movie making is on the increase in Wellington.

Read the full article ⍾ Arts, movie and performance 29 June 2009 0 comments

Rita Angus free in Christchurch

The Rita Angus exhibition is well worth seeing.

Read the full article ⍾ Arts, movie and performance 20 March 2009 0 comments

From slums to hope

Last night I saw the movie Slumdog Millionaire, and enjoyed it tremendously, in spite of the hard parts. The movie opens with scenes of torture. I thought it was going to be a dark and unpleasant story — especially since the preceding trailers had been for some awful, stalker-type movie whose name I didn’t want [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Arts, movie and performance 22 February 2009

Kenny cleans up

When I first heard about the Australian mockumentary Kenny I wasn’t terribly impressed and decided it wasn’t for me. Zap forward a couple of years, though, put it on TV, set me in a mood for watching a bit of telly, and I relented. I’m so glad I did. There’s something about Australian films — [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Arts, movie and performance 10 February 2009 0 comments

When not-so-good singing helps a musical

The movie Mamma Mia was on pay per view TV today, and since I’d missed it at the movies I took the opportunity to watch it. Trailers I’d seen made it look fun, and friends had said they’d really enjoyed it. I watched while I worked. I thought the movie got off to a slightly [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Arts, movie and performance 28 January 2009 0 comments

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