Archive for 'New Zealand' Category
The Lovely Bones by Peter Jackson (2009)
13 December 2009Peter Jackson’s latest is a return to a Heavenly Creatures type of film, and while the reviews are pretty mixed, I must say I thoroughly enjoyed the film. Sure some of the effects do look pretty digital, and the story is not at all complicated, but to me, it is well done, well acted, and [...]
District 9 by Neill Blomkamp (2009)
22 August 2009I had been excited that Peter Jackson was producing the HALO film, even if Blomkamp hadn’t done any features before, and was depressed when that fell through, and am glad they decided they still wanted to work together and turn Blomkamp’s earlier short film into a feature length film. I must say I did really [...]
Once Were Warriors by Lee Tamahori (1994)
17 March 2009This film showing hard life and domestic violence in Maori culture blew me away when I first saw it, and it was equally as powerful seeing it again now. This adaption of Alan Duff’s bestselling novel is powerful and sad. It is difficult to believe that people live like this, even when you know they [...]
Black Sheep written and direct by Jonathan King (2006)
15 November 2007Wow, I am so glad my friend Lak lent this to me, I had been hearing that the boys from WETA wanted to do a zombie film, but this is oh so much better than it could have been. I mean Zombie Sheep, how can you beat that, especially with PEter Bluck’s gorgeous cinematography. Gore, [...]
The World’s Fastest Indian by Roger Donaldson (2005)
29 January 2007I had wanted to see this film when it came out, but never bothered, but when it was in HD on HD NET I quickly TIVOed it, and am glad I did. This is an enjoyable film about the spirit of one man, well one Kiwi man, and his quest to get a land speed [...]