JenNa Ortega was stunning on the red carpet at The 2026 Actor Awards. She had one nomination at the event for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series for her work in Wednesday, of which she is the titular character. This has been the role that has really cemented her in the […]
Now might be a terrible time to visit Dubai, but if I was going to risk venturing into a regional conflict right now, it’d be for the Bvlgari Mattar Bin Lahej x Octo Finissimo. Revealed at the Dubai Watch Week in November AT Burj Park, the limited piece puts one of the Emirati’s most celebrated […]
Celebrated documentarian Louis Theroux is back at it again, this time honing in on the fringe elements of the Manosphere in his new doco “Louis Theroux: Inside The Manosphere”. The ripples since its release follow predictable cycles of everyone involved finding ways to shill their wares. HSTikkyTokky wants everyone to know that he absolutely smashed […]
In a recent interview with Matthew McConaughey in a Variety & CNN Town Hall Timothée Chalamet talked about how the craft of movies is changing, and having to meet the audience where it is. One comment in particular kicked off some shirtiness at the Academy Awards with ballerina Misty Copeland who was in attendance rebucking […]
Well, isn’t this a little treasure? Lotus is the ultimate sports car formula: small, light, fast and fun. “Lightness” was the catch-cry of Colin Chapman, founder of Lotus; it helped him win many Formula One victories. The Emira typifies this fabulous form. With compact dimensions, rear-wheel drive, and a mid-mounted engine, it is masterfully packed. […]
For more than a decade, Ed Harvey has been building towards a moment exactly like this one. He devoted himself to building a company on the conviction that New Zealand’s dependence on imported fuel was a vulnerability waiting to be exposed and that electric vehicles, charged at home on the country’s own renewable grid, were […]
Bogan grunge is back and arguably never left if you grew up out west like I did. Thanks to a collaboration between Californian fashion label Brixton and Goodyear we can finally get some threads that give us the blending of vintage workwear and modern utility we were after. The collection features off white Snapbacks, a […]
The Sony World Photography Awards have announced the 30 finalists and 65 shortlisted photographers for the 2026 Professional competition, and we’re privileged to share some of them here with you today. Across this year’s competitions, over 430,000 images from over 200 countries and territories were submitted. Combined they represent a powerful showcase of visual storytelling […]
Every April, Geneva reminds the rest of the world why it is the capital of watchmaking. Palexpo fills with journalists, retailers and collectors from well over a hundred countries, press releases land at midnight, and the industry collectively lays its cards on the table for the year ahead. Watches and Wonders 2026 was, by every […]
O-MEGASTEEL, 18K Gold & Platinum-Gold CONSTELLATION OBSERVATORY The Constellation Observatory takes its name from Omega’s observatory chronometer competition history of the 1950s and 60s, when the brand was submitting movements to Swiss and European observatories for precision trials with consistent results. The pie-pan dial, with its raised dodecagonal rim and stepped indexes, is a direct […]
Ref. 6654N VILLERET COMPLETE CALENDAR MOONPHASE The Villeret Complete Calendar Moonphase is where Blancpain makes its clearest argument for what the collection is actually about. This is not a watch that announces its complications; it wears them with the kind of composure that only comes from doing this since 1983, when the original complete calendar […]
Ref. 7939G1A0NRU BLACK BAY 58 GMT The Black Bay 58 GMT is Tudor doing what it does best: taking a proven case and making a genuinely useful watch out of it. The 39mm Black Bay 58 proportions have earned their reputation since the reference arrived in 2018, and bringing a GMT function into that chassis […]
PAM01089 Submersible Navy Seals Afniotech Experience The most immediately striking thing about the PAM01089 is the material. Afniotech is Panerai’s proprietary alloy comprising over 95% hafnium, and hafnium is not a material that appears in watchmaking catalogues. It is more commonly found in neutron control systems for nuclear reactors, and aboard the first US nuclear […]
Ref. 610G-001 Celestial Patek Philippe has been mapping the sky in mechanical form since 1927, when the manufacture first produced an astronomical pocket watch displaying sunrise and sunset times for a private client. That piece, made to order for James Ward Packard, was followed six years later by another for Henry Graves Jr., a commission […]
Rolesium COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA The new Daytona comes in Rolesium, combining Oystersteel with platinum, and it is noticeably cooler in tone than the gold-heavy references that have dominated the line in recent years. Whether that reflects a deliberate shift in direction or simply a gap in the release schedule is hard to say, but the result […]
Unmissable on the feet of a new cast of icons, including Samuel L .Jackson, Olivia Dean, Tyshawn Jones, Jennie, and Kendall Jenner, the Superstar is proof that when the moment passes, icons remain.
If you watched Ryan Gosling’s latest MOVIE then you may have noticed him flashing his suitably modern watch around. Project Hail Mary is directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, with a screenplay by Drew Goddard, and follows science teacher Ryland Grace who wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection […]
Wrap Yourself in Luxury with our Pick of the Season’s most stylish offerings from FELLINI and Monti Castello. Asymmetrical Coastal Check in 100% Lambswool by Fellini Camel, Merlot & Sky Plaid in 100% Lambswool by Fellini Hunter’s Houndstooth Check in 100% Lambswool by Fellini Tuscan Woodland Plaid in 100% Lambswool by Fellini Forest Green Pure […]
BVLGARI has snaffled up BAFTA Award-winning actor and Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal as its new Global Brand Ambassador. “Jake represents a contemporary form of excellence rooted in integrity, empathy and authenticity,” says Laura Burdese, Bvlgari Deputy CEO who will become full Bvlgari CEO later this year. He joins the stable of ambassadors that include […]
When it comes to AI Sam Altman takes just about all the airtime, but Dario Amodei is giving him a run for his money, except with a dash less moderation. Amodei started Anthropic in 2021 after he broke away from OpenAI and cofounded the company with his sister Daniela Amodei. Their AI platform Claude has […]
Dr. Kerry Spackman has built a career on extreme performance. Over the years, his work has taken him into the orbit of four Formula One teams, the All Blacks, Olympians and billionaire business figures, placing him inside worlds that, at first glance, seem to share little in common in terms of the skills, environments and […]
Matt Bishop is not especially interested in preserving the old shape of his industry. Brevity, Bishop’s Auckland-based business still does the practical work of construction engineering, particularly across interiors, racking, events and compliance, but it is also building software, training tools and automation systems for where that work is heading next. Bishop thinks that matters […]
AI won’t replace great leaders. But it will expose the ones who stopped growing. Rosanne Graham, CEO of Skills Group, has a framework for what comes next. Ask most people what skills a future leader needs and you’ll get a list that reads like a LinkedIn post: “strategic thinker, great communicator, team player.” Rosanne Graham, […]
When we were tasked with the job of collating our favourite quotes from the stoics we thought it would be amusing to just publish two blank pages as it might be more in line with what the Stoics were all about. In the end wordcounts won the day. While most of the philosophy of the […]
One Guy Three Screens Now that we’ve had every possible iteration of screen sizes as well as some pretty novel double screen layouts it’s time to boldly venture to new frontiers. THREE MONITORS. Laptops offer a sticky design problem since people generally expect there to be a keyboard somewhere on it. XBook has designed a […]
So Elle Fanning has a new show “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” coming out made by her production company she co-founded with her sister. She ain’t just an actor anymore, she’s a businesswoman getting a slice of the industry, which she then acts in. Based on a book, it demystifies the hustle of being on OnlyFans, […]
This might come as news to non-nerds but the new Spider-Noir show starring Nicholas Cage as a black and white spidey is actually him reprising his role as the character. As one of the quirky side-spideys in the animated Into The Spider-Verse (one of the most highly rated spider-man films out there) I wasn’t entirely […]
Despite the last film releasing in the middle of a pandemic, the Mortal Kombat reboot did well enough to receive a sequel. So what if the critics gave it a 55%? These films have never tried to be anything other than a goofy time. You don’t go to Mortal Kombat to see Schindler’s List, you […]
Despite the last film releasing in the middle of a pandemic, the Mortal Kombat reboot did well enough to receive a sequel. So what if the critics gave it a 55%? These films have never tried to be anything other than a goofy time. You don’t go to Mortal Kombat to see Schindler’s List, you […]
I love videogames. I love movies. I hate most videogame movies. The math doesn’t work but here we are. Mostly growing up in the 90s and early 00s videogame movies were hot trash. 9 out of the ten highest grossing videogame films were released in the last ten years, and the top three came out […]
The weather’s crap, you’ve just lit a fire and you’re looking for some dumbish yet action-filled entertainment to while away the evening on Netflix? Boy, have I got a recommendation for you! Especially if you loved the Arnie peak of Predator and/or the proper (ie non-Tom Cruise) version of Reacher. War Machine is exactly what […]
Large Language Models are inherently flawed. They’ve pulled off a highly technical party trick but it’s not going to be the path forward toward true machine intelligence. When it comes to flexible creative thinking and learning nothing beats the human mind (when it isn’t vibe coding with Chat-GPT). But how do we put a human […]
If you’ve seen David Lowery’s The Green Knight then you know he has an eye for… Something. He demands a lot of his actors, none more than Anne Hathaway who describes her role in their new film Mother Mary the toughest of her career. “At one point Annie broke down and said, ‘I have to […]
Jacob Elordi is on an absolute tear at the moment. If you aren’t familiar with his face yet, you will be. The Australian born actor has been making the last 12 months his as he first starred in Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein as the creature itself, and now as the lead in Wuthering Heights where […]
Just because special forces have swung through your window, killed all your security guards, knocked out your entire military defence systems and smuggled you onto a black helicopter to god knows where doesn’t mean you can’t look good in the process. The venn diagram of people into geopolitics and fashion has fully eclipsed on Nicolás […]
2025 felt like a LONG year. Here in New Zealand we kept mostly to ourselves as is our want. We’re like our birds, we do our level best to not be noticed. If we are getting noticed it’s because we’re severely ill and stumbling around on State Highway 1. So I hope you forgive me […]
We’ve written in the past about luxury car companies branching out into luxury apartments and hotels but Mercedes-Benz may have just gone up another gear with their latest project. You’re looking at the Mercedes-Benz Places Binghatti City being developed by Binghatti in Dubai. It isn’t even hyperbole to call it a city. It comprises 12 […]
Vertical Aerospace brought its new electric air taxi, Valo, to New York City recently, kicking off a U.S. tour that looks, in the glossy renderings, like the start of an urban air-mobility rollout over the Manhattan skyline. In practice it’s a roadshow aimed at investors, partners and regulators, with the aircraft turning up in the […]
The Siena Awards Photo Festival 2025 concluded with a glimpse of what’s happening in the world. From the beautiful to the mundane people’s stories were unspooling in front of people’s lenses all over the world. This is a different look back at the year that was. “The photographs awarded in this edition remind us of […]
Don West Got Dapper If you’re wondering why Australian singer Don West and his band are looking even more dapper than usual it’s because of a light kiwi touch of style. Karen Walker and her team partnered with Levi’s to create completely custom looks for the night’s entertainment celebrating the opening of the National Gallery […]
In the fashion world, there’s a particular kind of confidence which puts more focus on the details of something as opposed to the loud, logo-first stuff that tries to shout its net worth at strangers. A fine example of this is Monti Castello. The brand’s thesis is simple: classic men’s accessories, built around texture, finish, […]
Glenn Martens has never been one for subtle entrances. For Diesel’s latest campaign, titled “The Houseguests,” the Belgian creative director has effectively hijacked the high-fashion narrative, replacing the sterile aesthetic of modern luxury with a dinner party that feels like a cinematic fever dream. It is a sharp rejection of “quiet luxury,” swapping out minimalist […]
In The Engine Room Of The Future Dr. Roland Busch, President and CEO of Siemens at CES 2026 revealing how AI, digital twins, and automation are transforming manufacturing and infrastructure. Siemens AG is one of those companies that never gets headlines but is quietly keeping the world humming, as is the way with B2B. It’s […]
Finally an Ultrasonic Knife Have you ever wanted a knife that vibrates between 10 to 20 microns so it can wiggle between the atoms of your tomato? Then buy the C-200 UltraSonic Chef’s Knife. It’s IP65-rated so you can handwash it like normal. It has a removable battery that’s recharged via USB-C, or if you […]
Four years after the series concludes Netflix has greenlit a feature film directed by Tom Harper. I don’t know what the budget is but I assume the 1% left over after decking out Cillian Murphy’s trailer went toward making one hell of a film. The movie takes place in Birmingham in 1940 at the height […]
Ever since Angelina Jolie took on the role of one of videogames most iconic heroines we’ve had expectations of what to expect from the character. Much like Indiana Jones, they ARE incredibly attractive and Are able to handle themselves in TOUGH situationS. No offence to Alicia Vikander but it didn’t look like she could handle […]
I like to let my nerd flag fly on the back page, so there’s nowhere more appropriate than here to set up a tombstone and tip one out for EB Games closing up shop across the country. We went in on one of the final days to pick through its corpse. It was swarming with […]
At 25 years old Chase Infiniti might have a vanishingly thin list of credits to her name, just an episode of Presumed Innocent, but the talent scouts could obviously spot enough raw potential in her to have her cast alongside the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn and Benicio del Toro in One Battle After […]
At this year’s Monaco Yacht Show we got a look at the new collaboration between Automobili Lamborghini and The Italian Sea Group of the new Tecnomar for Lamborghini 101FT. Named after it’s 30-metrE length The Italian Sea Group has successfully translated Lamborghini’s super sports car aesthetic to the sea. The interior is based off the […]
EA Games, publisher of Battlefield, Apex Legends, The Sims, Fifa and every other sports game you’ve ever played recently agreed to be acquired for US$55 billion, the second largest industry buyout ever. It sits behind the Activision Blizzard buyout Microsoft made in 2022 for 75.4 billion. Where it does hold a record though is for […]
Stil, New Zealand’s finest triple distilled charcoal filtered vodka is getting a revamped new look, if you haven’t had the chance to try it yet, now is your best chance. Its new look has been etched with the topographical map of the Kaimai Ranges. These ranges are home to the pristine spring water used to […]
If you, like me, completely missed the boat on Asahi Super Dry Nama Jokki when it dropped in NZ last year then you have good reason. It sold out in record time. 32,000 sixpacks blew by in just 8 weeks. Now It’s here to stay with its own localisation just for us. Each 340ml can […]
So Israel has been popular recently huh? Tensions have been running so high that even here in little New Zealand some have been catching heat. Some have even had to pay the ultimate price, namely Winston Peters’ window and his dog which was suddenly garnished in broken glass. At the heart of all this is […]
Jason Momoa doesn’t enter a room so much as change its air pressure. One moment it’s small talk and canapé maths, the next it’s a six-foot-five wall of hair, ink and laughter. On paper he’s the shorthand we all know, Baywatch, Khal Drogo, Aquaman, Dune, the blind warrior from See. In reality he’s something far […]
Around here at M2 we’re pretty pro AI, we have a whole event centering around helping businesses how to prepare for it and integrate it with their business. Of course with any tool, proper application is key. When you have an AI hammer that seemingly promises to fix everything, the entire planet starts to look […]
John-Daniel Trask, CEO, Autohive & Raygun CEO and founder of Autohive and the co-founder and CEO of Raygun, a global application monitoring company serving customers in over 120 countries including Domino’s, HBO, and Virgin Atlantic. With more than 18 years of experience building globally competitive Wellington-based technology companies, JD has been at the forefront of […]
Bede Cammock-Elliott, Founder, seeo.ai & seedigital Since 2003, seedigital has become a world-leading interactive remote video monitoring company, protecting over $5.5 billion worth of assets for some of New Zealand’s most iconic brands and organisations through integrated CCTV, intrusion detection, audio, and access control technologies. Bede Cammock-Elliott’s keynote is a blunt reminder that AI in […]
The Sony World Photography Awards have wrapped up again for another year celebrating the photographers capturing the dramatic everyday life this planet delivers. Whether it’s the quiet contemplation of rivers patiently slicing through Iceland mountains or the excited screaming of soccer fans in Indonesia something is happening somewhere always. Over almost two decades, the Awards […]
If you need someone to be the embodiment of style and class you can’t do much better than Mads Mikkelsen who’s starring in Zegna’s FW25 Campaign. The shoot took place inside the Teatro Regio di Torino, an Italian opera house in Turin. This calls back to Ermenegildo Zegna’s personal tailor in Torino back in the […]
For the first time ever the Monaco Grand Prix has a title partner, and it’s none other than TAG Heuer. TAG already had its fingers in plenty of high octane pies, but by becoming the title sponsor in one of the most classiest events of the year they’ve truly staked their claim. To celebrate CEO […]
He Blue It At the Fifth Annual Academy Museum Gala in October the fits were good, and a number were spotted in Prada. Our favourite goes to Damson Idris who wore a PRADA light blue mohair suit, white poplin shirt, black grosgrain tie and black leather monk strap shoes. Monti Castello – Made in Italy […]
Mandatory has been a stalwart of kiwi’s men’s fashion since Clare Bowden and Fiona Voisey first saw a gap in the market back in 1997. They take pride in tailoring to their clients and using the finest materials, because in their words “it is not worthwhile putting cheap fabrics with expensive labour. That makes everything […]
If there’s one person we weren’t expecting to see mooching around the Prada Spring Summer 2025 catwalk it was Hideo Kojima. Although it makes a whole lot more sense knowing he was there in the context of recently collaborating with Danish movie director Nicolas Winding Refn and using Prada’s Aoyama Tokyo space to host their […]
Do you want to feel real old? The PlayStation 1 is now 30 years old. To celebrate, Reebok, the king of 90s culture has generated an exclusive range of region-specific sneakers to honour their combined legacy. This drop is being done in conjunction with PlayStation’s other 30th anniversary collection, a limited run of PS5 consoles […]
Logitech has a wave of new kit coming out, my favourite of which is the Logitech G Astro A20 X Lightspeed, here on out called the A20 X for brevity. I’ve been hunting for a new headset to wear at work to block out bosses and coworkers and using the A20 X for this purpose […]
HBO continues to chase the breakout success of Game of Thrones, but can it ever harness that spark ever again? The GoT universe has plenty of fertile content to work with, George RR Martin may be a serial procrastinator when it comes to finishing off the original books but there are plenty of short stories […]
In the last issue of the mag I hand-wrung over the difficulty Tron has always had as a concept. It has never been appreciated in the time it comes out in and Tron: Ares is no different. Tron is anathema to critics who spend too much time reflecting on the décor of their colon. But […]
Is it too much to say Timothee Chalamet is a once in a generation actor? Name me one bad movie he’s been in… Wonka? Ok you got me on that one. But his latest film coming out from A24 costars Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A’zion, and Tyler the Creator among others. Chalamet plays Marty Mauser in […]
Frankenstein If there is one man who can pull off Frankenstein it has to be the the monster guy himself, Guillermo del Toro. The film Stars Oscar Isaac as Dr. Victor Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi as his Monster. Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz, and Charles Dance also star. This time the monster is assembled from the […]
Daniel Craig’s turn as a murder mystery sleuth by channeling KFC’s colonel sanders is far from over. His third outing as the larger than life protagonist is kicking off again in “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery”. This time he’s sporting long hair, because why not. The last location, a tech bros paradise […]
It’s been three years since Avatar: The Way of Water broke box office records and now we’re picking up the story again right where it left off. Avatar: Fire and Ash starts with the Sully family still living amongst the Metkayina Clan in the picturesque reefs of Pandora, but is learning to adjust to life […]
Fackham Hall introduces itself proudly as being “From the studio that watched the first two seasons of Downton Abbey” and doesn’t look back as it delivers physical, visual, and literal gags one after the other. After a year where we’ve already been blessed with a fresh Naked Gun movie, it feels like we’re back to […]
Superman has officially become the highest earning movie in the franchise, surpassing the high tide mark left by Man of Steel in 2013. This is despite a strong opening for Man of Steel overall which pulled in an extra 40 million over this latest film. While Louis Lane didn’t get as much screen time as […]
When one is given the unenviable task of entertaining some privileged belly acher with some music, it behoves one to find the world’s smallest violin. Only the smallest will be sufficient for playing the level of sad music required for a person you don’t give a single micron of organic fertiliser about. Unfortunately the world’s […]
The days of the mancave are played out. Now is the time of the tiny Irish pub. Look out at your lawn, would you like to not have to mow a couple more meters of it? Why not put a miniature booze temple there instead. You’ve always dreamed of owning a tavern, now it’s time […]
The World’s Oldest Single Malt Coming Soon Gordon & MacPhail has announced their plans to release the world’s oldest single malt scotch whisky. Cask number 336, a handsome American oak sherry cask was started back in 1940 when WW2 was heating up and rationing had started to bite. A lack of manpower and other factors […]
There’s a lot of booze on the following pages so let’s start things off on an alcohol free note. The team at Free AF are back at it again with a cocktail in a can, this time the non-alcoholic Mango Margarita that’s unapologetically punchy AF. It’s got the same alcohol style afterglow delivering a tingly […]
Recently the Giltrap Group gave us our first local look the brand new Lamborghini Temerario. France was home to it’s international reveal and what a reveal it was. “The Temerario stands out as the new benchmark supercar within the HPEV range. Paris, the capital of creativity and avant-garde, was the ideal stage for this premiere.” […]
Only a couple thousand Delorians ever got made, of that number only a handful are knocking around New Zealand, last count from a decade ago pegged it at about 14 registered. Now these local DMCs really have the opportunity to go back to the future of 2015 and get outfitted with electric drivetrain systems by […]
Carbon fibre, titanium, a redesigned lightweight body with high levels of reliability. These are all things you’d want in a top tier F1 racing machine and it’s everything you’re getting in the brand new Tudor Black Bay Chrono Carbon 25. Tudor knows it’s way around a racetrack. They’ve been designing watches for competitive driving since […]
The internationally acclaimed World Press Photo Exhibition returns to Auckland later this year, showcasing the best and most important photojournalism and documentary photography from around the globe. The exhibition, which presents the winning photographs of the prestigious annual World Press Photo Contest, will head to Tāmaki Makaurau thanks to the Rotary Club of Auckland, from […]
An article caught me eye the other day entitled “I Ate At Jeremy Clarkson’s Farm 90 Minutes From Wales, Two Words Sum Up The Whole Experience”. I read the whole article and it was longer than two words. There was also no two word summary. For the sake of accuracy the title should instead be […]
Created for basketball, adopted by the pioneers of streetwear, championed again and again by each generation, the Superstar is the original icon that made a journey from sports to culture. Who better to bridge that gap than legendary actor Samuel L. Jackson alongside a retinue cast including multi-award winning songwriter and producer Missy Elliott, skateboarding […]
PARISIAN CRAFTED PARISIAN’S CRAFTED COLLECTION DRAWS ON OVER 100 YEARS OF MAKING RIGHT HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. Genuine materials – Small batch editions – Made to last. The leather business tote combines slim, minimalist proportions offering simplicity of form and function. Subtle rounded lines are complemented by piped handles, finished with a hand-whipped stitch. Each […]
this season’s directive at R.M.Williams is centred on investing in quality and timeless style; curating a versatile wardrobe that evolves with its wearer. Think denim, heavy coats and accessories that elevate winter outfitting, designed to pull a look together with ease and refinement. Premium leather belts offer a considered finishing touch, paying tribute to over […]
How to Spot a Dickhead: A Field Guide by acclaimed writers Kathryn Burnett and Nick Ward is exactly what it says on the tin — a field manual for navigating the strange, chaotic, and often hilarious world of modern dickheadery. Less a self-help book and more a survival guide, it’s part humour, part social observation, […]
Apple’s legendary product designer Sir Jony Ive, responsible for the iPhone, iPod, MacBook Pro, and Airpods struck off on his own in 2019 to start his own design house LoveFrom. Following the wave of AI LLM breakthroughs he started another AI company in 2024 called IO, which was promptly scooped by ChatGPT’s CEO Sam Altman […]
Belkin Switching It Up The Switch 2 has a battery life of between 2 and 6.5 hours depending on how intense the game you’re playing is. Super Mario Odyssey will drain it’s power in two and a half, as opposed to the five and a half it takes on the Switch OLED. Just a PSA, […]
1There’s a season for everything, and by the looks of it there’s a Seiko for every season. This year Grand Seiko came out swinging at Watches & Wonders with a range of new expressions. Here’s our favourites. SLGC007 TENTAGRAPH Snow Blue Evolution 9 Collection With an embossed pattern representing Mount Iwate’s ridgeline the SLGC007 TENTAGRAPH […]
I’ve noticed recently a yearning to unplug and return to more atomised technology. My nephew rocks a dumbphone and a digital camera he found in an op shop for a few dollars, swinging the full might of his uni student spending power. For those with a stable job Fuji has a much classier, versatile option […]
With the news Spike Lee would be tackling the Kurosawa classic “High & Low” I decided to give myself an education by actually watching it. I have now joined the ranks of film nerds who will badger you to watch everything Akira Kurosawa has ever made because it really is that great. High & Low […]
After 25 years Dwayne Johnson has finally done it, he’s acted in a movie. In a weird circular way it took a role that was most like his real life before he was able to fully immerse himself both mentally and physically into his role. Viewers seeing the first trailers for The Smashing Machine were […]
High to Low is a cinematic masterpiece, a cornerstone of black and white crime thrillers by legendary director Akira Kurosawa. Can it be successfully adapted 62 years later? We’re about to find out as Denzel Washington and Spike Lee are reuniting for their 5th film Highest 2 Lowest. The film centers around Denzel’s character David […]
It was only a matter of time before we’d start getting flicks about people going insane during the COVID lockdowns. Eddington is a new A24 feature starring Joaquin Phoenix as a small town sheriff running for mayor and Pedro Pascal, the incumbent hoping to rejuvenate the little dustbowl town by attracting an AI data center […]
Superman hit a high tide line with Superman II back in 1980. Since then it has failed to every reach the heights the first two films with Christopher Reeves achieved. Things got particularly dire when DC tried launching their cinematic universe with a dark gritty Batman inspired tone to set itself apart from Marvels pack […]
It’s hard to believe it’s been 15 years since Director Joseph Kosinski reimagined what a modern Tron movie looks like. I was an instant fan of the film which seemed to get a lukewarm critical reception. It was a real vibe of a movie, and with Daft Punk doing the music, the soundtrack was a […]
In the run up to the publication of this issue many bombshells were dropped, the most sustained was the Epstein thing, the most conveniently sidelined was continued revelations about Steel Dossier shenanigans, and the most fun had to be the Coldplay concert going down in history for suddenly turning into reality TV. It was just […]
Today we were all shocked by the passing of rock god and Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osborne at the age of 76. Just days ago he was performing live on stage, rocking till the very end. I don’t think anyone could summarise his legacy better than Youngblud’s backstage moment with him not so long ago. […]
Recently the Giltrap Group gave us our first local look the brand new Lamborghini Temerario. France was home to its international reveal and what a reveal it was. “The Temerario stands out as the new benchmark supercar within the HPEV range. Paris, the capital of creativity and avant-garde, was the ideal stage for this premiere.” […]
Carbon fibre, titanium, a redesigned lightweight body with high levels of reliability. These are all things you’d want in a top tier F1 racing machine and it’s everything you’re getting in the brand new Tudor Black Bay Chrono Carbon 25. Tudor knows it’s way around a racetrack. They’ve been designing watches for competitive driving since […]
