A return to the music scene in the latest episode of Crave!, which sees Debbie, our Intrepid Guest Reviewer, comparing notes with Steve about Taylor Swift and her Reputation Stadium Tour, which last week arrived at Auckland’s Mount Smart Stadium.…Read more →

Steve and Simon are both very, very impressed this week by the latest version of A Star Is Born, this latest starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. Simon is equally as taken with First Man, the Ryan Gosling film about…Read more →

In the seventieth — seventieth! — episode of Crave! Steve struggles to convince Simon of the merits of A Simple Favour, the new Blake Lively—Anna Kendrick two-hander; while Simon rates it, he isn’t as taken in with the film’s charms…Read more →

Two films of very different calibres have been occupying Simon and Steve’s attention this week. BlacKKKlansman, the Spike Lee joint about a black detective who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan, made a very positive impression; The Happytime Murders simply managed…Read more →

Steve and Simon have been to see Bob Dylan in Auckland, and while Simon came away from the show duly impressed, Steve’s really not quite sure what to make of it all. He does, however, know what to make of…Read more →

Crave! has sent intrepid guest reviewer Debbie to Florida this week to cover Taylor Swift’s show at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, for a sneak preview of the Reputation tour that will be coming to New Zealand in November. Steve…Read more →

Steve and Simon are in agreement this week about Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, a film that has managed to delight even the hardest of critics’ hearts. Wellington Paranormal, the new TV spinoff from What We Do In The…Read more →

Incredibles 2, the sequel to, well, Incredibles, has finally arrived, and Simon and Steve ask just how incredible it really is, and find it to be, well, not entirely credible. Simon’s been talking to Lance Ferguson, Kiwi songwriter with Australian…Read more →

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is the big film in cinemas this week, and Simon and Steve ask if it’s time for the Jurassic series to go extinct. (Hint: yes, it is.) Altogether more engaging is Tag, the true-ish story of…Read more →

Simon has gone where Steve wasn’t brave enough to this week, to see Hereditary, the new thriller/horror with Toni Collette. He’s also been re-visiting Alien Weaponry, who impressed at this year’s Auckland City Limits festival and who have released a new…Read more →