Nick's Favourites
Through the musty halls of the old Harbour Light Picture theatre Lyttelton and where the old merchant crusty sea captains checked their hand held compasses with the metallic 'star' inbuilt in the foyer floor I knew i had a passion till life's end. Contained therein is my retina's wink of approval with no one genre favoured. Ladies and Gentleman "Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war'
Zero Days (2016)
7.8/10
Director: Alex Gibney
Investigative journalism meets conspiracy thriller as Alex Gibney (Going Clear, NZIFF15) goes on the trail of Stuxnet, the extraordinary computer viru... Read more
I, Daniel Blake ( Blu-ray ) (2016)
7.9/10
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: Briana Shann, Hayley Squires, Dave Johns, Dylan McKiernan
British cinemas social realist enters his eighties with a second Palme dOr to his name after the Cannes Jury this year awarded his feisty new film t... Read more
Equity (2016)
5.5/10
Director: Meera Menon
Starring: Anna Gunn, James Purefoy
Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad) dons power suits to star in a female-centric thriller set on Wall Street& Equity is a smart thriller set in the corporate wor... Read more
Better Call Saul: Season 2 (2016)
8.7/10
Director: Vince Gilligan
Starring: Michael McKean, Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Patrick Fabian, Rhea Seehorn
From the creators of Breaking Bad comes the critically acclaimed prequel to one of TVs most successful shows, a dramedy of cinematic quality full of... Read more
Hail, Caesar! ( Blu-ray ) (2016)
6.3/10
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Starring: Frances McDormand, George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Ralph Fiennes, Scarlett Johansso...
Four-time Oscar®-winning filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men, Fargo) write and direct Hail, Caesar!, an all-star comedy set during... Read more
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
6.3/10
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Starring: Frances McDormand, George Clooney, James Brolin, Ralph Fiennes, Scarlett Johanss...
Four-time Oscar®-winning filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men, Fargo) write and direct Hail, Caesar!, an all-star comedy set during... Read more
The Idealist (2015)
7.6/10
Director: Christina Rosendahl
Starring: Jens Albinus, Arly Jover, Soren Malling, Thomas Bo Larsen, Peter Plaugborg
In the vein of a classic investigative journalism thriller, Christina Rosendahls gripping drama The Idealist unravels the deeply compromised relation... Read more
Embrace of the Serpent (2015)
7.9/10
Director: Ciro Guerra
Starring: Brionne Davis, Antonio Bolivar, Jan Bijvoet, Nilbio Torres
An Amazonian shaman, the lone survivor of his tribe, is the commanding central presence in this hypnotic reversal of the jungle-explorer genre by Colo... Read more
Mustang (2015)
7.6/10
Director: Deniz Gamze Erguven
Starring: Tugba Sunguroglu, Doga Zeynap Doguslu, Gunes Sensoy, Elit Iscan, Ilayda Akdogan
While it begins in a burst of lyrical exuberance with schoolchildren frolicking in surf, this knockout first feature from Deniz Gamze Ergüven builds i... Read more
Victoria (2015)
7.7/10
Director: Sebastian Schipper
Starring: Frederick Lau, Laia Costa, Franz Rogowski, Burak Yigit, Max Mauff
An after-midnight flirtation on the streets of Berlin gets thrillingly side-tracked by another chase entirely. Filmed in a single real-time take, its... Read more