We're talking Watchmen (2019) with Sam this week. Another superhero series that we didn't know we needed, the one that Sam has dubbed 'Best of the Year', complete with punchy superhero's, heavy undertones and a giant squid monster. What more can we say?
Is The Mandalorian (2019) as good as it's hyped up to be? Sam's here with a review of the long-awaited Star Wars TV series featuring the adorable Baby Yoda. Stay tuned to find out if it's worth subscribing to another streaming service to catch this one.
It's been a while since Sam's watched something he's been thoroughly unimpressed by, and today's the day. Reviewing High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (2019), Sam doesn't reckon it quite lives up to the original movie, in his opinion. Perhaps Disney Plus hasn't caught him quite yet...
Some of our faveourite moments from this year's Long Player series, including highlights from Mo Muse, Bailey Wiley, Carnivorous Plant Society, Green Grove and more.
Kiran's back in the studio bringing us her reckons to kick off February reading, All Who Live On Islands by Rose Lu. A series of intimate essays of her personal history, what it's like to grow up in Aotearoa and the questions migrants face. Big thumbs up from Kiran for this one.
What's that smell? Well, that's Penelope Noir talking about the history of perfume. That's right, the concoction of scents we spray on ourselves to elevate our aesthetic. Nice. Tune in for part one of the series.
Sam returns this week with a show that we can't quite wrap our heads around. Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2020) is the uplifting musical TV series that we didn't know we needed. Featuring pop tunes you'll definitely know, Sam reckons this show is definitely a great watch, especially if you're dusty.
Cora Allan Wickliffe talks to Heidi and Prairie about how she came to curate the stunning first show at Tautai's new space, as well as sharing what was behind her gesture of blacking out an intricate hiapo work that took her the entirety of lockdown to curate, in front of all the guests at the opening, including our prime minister. Next Jasmine Tuia and Ashleigh Taupaki put out the invitation to their new intitiative 'Cross Crits', an Indigenous and POC lead series of get togethers to have your work critiqued starting in a couple of weeks time. And finally Rebecca Steedman tells us about balancing improvisation and precision in her Rm exhibition 'The Weight of Things'.
Max Currie is the director of Rūrangi, a forthcoming web-series which is having its premiere as part of this year's NZIFF. Max popped into studio to chat about the show which follows the story of young trans activist Caz as he returns to his small rural hometown for the first time in the 10 years since he left, and begins to reconnect with his father and friends.
Steve Newall has a chat about The Boys. It comes with a strong recommendation. He also mentions Tenet, as we await an official release date for Auckland. Plus he's amped to check out Glenn Danzig's directorial debut Verotika on new streaming service Shudder.
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