Film Review – Conrad – 8/12/00 Guy Ritchie brings us a London gangster comedy in the same vein as his earlier ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’, and delivers a similarly fast paced, complex weave of characters and plot that entertains from beginning to end. Attempting to explain the plot would involve describing a large…
Film Review – Conrad – 17/11/00 New York, New York! – where models work as barmaids, dreams are derailed, and good looks and talent are not enough on their own for you to ‘make it’. Violet Sanford (Piper Perabo) dreams of taking her song writing talent to New York and ‘making it’, only to find…
Film Review – Conrad – 13/10/00 Starring the Colosseum, and ably supported by Russell Crowe’s battered body, this movie does a surface scan of the bloody carnage created by gladiatorial combat provided as entertainment for the Roman masses, and the clandestine violence perpetrated by the young Caesar Commodus in his desperation for power. He’s a…
Conrad – 5/5/00 The TSS Earnslaw backs out of its berth at the start of another cruise. Click here for a larger version A few weeks ago I was fortunate to be able to go on holiday down in Wanaka for about five days. On one of those days we drove around to Queenstown (about…
Conrad – 17/12/99 It is often said that a week is a long time in politics and this was certainly true several times over during the three weeks after the 1999 New Zealand Election was held. The political future of the country was somewhat in the balance after the results on the night came through,…
Conrad – 5/11/99 Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan Starring Bruce Willis, Toni Colette, Haley Joel Osmond. One criteria for judging a film can be the amount of time you spend thinking or talking about it afterwards, and on that count The Sixth Sense scores highly for me. In fact it stayed with me…
Conrad – 6/6/98 If you haven’t already, check out Part 1… The state of the New Zealand Health system has been under scrutiny a lot recently. Firstly there was the Taranaki-King Country by-election which gave the voters the chance to protest against the Government by voting for the opposition. In this case the anti-Government vote…
Conrad – 23/5/98 Consistency hasn’t been a strong point for the New Zealand Coalition Government recently. For example they have announced that it is now no longer illegal to import cars with wound back odometers as we do not have the ability to consistently and easily detect it – it is now simply a matter…
– Conrad – 16/5/98 Yes, it is now safe to surf faster! The best news for Internet users in the last month has been the adoption of a 56k modem standard (called V.90) by former rivals 3Com (x2) and Rockwell (56k Flex) ensuring there will be no compatibility problem between users and their service providers….
Conrad – 24/4/98 Season Reign – Annemiek Weterings (Click here for a larger version photo source:Nelson Mail) Please note: this article covers the 1997 New Zealand Wearable Art Awards only. For up to date information please visit the official Website for New Zealand’s International Wearable Art Awards Twenty three year old Wellington artist Annemiek Wetering…
