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Milestone Movies : Deep Throat (1972)
From Linda Lovelace to Julia Roberts – its not such a long way, baby
The Complicatist : In praise of Raymond Scott
The man who heard the future
Cartoon Alley: Reviews and commentary #17… Gordon Campbell
My favourite cartoon (this month) : Winsor McKay’s black and white cartoons
Cartoon Alley: Reviews and commentary #16… Tim Bollinger
New works by Art Spiegelman, Toby Morris and Glen Stewart
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The September 2010 Edition of Werewolf
On the Latest stage of The Hobbit drama
So, according to Sir Peter Jackson and Philippa Boyens all that Warners are asking for in an uncertain world is certainty. A surety that no […]
Gordon Campbell on The Hobbit countdown to D-Day
At his post Cabinet press conference last week, Prime Minister John Key was asked (by me) whether the government-convened talks to keep The Hobbit in […]
On the Government’s bogus victory over price increases
Out in the real world, it is hard to see why anyone would want to take credit for the current state of the economy. Economic […]
On aged care, and the Len Brown, Celia Wade-Brown triumphs
The Greens/Labour Party investigation of conditions in the aged care sector in New Zealand paints a hair-raising picture of this country’s quality of care for […]
Gordon Campbell: Key's backbone problem with China
On the evidence of the past week, New Zealand has a Prime Minister who seems chronically unable to stand up for himself – or this […]
On the Paul Henry saga
So far, the penalties levied on Paul Henry’s have gone no further than a two week suspension for his on air querying of whether Kiwis […]
Gordon Campbell on the end game for The Hobbit
The two main issues that will decide Warners’ decision about where to shoot The Hobbit are both inching towards a resolution. Neither involve the actors’ […]
Gordon Campbell on the trade unions vs Peter Jackson wrangle over 'The Hobbit'.
If the production of The Hobbit does finally move to eastern Europe, it would not be because of the actors’ wage bill or any fresh […]
Robbing the Vote
Why the current plan to take the right to vote away from prisoners is a terrible idea
Cosmetic Surgery Heads South
Why women are turning to surgery on a false quest for genital perfection
In the Kingdom of Ben Affleck
Dunkin Donuts coffee is the new Boston tea party
Engage the Crazy Horses
The real challenge facing the Maori Party : constructive engagement with gangs
Classics : The Dark Is Rising (1973)
Don’t ever break bread with the stranger on the black horse….
Left Coasting : Have Pod, Will Travel
California does some blue sky thinking about public transport
From The Hood :Auto Erotic
Steven Joyce meets Elvis at the bottom of a glass
Letter From America : Feeling The Distance
The Christchurch earthquake, via Blackberry …
Milestone Movies : A City of Sadness (1989) A Brighter Summer Day ( 1991)
A colonised Taiwan finds a sense of national identity through its own great film-makers
The Complicatist : Cindy Walker, Roy Orbison & Nick Cave
Orbison rules, Cave doesn’t
Cartoon Alley: Reviews and commentary #15… Leo Hupert
The Amazon – Written and Illustrated by Steven T. Seagle and Tim Sale
Cartoon Alley: Reviews and commentary #14… Gordon Campbell
My Favourite Comic (this month) : Thor Walks Across America
Cartoon Alley: Reviews and commentary #13… Tim Bollinger
All Hail Ellie – Destroyer of Worlds!, Best of Black & White & Ninja Bugeicho
A Tale of Two Cities
Auckland’s Supercity reforms have a lot in common with urban reforms being carried out in Paris
All Shook Up
Should the earthquake determine the mayoralty in Christchurch? An interview with Jim Anderton
* * * * * WEREWOLF ISSUE 15, August 2010 * * * * *
The August 2010 Edition of Werewolf