Classics: Toy Story 3 (2010) & Peabody (1983)
Did you betray your toys?
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From the Hood: Striking Comedy Gold
Government To Mine Rich Vein Of Irony
Talking Sport : The Tour de France, 2010
Sportsmanship survives in the most unlikely of places
The Complicatist : Climb Every Mountie
Reasons not to sneer at the home of Celine Dion
Cartoon Alley: Reviews and commentary #10… Tim Bollinger
Great moments in my recent comic reading history
* * * * * WEREWOLF ISSUE 13, JUNE 2010 * * * * *
The June 2010 Edition of Werewolf
On the despicable decision on blood alcohol driving limits
Yesterday’s non-decision on the alcohol limit has underlined once again that the Key government is not interested in governing for the benefit of New Zealand […]
On Haiti, as the hurricanes arrive
Six months after the Haiti earthquake, only a trickle of the $10 billion in aid that had been pledged by dozens of countries and multilateral […]
On the mining backdown
The government’s formal capitulation ( due later today) on the mining of Schedule Four conservation land is a smashing victory for the public – one […]
On the making of The Hobbit
Given that successive governments have identified the film industry as a prime catalyst of the knowledge economy, you might have expected more local media attention […]
On the Waihopai ‘Claim of Right’ Defence, and Arming the Police
Jump to ‘Reduce Violence : Arm the Police. Yeah, right.’ Usually when the public feels outraged by an acquittal in a high profile trial, the […]
On the ideology behind state spending cuts, and the Bethune aftermath
Clearly, the cuts to government spending are being driven by ideology and not by the state of the economy. Yesterday’s figures revealed a government deficit […]
On John Key getting us mixed up in Australia’s problems with asylum seekers
Click for big version Asylum seekers? We’ve been here before under a National-led government. In 1999, the then-Immigration Minister Tuariki Delamere used the spectre of […]
On why our business leaders continue to believe in the confidence fairy
(Also: On Vincent Ward) Given the poor economic data from the United States in June, the Reserve Bank obviously needs to halt the upward march […]
On The Jackson Film Commission review
So the long awaited, year-in-the-making blockbuster review of the Film Commission has finally been delivered by Sir Peter Jackson and David Court, and is now […]
On Julia Gillard, and Simon Power
Julia Gillard’s ascent to the top job in Australia will face its first major policy test in the next fortnight, as she will have to […]
Big Oil: Rigging the Game
Do we have the will – or ability – to deal with the oil multinationals ?
Sarah Palin Steals The ‘F’ Word
Feminism is what you do, not what you call yourself …
From Begging Bowl to Petri Dish
The frustrations of science funding in New Zealand
Volume Selling
Why are television commercials so loud?
Labouring in the trenches
An interview with Wellington Central MP, Grant Robertson
Milestone Movies : Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Sergio Leone’s great operatic Western about death, revenge and endurance
From The Hood : The Battle Of No Oil
Naif balladeer has mandolin, and a story to tell
Classics : Daffy Duck (1937)
The duck that turned greed, envy and shameless self-promotion into an art form
The Complicatist : Mystery Girls
The incredible disappearing Connie Converse, and Janelle Monae
Cartoon Alley: Reviews and commentary #8… Tim Bollinger
Great moments in my recent comic reading history
Cartoon Alley: Reviews and commentary #9… by Leo Hupert
The Beats — A Graphic History and Progress No 8
When Tourists Turn Ugly
Does New Zealand sometimes reap what it has sown from its tourism promotion ?
* * * * * WEREWOLF ISSUE 12, MAY 2010 * * * * *
The last edition of Werewolf (May 31st).
On the World Cup, and the media’s buy-in to the national mood of elation
Well, New Zealand made a splash in the Fifa World Cup coverage yesterday – and I don’t mean via the draw with Italy. No, the […]