James Rolleston
Trailer Trashin’: Maori Martial Arts Action in The Dead Lands
Sorry for missing last week, dear readers, but I was so busy with work and other commitments that I had to let the column fall by the wayside. But I’m determined to not let that become a habit, and I’ve got something really cool for you this week. In this installment of Trailer Trashin’, I’m taking a look at the upcoming New Zealand action film The Dead Lands. Premise: Afte...[Read More]
Movie Review: Boy
It’s 1984 in a beautiful but impoverished small town on New Zealand’s east coast, where an 11-year-old who everybody calls Boy gets an unexpected visit from his long-absent father. Featuring two fine performances from unknown Maori child actors, Boy, writer/director and co-star Taika Waititi’s coming-of-age story of a Michael Jackson-obsessed tween struggling to understand his slacker dad sh...[Read More]