South Park returns with the most important half-hour of television so far this year.
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"Whenever a new Mike Birbiglia special appears, it feels like spotting a rare bird fluttering outside your window or discovering a couple of bonus potato fritters with your fish n’ chips."

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I kind of hate Stick, but also kind of don't.

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We are not prepared for the reality posited in Mountainhead, a satire about four extremely unlikable billionaires and the world they want to create.

Which is a big problem, considering we are now living in it.

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Marlon Williams' doco Ngā Ao E Rua – Two Worlds tells his personal journey but reveals a choice for us all.
My take on the movie everyone's talking about here:
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MobLand is shooting to be Prestige TV but just misses the target.
Even still, I'm digging it. My thoughts here:
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Now slinging a weekly hit of entertainment writing at Screen Crack.

Absolutely buzzing to be a finalist for the Outstanding Music Journalism Award at this year's Taite Music Prize! It’s an honour to be recognised alongside Chris Schulz and the team at Newzician Magazine. Fingers crossed!

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The one problem with Jono Pryor's new show is Jono Pryor.

I look at his comedy, Vince, in today's NZ Herald column.
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Love's been in the air this week in the lead-up to Valentine's Day. Firstly, I spoke to the experts to determine if rom-coms were hazardous for your relationship. Find out at RNZ @rnzrss.bsky.social www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/541...

A Yuletide column revisiting a Yuletide classic: "People love it so much that even asking if we should cancel Love, Actually is akin to asking if we should cancel Christmas itself."
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