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I am delighted to announce that after years on hiatus, F&S is returning as a Substack newsletter.
This site will continue to archive all the previous content – and slowly get a tidy up as we go – but the freshest reviews will now be available to subscribers at substack.funeralsandsnakes.net.
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For the last three weeks I’ve been enjoying the opportunity to sit in for Simon Morris on RNZ National’s At the Movies. It’s a lot of work – at least...
The post Picks of the Week for 9 February appeared first on Funerals & Snakes.
Here are last week’s highlights from my output at RNZ – on the web and on the air. Five reasons to watch Watchmen 2019’s wonder year for television ended with...
The post Picks of the week for 19 January appeared first on Funerals & Snakes.
It has been a long time between drinks here at Funerals & Snakes but that doesn’t mean that I have been idle. I continue to write and broadcast for RNZ...
The post Picks of the Week for 12 Jan 2019 appeared first on Funerals & Snakes.
Hello all! While it will be clear to all visitors that the site isn’t being updated at the moment/any more, that doesn’t mean it isn’t still in my heart. So,...
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Download mp3 | ogg The podcast version of the 2nd annual summing up of the year in film, tv and other cool stuff – originally streamed live from the Rancho...
The post RN 4/3: A Very Rancho Christmas 2015 appeared first on Funerals & Snakes.
Dan and Kailey are joined by Graeme Beasley from sportsfreak.co.nz to talk about the Lance Armstrong biopic The Program as well as Graeme’s favourite sports movies of all time, Jackson...
The post RN 4/2: Good in the mountains appeared first on Funerals & Snakes.
Dan and Kailey talk about Bond #24 — Spectre — and Hunger Games #4 — Mockingjay Part 2 — plus the usual mix of box office stats and other news...
The post RN 4/1: Under New Management appeared first on Funerals & Snakes.
This week at my new Radio New Zealand (sorry, RNZ) gig, we started posting some actual content. First up we started our “Best of the web” feature, featuring links to...
The post RNZ Widescreen: a week of updates appeared first on Funerals & Snakes.
After a few weeks of development, testing, angst and aggro, I can finally announce the new project I’ve been cooking up at Radio New Zealand. Here’s a short trailer video...
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There are big changes afoot in the world of Rancho Notorious as Dan accepts an offer to go and work for Radio New Zealand. All will be explained in this...
The post RN 3/6: Change appears to be the only constant appeared first on Funerals & Snakes.
As most of you probably know, back in May I decided that FishHead — Wellington’s best lifestyle magazine — and I had gone as far together as we were probably going...
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Kailey and Dan are joined by former Sight & Sound scribe Tom Webb, now resident in Wellington, to discuss Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation, Woody Allen’s Irrational Man and Tom’s picks...
The post RN 3/5: Minion Impossible (You can have that idea for free, Hollywood!) appeared first on Funerals & Snakes.
Kailey and Dan are joined from Auckland by film maker and appreciator Doug Dillaman to discuss the first week of the 2015 New Zealand International Film Festival. Dan also interviews The...
The post RN 3/4: Views of the NZIFF Mountain appeared first on Funerals & Snakes.
Kailey and Dan are joined by NZIFF director Bill Gosden to preview this year’s event plus interviews with Daniel Junge (director of Being Evel) and Christian Petzold, the writer/director of the wonderful...
The post RN 3/3: 2015 NZIFF Special appeared first on Funerals & Snakes.
Kailey and Dan are joined by special guests Rudy Tavarez and Mike Dickison to talk about the biggest film in the world at the moment, Jurassic World. The award-winning Spanish thriller Marshland also...
The post RN 3/2: Jurassic Days and Jurassic Nights appeared first on Funerals & Snakes.
Dan and Kailey are joined by film festival stalwart and emergency management specialist Rebecca Goodbehere to discuss the new Dwayne Johnson disaster movie San Andreas and the new Cameron Crowe disastrous movie Aloha. Plus...
The post RN 3/1: Faults appeared first on Funerals & Snakes.
Kailey and Dan are joined by Ben Woodward to talk about George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road and the remake of Poltergeist with diversions into A Royal Night Out and Spy plus another announcement...
The post RN 2/18: “We’re mad, we are!” appeared first on Funerals & Snakes.
Kailey and Dan review Pitch Perfect 2 plus documentaries That Sugar Film, Cobain: Montage of Heck and The Ground We Won. Kailey also reveals the first titles in this year’s New Zealand International...
The post RN 2/17: More than one kind of grunge appeared first on Funerals & Snakes.
Dan and Kailey are joined by Andy James, one of the world’s foremost experts on the MCU (or Marvel Cinematic Universe) to discuss Avengers: Age of Ultron and how all...
The post RN 2/16: Universal appeared first on Funerals & Snakes.
Kailey and Dan are joined by Miriam Ross from Victoria University to talk about her new book about 3D (3D Cinema: Optical Illusions and Tactile Experiences and to review Fast &...
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