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Beowulf updated for 21st century
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The other day, I noticed a bookshop with a whole section devoted to what are called graphic novels, narratives told in visual rather than verbal terms extended comics, really, but with a degree more sophistication and wit. Ray Bradbury wrote about books without words in Fahrenheit 451, where the need to read had disappeared from society. But graphic novels do some things words cannot, and this film is the visual equivalent of a graphic novel.
Reggae superstar tunes in to NZ
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The man who produced one of the biggest hits in reggae history is set to perform in New Zealand for the first time, writes Jeff Neems.
Movies in festival debut
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Next year's Hamilton Gardens Summer Festival will include film screenings for the first time.
Eight-hour festival will draw crowds
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Christian musical festival In His Honour will be held in Cambridge tomorrow, with up to 1800 teenagers and 20-somethings expected to attend.
Girls' road trip takes some surprising twists
Road to Paradise, by Paullina Simons (HarperCollins, $34.99). Reviewed by Rebecca Harper.
Lust and love in Kerala
Mistress, by Anita Nair (Arcadia, $34.99). Reviewed by Jane Ritchie.
How elite forces fought two very different wars
Flying boats in the Med
The Go! Team - Proof of Youth (Shock/Memphis Industries)
Two years ago at the Big Day Out, in between performances I had actually planned to see, I wandered into the smaller Green and Red Stage areas.
Donavon Frankenreiter - Recycled Recipes (Lost Highway)
If I have one complaint about the latest offering from bearded Californian surfie Donavon Frankenreiter, it's that it is too short.
Over the Rhine - The Trumpet Child (Southbound)
Galactic - From The Corner To The Block (Anti/Shock NZ)
The Twang - Love It When I Feel Like This (B-Unique/Polydoor)
Hailing from Birmingham, The Twang has already received comparisons to Oasis, and garnered much attention as a group of "baggy revivalists".
Fonterra says recalls not related
Open Country Dairy posts $29.5m loss
Man flees after punching elderly woman
Ultrafast broadband in Hamilton from July
Mum cops $200 fine for truant daughter
Rabbit to run riot in garden theatre
Editorial - Football bid the way to go
River returns Zharian to grieving family
Passenger tells of 'awful' flu scare ordeal at airport
Contamination of subdivision raised before residents notified
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