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Monday, 22 October 2012

Armageddon - Final Day pics

Despite grey skies hovering over Auckland's ASB Showgrounds, there were still a whole heap of people attending the Auckland leg of the Armageddon Expo.

Organiser Bill Geradts told me today there were some 50,000 fans through the gates since the Friday evening - so it was going great guns.

Here are some more pics from the final day.

Le Havre: DVD Review

Rating: PG
Released by Madman Home Entertainment

A winner of a Cannes prize in 2011, Le Havre is an oddball of a film.

It's the story of an aged shoeshiner, Marcel Marx, who lives in the port city of Le Havre. Marx lives a quieter life with his wife Arietty and his dog. His life is a simple one; it revolves around walking the dog, doing his job and visiting the local pub.

But when a group of illegal immigrants show up at the port at the same time as Marx's wife falls seriously ill, Marcel comes across an African young boy, who's a refugee who's escaped the police and the authorities at the port.

So, despite everything in his brain telling him otherwise, Marx decides to harbour the boy.

With the police and authorities closing in, it's not clear that Marcel and the boy will get away with their scheme...

Le Havre is a Finnish directed curio which is joyously simple both in style and story.

It's also incredibly old fashioned in its look and feel but it's also quite touching in many ways; Wilms has old school cinema appeal as an actor and also for the audience to get a hook in. With Kaurismaki's lingering camera holding on actors longer than their scenes, the feel of the flick does take a little while to get used to. But it's very rewarding once you sit back and let this film, saturated as it is with oddball moments, wash over you.

Le Havre is a reminder sometimes that simplistic film making is perhaps the hardest to achieve; it's a feelgood film which is fresh and different - a reminder that cinema going is a pleasant treat every time.

Extras: Trailer and performances by French rocker Little Bob

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Finding Nemo: Blu Ray Review

Rating: PG
Released by Disney Home Ent

So one of Disney's greatest gets the re-release treatment for during the school hols following a 3D cinematic re-outing.

It's the story of overly protective fish Marlin (Albert Brooks) who embarks on a quest to find his young son Nemo after he's scooped up by a diver. On the way, Marlin meets a raft of new people including the very memorable Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) as he tries to recover his son and learn to let go.

Finding Nemo is still one of the greats - it's funny, touching, warming and it's no wonder it won an Oscar back in 2003.

On Blu Ray, it looks great - the blues of the underwater world and the rest of the colours are brought vividly to life and the transfer's pretty high quality.

To be honest, you'll fall for this again and it's going to have that ever lasting appeal that great Disney films should have.

Extras: DVD and Blu Ray pack; deleted scenes, alternative opening, Knick Knack short - though sadly no sign of the Toy Story short which preceded this at the cinema.

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Armageddon - more pics

Even more pics from the final day of Armageddon Expo 2012...

Take a peek below...

Sunday, 21 October 2012

Armageddon - Day 3

The weather didn't keep them away from the ASB Showgrounds in Auckland as Armageddon Expo 2012 continued...

The event runs until Monday October 22nd, so make sure you take a look.

Here's some more of the best pics and costumes of the day: