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Kids in vintage ads
Cigarettes, cocaine, beer, tanning beds and even a 'safe revolver', the ads of yesteryear would never make it through the marketing standards authority today.
X Factor: Tears and tantrums
REVIEW: Sibling rivalry, pushy mums, a widower's tears for his wife - the X Factor is wicked.
Iron Man 3 a rare treat
Iron Man 3 is that rare thing: a superhero blockbuster with a proper story arc - less a series of action sequences, more a character study.
A matter of street smarts
Angela Bloomfield has visited our living rooms at 7pm each weeknight for the best part of two decades. S
Promise in teen drama
Puberty Blues manages to be both funny and heartbreaking, with a very powerful sense of time and place.
Dr Who satisfies
Misgivings about living in a wi-fi world you can't see or touch are confirmed in the first episode of the seventh series of Dr Who.
Film review: The Croods
The plot might not be terribly original, but The Croods is witty and visually stunning. The kids will thank you for taking them.
Win tickets to Escape from Planet Earth
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Movie a pleasant surprise
Witty, authentic and believable, The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a very pleasant surprise.
More Dory to come
Ellen DeGeneres is going fishing again with a sequel to the animated blockbuster Finding Nemo.
Win tickets to the Hi-5 movie
We have four double passes to the movie Hi-5 Some Kind of Wonderful to giveaway.
Elephant in the room
Watching nature documentaries sounds educational and worthy, right? But what happens when your children are confronted with death, fighting and giant elephant penises?
The Host
Kiwi film-maker Andrew Niccol has adapted Stephenie Meyer's new novel, The Host.
Hi-5s all around
If you're going to take your kids to the new Hi-5 movie, make sure they're wearing their dancing shoes.
Show worthy of primetime
It's hard to think of a more charming new show than TV2's criminally tucked-away Bunheads, Saturday afternoons.
Oz the Great and Powerful
Oz the Great and Powerful shows the United States - and particularly Hollywood - in a very different way from what we cynics know it to be.
Kids' TV more American than US
Research on children's TV programmes shows a disturbing trend.
Beautiful Creatures
After the insufferable Twilight franchise, the superior Beautiful Creatures is a breath of fresh air.
Wiggles want peace
The new-look Wiggles have offered an olive branch to ousted member Sam Moran.
The Carrie Diaries
The original Sex and the City was a sensation in 1998 - pity about this backdated teen take on the series.
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