Superman

In defence of superhero movies

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Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, and Ken Loach all have one thing in common: they don’t like superhero movies. But are they right? Are they heck. Josie Adams defends the existence of the world’s most money-hungry film genre. There’s only one thing worse than a comic book nerd; a film nerd. Nerds of any kind … Read more

The Friday Poem: Superman by Nick Ascroft

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A new poem by Oamaru-born poet Nick Ascroft.   Superman   Halfway up the ascent zigzagging                      from Royal Terrace                                 to upper Stuart Street carrying four too-heavy                grocery bags I begin to understand    that I will not make it.                      My huffing personage –                                 from the fingers, white                 with the strain, to a face    the … Read more