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The Chills: The Triumph & Tragedy Of Martin Phillipps
[ Madman DVD / DVD - released 8/Aug/2019 ] Martin Phillipps came tantalizingly close to conquering the international musical world with his band The Chills, but instead fell into decades of debt and addiction in his hometown of Dunedin, New Zealand. At 54, he's been given a dire medical... |
Dan Carter - A Perfect 10
[ Rialto / DVD - released 20/Nov/2019 ] He's the country boy that became an international rugby superstar. A world record point scorer, World Cup hero and, according to many, the greatest fly-half to ever grace the game. Dan Carter also had a popularity that transcended the sport. With... |
The Dark Horse
[ Sony Pictures DVD / DVD - released 10/Dec/2014 ] Genesis Potini is a wildly charismatic, bi-polar suffering former chess champion, at a crossroads in his life. Gen is released from a psych ward and given a last chance at life in society. With nowhere else to go, he moves into his... |
Goodbye Pork Pie
[ Jigsaw DVD / DVD - released 17/Nov/2010 ] Gerry is a young New Zealander whose thoughts of freedom from his small town life take a turn for the better when he steals a yellow Mini. John is a rather older New Zealander whose life is smashed when his girlfriend leaves him and moves to the... |
No. 2
[ Walt Disney Studios / DVD - released 16/Feb/2006 ] Nanna Maria, the ageing matriarch of her family struggles to get her grandchildren together for a traditional feast in which she means to name her heir, who will take over the house when she dies. |
Outrageous Fortune - Series Six
[ South Pacific Pictures DVD / 4 DVD Box Set - released 17/Nov/2010 ] The Wests are a one-family crime wave with a proud tradition in thievery, larceny and petty crime. Or at least they used to be. At the beginning of Series One, family matriarch Cheryl West decided enough was enough - the family must clean up their... |
Poppy
[ Madman Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 20/Jan/2022 ] Poppy's ambition is to become a motor mechanic starting with the apprenticeship promised by her late father is stalled by her super protective brother who has reluctantly inherited the family workshop/garage business. And it's not until she teams up... |
Whale Rider
[ South Pacific Pictures DVD / DVD - released 25/Sep/2008 ] One girl dared to confront the past, change the present, and determine the future... In a small New Zealand coastal village, Maori claim descent from Paikea, the Whale Rider. In every generation for more than 1000 years, a male heir born to the... |
When a City Falls (Christchurch: The People's Story) - Full Theatrical Version
[ Metropolis / DVD - released 23/Feb/2012 ] M: Contains offensive language. |
Whetū Mārama: Bright Star
[ Lime Light DVD / DVD - released 17/Nov/2022 ] For Māori, the canoe underpins our culture. We once built waka/canoes from giant trees and sailed the vast Pacific by the stars. These arts were lost to us for 600 years. Then the stars re-aligned and three men from far flung islands revived our... |
