One Question Quiz

Tom Augustine

Guest writer

Tom is an Auckland-based filmmaker, writer and professional Lord of the Rings nerd. He owns a pair of cowboy boots. Follow him on Instagram @thaugustine.

Roseanne Liang (Photo: Devon Wycoff, additional design: Tina Tiller)

‘Spectacle, heart and smarts’: How Roseanne Liang become Hollywood hot property

She just worked on Netflix’s The Last Airbender reboot, now she's directing Angelina Jolie and Halle Berry’s new action film... what next?

By Tom Augustine | 3rd March, 2024

William Melvin Kelley. Photo used upon publication of his first book “A Different Drummer.”

Black exodus and white supremacy: a rediscovered 1962 novel, reviewed

Tom Augustine on the mythic satire of William Melvin Kelley’s A Different Drummer, written nearly 60 years ago and still too relevant.

By Tom Augustine | 12th June, 2019

How much are these people in The Avengers?

Does Avengers: Endgame have heaps of your favourite superhero, or not much?

There are more characters in Avengers: Endgame than there are minutes in an hour, but how much is your favourite actually in it? Tom Augustine has the answers.

By Tom Augustine | 29th April, 2019

Yes, that’s Taika Waititi.

Remembering Freaky, New Zealand’s most traumatic kid’s show

Goosebumps had nothing on this one. Tom Augustine looks back at the Kiwi kid's horror series that scarred a generation: Freaky.

By Tom Augustine | 27th February, 2019

Julia Deans in Fur Patrol’s ‘Lydia’ video

Rejoice, for ‘Lydia’ by Fur Patrol is finally on Spotify!

In 2000, Fur Patrol dominated the New Zealand singles chart with 'Lydia'. 18 years later, 'Lydia' is finally streaming on Spotify. We pay tribute to this New Zealand classic.

By Tom Augustine | 17th May, 2018

Montgomery and Batt in 2015

Live every moment: A fanboy farewells The Worst Idea Of All Time

Tonight, in Los Angeles, the New Zealand podcast phenomenon The Worst Idea Of All Time comes to a close. Tom Augustine pays tribute to the show that took a terrible idea and transformed it into art.

By Tom Augustine | 1st December, 2017