coup de main - noun
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Definition of coup de main : an attack that achieves complete surprise.

Josh Dun got engaged. In New Zealand!

Those old enough to remember The Redwoods Treehouse (commissioned as part of a marketing campaign by the Yellow Pages in 2008) will be familiar with its beauty from TV ads, but Twenty One Pilots fans now know it better as the "tree house in the woods in New Zealand" that Josh Dun proposed to Debby Ryan in just before Christmas (and the day before their Auckland show) last year.

Get familiar with Mumford & Sons' NZ Gentlemen Of The Road special-guests.

Mumford & Sons are returning to New Zealand this January, bringing their full day festival-style show Gentlemen Of The Road (Saturday, January 12th on The Outer Field at Western Springs) to our shores for the very first time ever! The upcoming Auckland edition excitingly includes special guests; Leon Bridges, Michael Kiwanuka, Hollie Fullbrook (Tiny Ruins), and Angie McMahon.

If you haven't already playlisted any of these artists, get familiar below:

5 reasons to watch ‘Eighth Grade’ in cinemas.

It’s been a long time coming, but ‘Eighth Grade’ is finally seeing a release into New Zealand cinemas (out January 10th!) - and trust us, it’s worth the wait. The film follows the eighth grade student Kayla Day on her final week in public middle school in the state of New York, and delves into the friendships and relationships around her, as well as the impact of social media on a whole new generation.

To celebrate the film’s release, we’ve put together five things we love about the film:

5 reasons to watch 'Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse' in cinemas now.

If you’re planning how to spend your holidays and need some new films to watch, then we have you covered - as ‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ is in New Zealand cinemas now, and it’s essential viewing. The animated film is set in the Spider-Verse, a shared multiverse where multiple characters can be a Spider-Man, and stars the likes of Hailee Steinfeld, Jake Johnson, John Mulaney, and more as the voices.

But first, here’s the official synopsis for the film:

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