Movies
At The Movies - Heroes and Villains
Simon Morris previews the upcoming British and Irish Film Festival, and checks out two American movies that pay tribute to, respectively, that country's heroes and villains - Super/Man: The… Audio
Review : Radical
Radical is a Mexican film based on real-life, following in the footsteps of To Sir With Love, Dead Poet's Society and Dangerous minds. An inexperienced teacher arrives at a poverty-stricken school and… Audio
Review : Megalopolis
Megalopolis is Francis Ford Coppola's multi-million dollar art film - about art, politics and the future. It stars Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jon Voight, Dustin Hoffman and Aubrey Plaza. It's… Audio
Review : The Wild Robot
The Wild Robot is a heart-warming family film from Dreamworks Animation (Puss In Boots). A robot crashes on a desert island and takes on a job it's not programmed for - mother to a baby gosling. Voice… Audio
At The Movies for Wednesday 2 October 2024
Simon Morris weighs up the relative size of big empty spectacle and smaller stories with gripping characters. Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis is as spectacular as its name, but what's it about? The… Audio
Review: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice - director Tim Burton returns to his 1988 hit comedy about the afterlife. But does it still pack the same punch? Stars old hands Catherine O'Hara, Winona Ryder and Michael… Audio
Review: Thelma
Thelma is the year's least-likely action hero on a mission to get back the money she lost to scammers. Starring 90-plus veteran June Squibb (Nebraska) she's out long past her bed-time, and she's not… Audio
Review: Maurice and I
Maurice and I tells the surprisingly moving story of two of the most successful architects in New Zealand - Sir Miles Warren and Maurice Mahoney - their life, their times, and their struggle to save… Audio
At The Movies: Targets
Simon Morris looks at three specifically targeted films - a sequel to Tim Burton's cult classic Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, a popular documentary from a recent architecture film festival, Maurice and I… Audio
At The Movies - Blink Twice
Blink twice is the directorial debut of actor Zoë Kravitz (The Batman) that sees a tech billionaire (Channing Tatum) invite his celebrity friends to an island getaway where all is not what it seems… Audio
At The Movies - We Were Dangerous
New Zealand film We were dangerous is set during the famous "moral panic" of 1954, when a new invention - the "teenager" - seemed to terrorize the powers that be! Three rebel girls decide to get out… Audio
At The Movies - The Sitting Duck
The sitting duck is the real-life story of a French trade union dispute that turns nasty. Was the whistleblower really attacked at her home, or did she make it up to publicise her cause? Starring… Audio
At The Movies - Breaking The Rules
Simon Morris suggests that when it comes to breaking the film-making rules, it's best to pick your battles. This week The sitting duck is a real life French miscarriage of justice, Blink twice is a… Audio
At The Movies - Bookworm
Bookworm is about an 11-year-old girl's quest to find New Zealand's mythical Canterbury Panther with the unwilling help of her long-lost father. Directed by Ant Timpson (Come To Daddy) it stars Elijah… Audio
At The Movies - Borderlands
Here's a B-movie video-game adaptation with an A-List cast - Jack Black and Kevin Hart (Jumanji), Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All At Once) and, playing her first inter-planetary bounty… Audio
At The Movies - It Ends With Us
It Ends With Us is based on a romantic novel that went viral a couple of years back. The film version may do even better, thanks to a star performance by Blake Lively (The Shallows). It's directed by… Audio
At The Movies for Wednesday 14 August 2024
Simon Morris checks out three films that depend on a star to lift their game. Two succeed - a romance with a sting in the tail called It ends with us and an endearing Kiwi road-movie called Bookworm… Audio
At The Movies - Mr Blake at Your Service
French hit Mr Blake at your service sees John Malkovich (Dangerous liaisons) play a British businessman (entirely in French!) who takes a job as a butler in a French stately home. Also starring… Audio
At The Movies - Deadpool and Wolverine
Deadpool & Wolverine sees two Marvel Comics mavericks combine to save Disney's beleaguered MCU. Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman are joined by a dazzling array of cameos, including Emma Corrin (The… Audio
At The Movies for Wednesday 31 July 2024
Simon Morris realizes there are several worlds of movies around this week - from Marvel's Multiverse in Deadpool & Wolverine to the popular French hits, typified by The President's wife with Catherine… Audio
