Movies

Eddington is a satire about the year of Covid 19, with Joaquin Phoenix as an anti-mandate sheriff at odds with the Mayor, angry protest groups and conspiracy-nut influencers. Directed by Ari Aster… Audio

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life is, surprisingly, a French film about a fan of the great novelist, who goes to England as part of an Austen residency. And soon her life starts to echo an Austen romance… Audio

Nobody 2 sees the return of that most unlikely of action heroes, Bob Odenkirk (TV's Better Call Saul). His family demands that he take time off beating up bad guys to take a holiday. But trouble seems… Audio

Simon Morris welcomes two films from two festivals, both offering some originality. From the International Festival comes Ari Aster's Covid thriller Eddington, while from the French one comes the… Audio

New Zealand-based Samoan director, Miki Magasiva's debut feature film "Tina" has pipped iconic Whale Rider at the box office to become the fifth most successful Kiwi film. Audio

Freakier Friday sees Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan in the sequel to 2003's body-swap comedy Freaky Friday. Now they find themselves in the bodies of two new teenagers, on the eve of another… Audio

Mr Burton is the story of a directionless schoolboy in wartime Wales called Richie Jenkins. He is taken under the wing of his teacher, borrows his name and becomes Wales's greatest theatrical star… Audio

The Friend sees a grieving New York writer find herself the unwilling recipient of her dead friend's pet - a gigantic Great Dane called Apollo. Starring Naomi Watts, Bill Murray and a gigantic dog… Audio

Simon Morris looks at three films starring strong contenders to follow Dame Maggie, Dame Judi and Dame Helen. Lesley Manville features in Mr Burton, Naomi Watts shines in The Friend and Jamie Lee… Audio

Together features real-life husband and wife Dave Franco and Allison Brie as a couple who find themselves getting closer than they intended, with horrific consequences. Co starring Damon Herriman… Audio

Riviera Revenge is another popular comedy from French comedy master Ivan Calbérac (The Tasting). A long-married couple's lives are upended when some 40-year-old letters prove the wife had a brief… Audio

When Fall Is Coming is a Hitchcock-style thriller about a woman who finds herself accused of planning to murder her own daughter to get custody of her grandson? She enlists an unlikely ally to clear… Audio

Simon Morris looks at three films that aim at very specific audiences - horror film Together, and from France, an elegant mystery thriller called When Fall Is Coming, and a traditional French sex… Audio

Time for bookmarks, that time of the week when we get one interesting person to delve into some of their favourite things. Actor and creative producer Stacey Leilua joins Jesse today. Stacey has been… Audio