At The Movies for Wednesday 31 January 2018
AT THE MOVIES #716 “STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER”
Dan Slevin is sitting in for Simon Morris.
Matt Damon plays Paul Safranek and Jason Sudeikis plays Dave Johnson in Downsizing from Paramount Pictures. Photo: © 2017 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.
I, Tonya is the true (depending on who you believe) story of figure skating’s greatest scandal, the 1994 hobbling of Nancy Kerrigan by associates of her rival, Tonya Harding.
Hibiscus & Ruthless is the follow-up to Three Wise Cousins, the most successful self-distributed film in NZ history.
If you find that Netflix (or Neon) don’t have enough festival, arthouse or avant-garde films, maybe you should try Mubi.com, a high-brow streaming service available in New Zealand.
With the pedigree of Alexander Payne (The Descendants, Nebraska, Sideways) and Matt Damon, as star, Downsizing should be an awards contender but it hasn't proved to be. Dan Slevin argues that the film has been misunderstood and that it is genuinely one of the best of the year.
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At the Movies
7:30 PM.Dan Slevin is filling in for Simon Morris and this week he reviews I, Tonya, Hibiscus & Ruthless, Downsizing and the streaming video service Mubi. Read more Video, Audio
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Review I, Tonya
7:31 PM.Dan Slevin reviews the 'based-on-a-true-story' comedy about the 1994 figure skating scandal. Audio
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Review Hibiscus and Ruthless
7:32 PM.Dan Slevin reviews the second film by Pasifika writer-director Stallone Vaioga-Ioasa (now known as SQS). Audio
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Review - Mubi
7:33 PM.If Netflix or Neon doesn't have enough festival or arthouse films for you, Mubi.com might be the answer, according to Dan Slevin. Audio
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Review Downsizing
7:34 PM.Alexander Payne's big budget follow-up to Nebraska and The Descendants, reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio
