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CHiPS

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5 Apr 2017

Chips was a popular TV series in the 1970s - how does it shape up in the ironic 2010s?
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At The Movies for 5 April 2017

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5 Apr 2017

On At The Movies, Simon Morris reviews two rebooted projects - a new comedy based on 70s TV favourite Chips, and the controversial western version of Japanese cult series Ghost in the Shell. And…
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Beauty and the Beast

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5 Apr 2017

Beauty and the Beast is the latest Disney animated favourite to get the live-action treatment. Starring Emma Watson, Dan Stevens and Kevin Kline.
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Movie review - Never Repeats Podcast

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29 Mar 2017

And a new web-site Never Repeats sets out to watch every New Zealand film - good and bad. Simon talks to hosts Hayden Frost and L J Ritchie.
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Movie review - Aquarius

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29 Mar 2017

Brazilian award-winner Aquarius sees ageing Sonia Braga determined to hang onto the beachfront apartment she was brought up in.
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Movie review - LIFE

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29 Mar 2017

Life returns to Alien territory, when a crew of a space-station find themselves hosting an ever-growing, hostile creature from Mars. Stars Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal.
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At the Movies for 29 March 2017

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29 Mar 2017

Simon Morris reviews the sci-fi thriller Life and Brazilian award-winner Aquarius and talks to Hayden Frost and LJ Ritchie about their plans to review every NZ film ever in their podcast Never…
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At the Movies for 22 March 2017

arts movies
22 Mar 2017

Simon Morris looks at three films that all, in different ways, fail to excite: Loving, Gary of the Pacific and Trespass Against Us.
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Kong: Skull Island - review

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15 Mar 2017

Kong: Skull Island revives the old Japanese monster movie version of the story. Starring Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larsen, John Goodman and Samuel L Jackson.
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A Street Cat Named Bob - review

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15 Mar 2017

A street cat named Bob is based on James Bowen's best-selling memoir of life on the London streets. Starring Luke Treadaway, Joanne Froggatt and Bob the Cat.
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The Innocents - review

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15 Mar 2017

This critically-acclaimed French film tells the story of a group of Polish nuns who were raped by the "liberating army" at the end of World War II.
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At The Movies for 15 March 2017

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15 Mar 2017

Simon Morris looks at three rather different films - Kong: Skull Island, A Street Cat Named Bob and The Innocents.
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At the Movies for 8 March 2017

arts movies
8 Mar 2017

Simon Morris discovers the old western isn't as dead as you'd think and three new films owe more than a little to its influence,
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At The Movies

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15 Feb 2017

Simon Morris previews the French Film Festival, now New Zealand's second-biggest cinema showcase after the winter International Festival and takes a peek at the Baftas.
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At The Movies for 8 February 2017

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8 Feb 2017

On At The Movies, Simon Morris reviews a holiday full of Oscar hopefuls - but how many were actually deserving?
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At the Movies: the best of 2016

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14 Dec 2016

Simon Morris looks at the year's big themes – business, the year 1952 and diversity – and crowns Comeback of the Year, Star of the Year and three Movies of the Year.
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At The Movies for 1 December 2016

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30 Nov 2016

On At the Movies this week: Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard as spies fighting Nazis in Allied, Terence Davies adapts a Scottish classic in Sunset Song and Michael Keaton changes the face of food…
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At The Movies for 24 November 2016

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23 Nov 2016

At the Movies: the mega-profitable Harry Potter world returns, the stylishly-sadistic The Neon Demon, a masterpiece from Almodóvar and a clever thriller about faking the moon landing.
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Hell or High Water

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16 Nov 2016

Dan Slevin talks to Englishman David Mackenzie, director of a modern western about fighting back against the banks.
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Review - Arrival

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16 Nov 2016

A film about first contact with aliens, and problems in translation - with them, and between us. Also starring Amy Adams, and directed by Denis (Sicario) Villeneuve.
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Review - Nocturnal Animals

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16 Nov 2016

A new film by former top fashion designer, Tom Ford, that juggles three narratives about success, violence and revenge. Starring Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal.
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At The Movies for 16 November 2016

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16 Nov 2016

This week Simon Morris reviews two movies, both starring Amy Adams, that are being tipped for Oscar nominations and Dan Slevin talks to David Mackenzie, director of Hell or High Water.
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At the Movies

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26 Oct 2016

On At The Movies, Simon Morris reviews three more films from the Spring Clearout season - Jack Reacher Never Go Back, starring Tom Cruise; Café Society, Woody Allen's new comedy, set in 1930s…
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Chasing Great - movie review

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7 Sep 2016

The story of a GAB - a "Great All Black" - Richie McCaw in his own words.
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