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At The Movies: Of Mice and Men, The Gunman, The Age Of Adaline
23 Apr 2015Simon Morris goes to the theatre - the Broadway version of Of Mice and Men, starring James Franco. He also reviews two contrasting features - action movie The Gunman, starring Sean Penn, and The Age…
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The Gunman - film review
23 Apr 2015Simon Morris reviews action movie The Gunman, starring Sean Penn.
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At The Movies: The Longest Ride, Woman in Gold, Samba
16 Apr 2015On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at the come-back of the female-friendly film, including Samba, starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, Woman In Gold, starring Dame Helen Mirren, and Nicholas Sparks'…
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At The Movies: The Book of Life, Fast and Furious 7, Get Well Soon
9 Apr 2015On At The Movies, Simon Morris reviews Mexican animated feature The Book of Life, and the latest – and biggest – film in the Fast and Furious franchise – Furious 7. And as a light sorbet on the side…
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At The Movies: Insurgent, X plus Y, Run All Night.
26 Mar 2015On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at two Young Adult films, Insurgent, the sequel to last year's popular Divergent… and X plus Y, a heart-warming story of an autistic young maths genius. He also…
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At The Movies for 12 March 2015
12 Mar 2015On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at three rather average films: fantasy epic Seventh Son, starring Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore, conman comedy Focus with Will Smith, and Kidnapping Mr Heineken…
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At the Movies for 5 March 2015
5 Mar 2015On At The Movies, Simon Morris reviews The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, and previews a year packed with even more sequels. He also looks at a rare public-private partnership out to help the New…
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At The Movies for 26 February 2015
26 Feb 2015On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks back at the Oscars, and the future of Hollywood films. He reviews Jupiter Ascending and The Interview, and has a rare look at some plays being screened at our…
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At The Movies for 19 February 2015
19 Feb 2015Simon Morris bravely goes to no-man’s-land – the film Fifty Shades Of Grey. He also invites New Zealand filmmakers Fiona Samuel, Phillipa Campbell and Leanne Pooley to discuss the curious shortage of…
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At The Movies for 12 February 2015
At The Movies returns, and this week Simon Morris looks at three very English films, including multi Bafta-winner The Theory of Everything. James Bond spoof Kingsmen stars Colin Firth, while…
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At the Movies 2014 Wrap
On the final At The Movies of the year, Simon Morris looks back over a year of film: from Oscar winner 12 Years A Slave to the big trends of 2014. It was a year of big, if shaky, franchises, a lot of…
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