At The Movies

Join Simon Morris in the best seat in the house as he reviews the latest movies. At The Movies also plays at 1.30pm on Sunday afternoons on RNZ National.

Hosted by Simon Morris

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FULL SHOW: A Little Faith

Dan Slevin reviews four new films in cinemas: In Friendship, cringe comedian Tim Robinson plays a middle-aged man who thinks he’s found a lifelong pal; The Divine Sarah Bernhardt is a biopic about the world’s first global superstar; I Know What You Did Last Summer reboots the 90s slasher franchise; and in Four Letters of Love, the west of Ireland is the setting for a romantic miracle.
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Review: Four Letters of Love

Dan Slevin reviews an adaptation of the bestselling Irish romantic novel starring Pierce Brosnan, Helena Bonham Carter and Gabriel Byrne.
Image from the film Four Letters of Love

Review: I Know What You Did Last Summer

Dan Slevin reviews a remake-slash-reboot of the 90s horror franchise feature g three of the original stars.
Image from the 2025 film I Know What You Did Last Summer

Review: The Divine Sarah Bernhardt

Dan Slevin reviews a biography of the French actress who dominated the stage in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and became the first global superstar.
Image from the film The Divine Sarah Bernhardt

Review: Friendship

“Cringe” comedian Tim Robinson plays a middle-aged man who thinks he’s found a lifelong pal in Tim Rudd’s TV weatherman – reviewed by Dan Slevin.
Image from the film Friendship

FULL SHOW: The good, the bad and the wonderfully weird

Dan Slevin reviews three films in local cinemas: In Superman, Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn reboots the Man of Steel legend; in Bride Hard, Australian comic Rebel Wilson plays a secret agent bridesmaid saving a wedding from a gang of terrorists; and in the absurdist Canadian comedy, Universal Language, a depressed man returns home to snowy Winnipeg to try and find himself.

Review: Universal Language

Dan Slevin reviews an absurdist Canadian comedy about a depressed man who returns home to snowy Winnipeg to try and find himself.
Image from the movie 'Universal Language'

Review: Bride Hard

Dan Slevin reviews an action comedy in which Australian comic Rebel Wilson plays a secret agent bridesmaid saving a wedding from a gang of terrorists.
Rebel Wilson in Bride Hard.

Review: Superman

Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn reboots the Man of Steel legend, reviewed by Dan Slevin.
Image from movie 'Superman'

A Festival of Hope

Simon Morris talks to NZ International Film Festival Director Paolo Bersolin about the programme for 2025. After a rocky few years, Bersolin promises this year’s selection accentuates the positive. Featuring award winners from around the world, a New Zealand selection saluting Jacinda Ardern, Don McGlashan and Fred Dagg, two Beatle-adjacent movies and a famous chainsaw massacre!

Review: F1

F1 – Formula One racing, and movie star’s movie star, Brad Pitt... What more could anyone want? Producer Jerry Bruckheimer returns to the scene of his Nineties Tom Cruise hit Days Of Thunder with more of the same. Featuring Javier Bardem (Dune), Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin) and newcomer Damson Idris (TV’s Snowfall).
A still from the movie F1: The Movie. Two drivers stare dramatically into the distance wearing specialised white suits.

Review: The Great Lillian Hall

The Great Lillian Hall sees multi award winning Jessica Lange play a legendary Broadway star suddenly confronted with a possible life and career-changing disability. Features Kathy Bates and Pierce Brosnan, it's directed by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Michael Cristofer.
The Great Lillian Hall

FULL SHOW: Prestige Pictures

Simon Morris looks at three films that reflect a little more effort on the part of their makers – the star-studded Formula One spectacle, F1, a well-scripted tale from Broadway’s theatre district, The Great Lillian Hall starring Jessica Lange, and France’s hugely successful film version of the classic The Count Of Monte Cristo.

Review: The Count Of Monte Cristo

The Count Of Monte Cristo tells the story of a man wrongfully convicted, determined to take revenge on those who wronged him. The first French film version of Alexandre Dumas’ classic tale for 50 years, it’s produced by the same team who made the recent Three Musketeers films.
The Count of Monte Cristo

Review: 28 Years Later

28 Years Later sees the return of director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland to the zombie apocalypse they created 23 years ago. Now survivors settle on a small island, leaving the mainland to the rapidly mutating infected. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and newcomer Alfie Williams as the 12-year-old hero Spike.
28 Years Later

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