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Pixar's latest family animation takes place in a fantasy world of elves, centaurs, cyclopses and manticores - who are just like us. Reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio

Dan Slevin is filling in for Simon Morris and he reviews Pixar’s Onward, the drama Queen & Slim and the French thriller Les Misérables. Audio

The Last Thing He Wanted on Netflix is a tragic misfire, reports Dan Slevin. Video

Finally getting a release after years on the shelf thanks to the Harvey Weinstein scandals, The Current War has been handed back to the director (Alfonso Gomez-Rejon) and is now released in a… Audio

Dan Slevin reviews this pan-European drama that tells the story of a mild-mannered Welsh journalist who stumbled across one of the greatest crimes of the 20th Century - the Soviet Famine in Ukraine in… Audio

Low budget studio Blumhouse teams up with horror auteur Leigh Whannell and star Elisabeth Moss to reboot the famous Universal Studios property (reviewed by Dan Slevin). Audio

Dan Slevin is filling in for Simon Morris and he reviews Leigh Whannell's The Invisible Man, the drama Mr. Jones and Benedict Cumberbatch in The Current War. Audio

You know that summer is over when the film society programme starts up again. Dan Slevin reports on this year’s offers from Auckland and Wellington.

Dan Slevin relished the time he spent with these two old geezers who are the subject of The Two Popes. Video

Dan Slevin wonders whether Jojo Rabbit holds up second time around. Video

If you’re looking for an excuse to upgrade your TV, Terminator: Dark Fate makes a compelling argument, reports Dan Slevin. Video

This week on Standing Room Only with Lynn Freeman - Liz Sneyd talks about the love Porirua children have for classical music, gay writer Aroha Awarau talks about his new play Provocation, and film…

Dan Slevin reviews the acclaimed film by the Safdie Brothers which stars Adam Sandler as a New York jeweller and gambling addict hoping to make one more big score. Audio

An epic - and supposedly historically accurate - recreation of the greatest underdog victory in the history of naval warfare (reviewed by Dan Slevin). Audio

Terrence Malick's latest film is based on the true story of an Austrian farmer was named as a martyr by the Catholic Church after refusing to swear allegiance to Adolf Hitler (reviewed by Dan Slevin).

Dan Slevin is filling in for Simon Morris and he reviews Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life, the epic war movie Midway and Adam Sandler's acclaimed performance in Uncut Gems. Audio

Dan Slevin reviews the new film from director Marielle Heller (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) in which Tom Hanks plays the beloved children's TV host Mr. Rogers. Audio

Kristen Stewart plays the iconic screen actress Jean Seberg who in the late 60s and early 70s was hounded by the FBI for her political views (reviewed by Dan Slevin). Audio

Kristen Stewart plays a marine engineer trapped at the bottom of the Mariana Trench after a drilling rig unleashes a new kind of terror (reviewed by Dan Slevin). Audio

Dan Slevin is filling in for Simon Morris and he reviews two films starring Kristen Stewart (the submerged horror Underwater and Seberg, about the screen actor Jean Seberg) and A Beautiful Day in the… Audio

A 14 year old girl becomes the latest bride of a wealthy farmer in 19th Century Vietnam (reviewed by Dan Slevin). Audio

Dan Slevin reviews a plucked-from-the-headlines drama about the sexual harassment scandal that hit Fox News in 2016 starring Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie. Audio

Robert Downey Jr. takes on the role of Hugh Lofting's famous doctor who preferred animals to people in this expensive reboot. (reviewed by Dan Slevin). Audio

Dan Slevin is filling in for Simon Morris and he reviews a new family entertainment starring Robert Downey Jr., Dolittle; a drama about the Fox News sexual harassment scandal that ended the career of… Audio