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  • At the Summer Movies - Happy New Year!

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    movies
    1 Jan 2025

    Dan Slevin reviews three new films in cinemas: Paddington in Peru sees our favourite refugee bear visiting his Aunt Lucy at the Home for Retired Bears and stumbling across a mystery; in All We Imagine… Audio

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  • How a CGI monkey aligns with Robbie Williams' life story

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    Comment & Analysis music
    28 Dec 2024
    The Better Man biopic film, directed by Michael Gracey, is based on the true story of British popstar Robbie Williams.

    Review - Robbie Williams' depiction of himself as a stunningly photorealistic simian/pop star hybrid in his biopic movie fits with his amped-up brand, writes Dan Slevin.

    Review: Robbie Williams' run-of-the mill Better Man biopic gets the blockbuster treatment
  • Review: Anora

    Podcast episode — 25 December 2024

    The 2024 winner of the Cannes Palme d’Or is a comedy/drama about a Brooklyn lap dancer (Mikey Madison) who is given a shot at new life when the big spending son of a Russian oligarch falls head over heels for her. Reviewed by Dan Slevin.

    Review: Anora
  • Review: Mufusa: The Lion King

    Podcast episode — 25 December 2024

    Dan Slevin reviews a prequel for the popular Disney musical franchise, directed by Oscar winner Barry Jenkins and featuring the voices of Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Tiffany Boone.

    Review: Mufusa: The Lion King
  • Review: Better Man

    Podcast episode — 25 December 2024

    Biography of Robbie Williams in which the English pop star is portrayed as a performing chimpanzee (digitally created by New Zealand’s Wētā Digital). The film is directed by Michael Gracey (The Great Showman). Dan Slevin reviews.

    Review: Better Man
  • At The Summer Movies: The Holidays Begin

    Podcast episode — 25 December 2024

    Dan Slevin reviews three new films arriving in cinemas for the summer holidays. Mufasa: The Lion King is a prequel about the patriarch Mufasa and how he came to lead the animals of Pride Rock. Anora is a Cannes award winner about a Brooklyn lap dancer given a shot at a new life. And Better Man is a biography of Robbie Williams in which the pop star is portrayed as a performing chimpanzee.

    At The Summer Movies: The Holidays Begin
  • The Lion King, Anora and the Better Man

    Audio 25 Dec 2024

    Dan Slevin reviews three new films arriving in cinemas for the summer holidays. Mufasa: The Lion King is a prequel about the patriarch Mufasa and how he came to lead the animals of Pride Rock. Anora… Audio

  • Movie review - Mufasa The Lion King

    Audio 25 Dec 2024

    Dan Slevin reviews a prequel for the popular Disney musical franchise, directed by Oscar winner Barry Jenkins and featuring the voices of Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Tiffany Boone. Audio

  • Movie review - Better Man

    Audio 25 Dec 2024

    Biography of Robbie Williams in which the English pop star is portrayed as a performing chimpanzee (digitally created by New Zealand's Weta Digital). The film is directed by Michael Gracey (The Great… Audio

  • Movie review - Anora

    Audio 25 Dec 2024

    The 2024 winner of the Cannes Palme d'Or is a comedy/drama about a Brooklyn lap dancer (Mikey Madison) who is given a shot at new life when the big spending son of a Russian oligarch falls head over… Audio

  • Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin

    Audio 20 Dec 2024
    Mufasa: The Lion King

    Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Maggie Tweedie to review Mufasa: The Lion King (2024), documentary Sugarcane (2024), and a selection of free-streaming family movies on ThreeNow: The… Audio

  • Dan Slevin's best films of 2024

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    New Zealand arts
    18 Dec 2024
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    Dan Slevin looks back at the cinematic year and picks his 10 top films - and not a horror flick among them.

    The 10 best films of 2024 - Dan Slevin's picks
  • Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin

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    movies TV
    13 Dec 2024

    Nights' resident screen critic reviews The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024), Christmas horror-comedy It's A Wonderful Knife (2023), and free streaming option British sci-fi Attack the… Audio

  • Is the age of the "moviestar" over?

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    movies TV
    11 Dec 2024
    A scene from the upcoming movie, Gladiator II starring Paul Mescal.

    Resident Nights screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to debate whether the glittering age of the moviestar is over. Audio

  • Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin

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    movies
    6 Dec 2024
    The Movie Teller (2023)

    Tonight critic Dan Slevin covers The Movie Teller (Scherfig, 2023), Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways, and Hunting Aotearoa.   Audio

  • Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin

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    movies TV
    29 Nov 2024
    A still from Taki Rua Theatre: Breaking Barriers. Two actors stand amidst trees. On the left, a man wears feathers in his hair, a skirt, and holds a taiaha. On the right, a woman carries a patu, and wears a patterned skirt.

    Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to review the new films Taki Rua Theatre - Breaking Barriers & Moana 2, the miniseries Agatha All Along and the Tom Cruise classic Edge of… Audio

  • A galaxy of great film scores

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    music
    26 Nov 2024
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    A new documentary gives film critic Dan Slevin an opportunity to rave about movie composer John Williams. Audio

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  • Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin

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    movies
    22 Nov 2024
    Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait is a football documentary in which 17 cameras follow one player for an entire match.

    Nights' resident film critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan with some picks for the weekend. Audio

  • Saturday Night is more exhausting than entertaining

    News
    New Zealand New Category
    17 Nov 2024
    Still from the movie Saturday Night (courtesy Columbia Pictures)

    Jason Reitman's new comedy Saturday Night is "manically nostalgic" and ultimately more exhausting than entertaining, writes Dan Slevin. The 1970s are ugly in Jason Reitman's new comedy Saturday Night…

    Review: Saturday Night
  • Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin

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    movies TV
    15 Nov 2024
    A scene from the upcoming movie, Gladiator II starring Paul Mescal.

    Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to review the new Gladiator II film, Australian indie film Time Addicts, Naga which is set in Saudi Arabia and the classic British… Audio

  • Review: Saturday Night

    Podcast episode — 13 November 2024

    Jason Reitman’s comedy focuses on the chaotic 90 minutes leading up to the debut of the famous television variety show Saturday Night Live. Dan Slevin reviews.

    Review: Saturday Night
  • Review: Music by John Williams

    Podcast episode — 13 November 2024

    Dan Slevin reviews a documentary about the legendary screen composer, John Williams, and his seven decade career in Hollywood.

    Review: Music by John Williams
  • FULL SHOW: Uplift

    Podcast episode — 13 November 2024

    Dan Slevin reviews Music by John Williams, a Disney+ documentary about the legendary film composer; Australian animated tragicomedy, Memoir of a Snail, and Saturday Night, a comedy about the birth of the entertainment juggernaut, Saturday Night Live.

    FULL SHOW: Uplift
  • Review: Memoir of a Snail

    Podcast episode — 13 November 2024

    Oscar-winning Australian animator Adam Elliot’s latest feature is a tragicomedy about twins separated after the death of their father and their eventual recovery. Reviewed by Dan Slevin.

    Review: Memoir of a Snail
  • Movie review - Memoir of a Snail

    Audio 13 Nov 2024

    Oscar-winning Australian animator Adam Elliot's latest feature is a tragicomedy about twins separated after the death of their father and their eventual recovery. Reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio

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