Dan Slevin
The Underground Railroad
Oscar winner Barry Jenkins has adapted Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel as a limited series for Amazon’s Prime Video. Reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio
Bye Bye Morons (or Au revoir cons)
Dan Slevin reviews a new French comedy which won six César awards in 2020. Audio
Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In
Five years after retiring from Manchester United, the legendary football manager talks to his son Jason about his career and his 2018 brain haemorrhage. Reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio
At the Movies for 30 June 2021
Dan Slevin is filling in for Simon Morris and watches three new films in cinemas and at home. He reviews Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In an intimate documentary about the legendary football manager… Audio
Movie review - Herself
A single mother in contemporary Dublin tries to protect her family by building a house. Reviewed by Dan Slevin. Video, Audio
F9 (or Fast & Furious 9)
Dan Slevin reviews the latest episode in the twenty-year-old Fast & Furious franchise. Audio
Luca
The latest animated feature from the Pixar studio, screening on the Disney Plus service. Reviewed by Dan Slevin Audio
At The Movies #843
Dan Slevin is filling in for Simon Morris and he reviews reviews Irish drama HERSELF, about a victim of domestic violence who builds a house; F9 (or FAST & FURIOUS 9), the latest in the great petrol… Audio
Review - Luca
The latest animated feature from the Pixar studio, screening on the Disney Plus service. Reviewed by Dan Slevin Video, Audio
Movie review - F9 (Fast & Furious 9)
Dan Slevin reviews the latest episode in the 20-year-old Fast & Furious franchise. Video, Audio
Movie review - Herself
A single mother in contemporary Dublin tries to protect her family by building a house. Video, Audio
At the Movies for 23 June 2021
Dan Slevin is filling in for Simon Morris and he reviews reviews Irish drama HERSELF, about a victim of domestic violence who builds a house; F9 (or FAST & FURIOUS 9), the latest in the great petrol… Audio
Florian Zeller, writer-director of Oscar favourite The Father
This week the Academy Awards finalists were nominated, and one of the heavily favoured films was The Father, starring Sir Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman. It's up for Oscars for both stars, as well… Audio
Booksellers relying on gut instinct for Christmas orders
Booksellers are returning to the 1970s way of doing things this Christmas.
Trusting their instincts, and stocking up on the books they think people will want to read.
Gelays in the global supply… Audio
Independent bookshops bucking the trend in NZ
Despite the trend in recent years towards e-books, independent bookshops are popping up all across the country.
Four new shops opened in the past few months, and another is due to open in Wellington… Video, Audio
Movie review: The Assistant - a workplace horror about difficult choices
Dan Slevin reviews a drama about a young woman who discovers her Hollywood executive boss is a monster. Video, Audio
Movie review: Master Cheng
A romance about a Chinese chef stuck in rural Finland. Reviewed by Dan Slevin. Video, Audio
Movie review: Love, Antosha
A documentary biography of the young movie star Anton Yelchin who died suddenly in 2016. Reviewed by Dan Slevin. Video, Audio
At The Movies for Wednesday, 3 June 2020
Dan Slevin is filling in for Simon Morris and he reviews Master Cheng, a romance about a Chinese chef stuck in rural Finland; The Assistant, a drama about a young woman who discovers her Hollywood… Audio
The Last Full Measure
Dan Slevin reviews a drama about the campaign to give a Medal of Honour to Air Force Staff Sergeant William H. Pitsenbarger who saved over 60 soldiers in a Vietnam War gunfight. Audio