Movies
At the Movies for 9 August 2023
Simon Morris checks out three films that set out to convince us of something hard to believe - one true, one "based on real events" and one not remotely true. Audio
Movie review - Meg 2: The Trench
Meg 2: The Trench sees Jason Statham and Cliff Curtis once again wrestling with giant, prehistoric sharks at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Video, Audio
Review: Munich: The Edge of War
Munich: The Edge of War tells a fictional story behind the British Prime Minister's famous Munich rendezvous meeting with Adolf Hitler. Stars George Mackay (1917), Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall)… Video, Audio
Movie review: Chevalier
Chevalier tells the incredible-but-true story of the "Black Mozart" Joseph Bologne - a swordsman, composer, virtuoso violinist and lover of women in the court of Marie Antoinette. Video, Audio
Review: Munich: The Edge of War
Munich: The Edge of War tells a fictional story behind the British Prime Minister's famous Munich rendezvous meeting with Adolf Hitler. Stars George Mackay (1917), Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall)…
Video, AudioMovie review: Chevalier
Chevalier tells the incredible-but-true story of the "Black Mozart" Joseph Bologne - a swordsman, composer, virtuoso violinist and lover of women in the court of Marie Antoinette.
Video, AudioMovie review - Meg 2: The Trench
Meg 2: The Trench sees Jason Statham and Cliff Curtis once again wrestling with giant, prehistoric sharks at the bottom of the Mariana Trench.
Video, AudioReview: Barbie
Barbie is a combination colourful romp - so long as it's pink! - and feminist fable. Stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, and written and directed by Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird). Audio
At The Movies for 26 July 2023
Simon Morris looks at the most famous double feature of the year - the guys who invented the atom bomb in Oppenheimer and the doll that caused the almost as huge upheaval in the toy box - Barbie. Audio
Review: Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer is the story of the man behind the atom bomb, who ended the World War II and started the Cold War. Written and directed by Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk), it stars Cillian Murphy, Emily… Video, Audio
Review: Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer is the story of the man behind the atom bomb, who ended the World War II and started the Cold War. Written and directed by Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk), it stars Cillian Murphy, Emily…
Video, AudioAt The Movies for 19 July 2023
Simon Morris looks at three small-scale comedies - two American on Prime Video and Netflix, one French - and discovers that the secret is to take it seriously. Audio
Movie review: Robots
Robots imagines a world where your robot can do all the boring parts of your work and play. Starring Jack Whitehall (Bad Education) and Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies). Video, Audio
Movie review: The Out-Laws
A bank manager discovers his fiancée's parents may not be who they say they are in The Out-Laws. (Streaming on Netflix) Video, Audio
Movie review: A Good Doctor
In the hilarious French film A Good Doctor, an unwell emergency doctor recruits a totally unqualified courier to perform his rounds. Video, Audio
Movie review: A Good Doctor
In the hilarious French film A Good Doctor, an unwell emergency doctor recruits a totally unqualified courier to perform his rounds.
Video, AudioMovie review: Robots
Robots imagines a world where your robot can do all the boring parts of your work and play. Starring Jack Whitehall (Bad Education) and Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies).
Video, AudioMovie review: The Out-Laws
A bank manager discovers his fiancée's parents may not be who they say they are in The Out-Laws. (Streaming on Netflix)
Video, AudioReview : Joy Ride
Joy ride sees four Chinese-American women have an eventful holiday in China. An R-rated comedy directed by Adele Lim (Crazy rich Asians), produced by Seth Rogen (Knocked up) and starring Stephanie Hsu… Audio
Review : Sugar and Stars
Sugar and stars is the based-on-real-life story about a French-Arab orphan who decides to become one of the world's great pastry chefs. Another hit from the recent French Film Festival. Audio