Simon Morris
At the Movies for 10 December 2025
In the penultimate At The Movies, Simon Morris looks back over an eventful year. Apart from the usual winners and losers, he produces his personal Top Three (there seem to be four of them), his pick… Audio
Review : Die My Love
Die My Love is a harrowing tale of the downfall of a marriage, with a dream team before and behind the camera. Produced by Martin Scorcese, directed by Lynne Ramsay (We have to talk about Kevin) from… Audio
Review : Wake Up Dead Man
Wake Up Dead Man is another Knives Out mystery, starring Daniel Craig as detective Benoit Blanc. Among the star-studded list of suspects are Josh O'Connor (Challengers), Glenn Close (The Wife), Andrew… Audio
Review : Zootopia 2
Zootopia 2 is the long-awaited sequel to the popular animated film about a city entirely populated by animals. Will the rookie police team of bunny Judy Hopps and fox Nick Wilde discover what happened… Audio
At The Movies - The Countdown Starts
Simon Morris kicks off the final three shows with films all connected to some At The Movies favourites. Wake Up Dead Man is the latest creation of Rian Johnson, whose career started with the neo-noir… Audio
Review - Jay Kelly
Jay Kelly is a made-to-measure comedy-drama for George Clooney, about a top star wondering what he sacrificed for his career. Written and directed by Noah Baumbach (Barbie), it features Adam Sandler… Audio
Review - After the hunt
After the Hunt has ended up on Prime Video, after a promising start at the Venice Film Festival. Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich) plays a Yale professor caught in a MeToo situation, when her student… Audio
At the Movies for 26 November 2025 WEB
Simon Morris notes that A List stars are no longer enough to command big cinema audiences. Is it the end of the line for movies like Jay Kelly, starring George Clooney and Adam Sandler, Dead of… Audio
Review - Dead of winter
Dead of Winter sees Dame Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility) shunning the English costume dramas for a gritty thriller set in the frozen North. Can she rescue a kidnapped teenager, with only her… Audio
Review : The Running Man
The Running Man is set in a world of extreme poverty where the only way out is via high-paying reality TV shows. The most popular one is The Running Man where contestants are hunted down by the… Audio
Review : Spinal Tap II: The end continues
Spinal Tap II: The end continues is the long-awaited - 40 years in fact - sequel to the cult favourite mockumentary This is Spinal Tap. Now everyone's favourite fake metal band reform for a final… Audio
At The Movies - Blockbuster
Simon Morris remembers the golden age of Blockbuster Videos, where failed movies could recoup their costs when they went to video. This week, a sequel to one such film Spinal Tap II: The End… Audio
Review : Now You See Me: Now You Don't
Now You See Me: Now You Don't is the third in the series of tales of conjurors, robbing from the rich. This time the Four Horserman need help from three keen young magicians. Stars Jesse Eisenberg… Audio
Review : A Little Something Extra
A Little Something Extra is a hugely popular comedy in France. Two jewel robbers hide out from the cops among a party of holidaying people with disabilities. They find it harder than it looks to fit… Audio
Review : Predator: Badlands
Predator: Badlands finds a young member of the Yautja (Predator) tribe hunting on the most dangerous planet in the Galaxy. His quest: to capture a beast that can't be killed. Starring Elle Fanning as… Audio
At The Movies - Targeted
Simon Morris returns to a group of rather specifically targeted movies. From the recent International Film Festival, a very French farce about two crooks hiding out at a camp for people with… Audio
Review : Happyend
Happyend is a Japanese drama, set in the near future. Five high school rebels face the prospect of going their separate ways, while corrupt politics arrive at both the school and out in the wider… Audio
Review : Went Up The Hill
Australian-New Zealand co-production Went Up The Hill is a ghost story with a twist. Jack returns home for his mother's funeral, where he meets her widow, Jill. And it seems mum is reluctant to leave… Audio
Review : Eleanor The Great
Eleanor The Great sees a grieving 90-year-old woman - played by June Squibb (Thelma) - impersonate a Holocaust survivor with the best of intentions, she thinks. But it all gets away from her. Also… Audio
Review : Miss Violet
French favourite Miss Violet sees a woman with a mysterious past arrive in a rural village to take over the local school in the 1880s. But she runs into resistance from village parents who think of… Audio