Simon Morris
At The Movies for 19 June 2014
Simon Morris talks to Drive screenwriter, Englishman Hossein Amini, about his first film as a director, Two Faces Of January, starring Viggo Mortensen. He also reviews American comedy, 22 Jump Street… Audio
At The Movies for 12 June 2014
On At The Movies, Simon Morris reviews the new Tom Cruise sci-fi thriller Edge of Tomorrow, and the American smash-hit teen drama, The Fault In Our Stars. Meanwhile Switzerland has produced its own… Audio
At The Movies for 5 June 2014
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at another re-invented fairy-tale, Maleficent starring Angelina Jolie, and yet another spoof of a western, A Million Ways to Die in the West. And Brit comedians… Audio
At The Movies for 29 May 2014
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at two headlining movies - for all the right reasons, the well-received X Men Days Of Future Past, and for all the wrong - Grace of Monaco. But it's a little… Audio
At The Movies for 22 May 2014
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at the rise of Christian movies in the States, so called "faith-based films", including Son of God, which has just been released here. Also, the biggest… Audio
At The Movies for 15 May 2014
On At The Movies, Simon Morris reviews three films for older audiences - Belle looks at racial prejudice at the time of Jane Austen, Catherine Deneuve is the week's most glamorous grandmother and Chef… Audio
The Standing Room Only competition
The finalists and winners of the Star Wars competition are announced and the details of the next SRO competition are revealed. Audio
At The Movies for 8 May 2014
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at a big budget sci-fi drama, Transcendence, starring Johnny Depp, and a low-budget musical, Scotland's Sunshine On Leith. And ultra-cool New York director Jim… Audio
At The Movies for 1 May 2014
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at two holiday favourites - the Lego Movie and the new Spiderman - Rise of Electro. He also reviews a film from Nigeria, dealing with the tragic breakaway province… Audio
At the Movies for 24 April 2014
On At The Movies, Simon Morris talks to the new head of the New Zealand Film Commission, Dave Gibson. After over 40 years in the local industry, Dave has had plenty of time to formulate some strong -… Audio
At The Movies for 17 April 2014
Simon Morris looks at three contrasting films - new Young Adult franchise, Divergent… a Japanese family drama about two children separated at birth - Like Father Like Son… and the highly-anticipated… Audio
At The Movies for 10 April 2014
Simon Morris welcomes the blockbuster season - this week it's Captain America Winter Soldier. And in the smaller cinemas there are smaller, more demanding films: from Britain a film inspired by Oscar… Audio
The Standing Room Only trailer competition
The results of this week's competition and the next one is revealed. Audio
At The Movies for 3 April 2014
Simon Morris looks at the controversial new film about Noah and the Flood and the sequel to the highly-successful action movie from Indonesia, The Raid. And Bill Gosden reveals some of the successes… Audio
At The Movies for 27 March 2014
Simon Morris wonders why Hollywood has abandoned movies with adult concerns to the rest of the world - the Iranian/French film The Past… from Italy, the Oscar-winning The Great Beauty… and a film from… Audio
This week's competition - what you need to know
This week, your mission is to write a mini radio play under one minute in length, using these five most commonly-used Hollywood sound effects. They are 'Castle Thunder', a bullet ricochet, sonar beeps… Audio
At The Movies for 20 March 2014
Simon Morris invites two fellow-critics to discuss the role of the movie reviewer. His guests are Sarah McMullan, film reviewer for Afternoons with Jim Mora, and Alexander Bisley, editor at large for… Audio
At The Movies for 13 March 2014
Simon Morris looks at four films all based - more or less - on reality. Spinning Plates is a documentary about restaurants. Stories We Tell is as much about stories as about director Sarah Polley's… Audio
Results From our First Competition
We announce the winners and runners up in the inaugural Standing Room Only Competition, the Beatles Drama. They will be on our webpage from Monday morning. Audio
At the Movies for 6 March 2014
Simon Morris looks back on the Oscars, and reviews one of the winners - Her for Best Original Script. He also looks at two films about travel - Non Stop, a murder mystery set on an intercontinental… Audio
