Simon Morris

Simon Morris reviews Robert Redford's most challenging role - as a solo sailor in trouble in All Is Lost and Joel and Ethan Coen's new film, Inside Llewyn Davis, remembers the half-forgotten… Audio

Simon Morris looks at a week of movies that make up in quantity what they may lack in quality - comedies 'Are We Officially Dating' and 'Last Vegas', supernatural love story 'Winter's Tale', not to… Audio

Simon Morris looks at the summer season of Academy Awards hopefuls. Nebraska, 12 Years a Slave, American Hustle, The Wolf of Wall Street and the rest may get all the publicity, but there were other… Audio

Simon Morris talks to Himiona Grace and Ainsley Gardner about The Pa Boys, which opens in cinemas on Waitangi Day. Audio

With Simon Morris and Phil O'Brien. Audio

Simon Morris wraps up the year with a look back on 2013 in movies - a year of Gravity, The Hunger Games, World War Z and Man of Steel. But in fact many of the best films of the year were rather… Audio

In the penultimate At The Movies for the year, Simon Morris looks at three films for three markets - for the young, sci-fi adventure yarn Ender's Game… for the middle-aged, Nineties TV superstar Alan… Audio

Former backing vocalist Simon Morris applauds a documentary on the subject - 20 Feet From Stardom. He also reviews a sentimental drama starring Michael Caine - Mr Morgan's Last Love - and the last… Audio

Simon Morris looks at the latest blockbuster - The Hunger Games Catching Fire - and two films that borrow from the classics. Mud is straight out of the world of Huckleberry Finn, while Fill The Void… Audio

Simon Morris looks at three twice-told tales - Fifth Estate covers the same territory as the documentary Wikileaks - We Sell Secrets, One Chance revives memories of the first winner of Britain's Got… Audio

Simon Morris looks at three American films - Ridley Scott's The Counsellor, starring Michael Fassbender and Brad Pitt… The Butler, starring Forrest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey… and Thanks for Sharing… Audio

Simon Morris looks at the enormous Thor The Dark World, and the important Inch'Allah, set in modern-day Palestine. And he also checks out the rather smaller pleasures of the short films on offer in… Audio

Simon Morris looks at the new Ed Hillary documentary, Beyond The Edge, and a new Australian feature that boasts an incredible 18 directors, The Turning. And Tom Hanks stars in a film that's already… Audio

Simon Morris reviews two American films - Runner Runner, which deals with the phenomenally successful on-line gambling scene, and Prisoners, in which a frustrated father is forced to take the law into… Audio

As a child star Dean Stockwell worked with great screen greats like Erroll Flynn. He's now in his 70s and heading to New Zealand for the Armageddon Pulp Expo so we take the opportunity to ask him… Audio

Simon Morris is disappointed to discover that Diana isn't as entertainingly awful as he was led to believe, and also reviews 2 Guns, starring Denzel Washington. And he talks to Fiona Powell, editor of… Audio

Simon Morris looks back at the holiday movies, and reviews two of the biggest films of the year - Andrew Adamson's long-awaited adaptation of Lloyd Jones' novel, Mr Pip... and Gravity, starring Sandra… Audio

Simon Morris talks to New Zealand film producer Tim Coddington. Tim's worked on some of our biggest co-productions over the years - from the Narnia films and Bridge To Terebithia to Mister Pip. Now… Audio

Simon Morris welcomes the best Woody Allen in a while - Blue Jasmine starring Cate Blanchett. There's also a slightly less impressive cyber-thriller called Paranoia, and that rare thing, a New Zealand… Audio

Simon Morris reviews the sequel to Red, starring Bruce Willis and Helen Mirren. Ashton Kutcher's take on computer billionaire Steve Jobs has strangely clashing tones and French film In The House sees… Audio