Simon Morris
Web TV
Most people under 30 hardly watch TV at all, they're simply going on-line - and so are many smart production companies. We are talking about shows like Woodville - snappy 5-minute "webisodes" of a… Audio
At The Movies for 29 August 2013
Simon Morris looks at a wild variety of smaller films – the return of Hit-Girl in Kick-Ass 2; a woman’s-eye-view of a Middle East war; an Irish-Spanish co-production called Tasting Menu; and Josh… Audio
At The Movies for 22 August 2013
Simon Morris looks at the first Hollywood films by two directors who made their name from home - South Africa's Neill Blomkamp and South Korea's Can-Wook Park. And independent movie Frances Ha… Audio
At the Movies for 15 August 2013
Simon Morris reviews the new feel-good movie from the makers of Little Miss Sunshine, and Byzantium - Irish director Neil Jordan's contribution to the Vampire genre. He also looks at two very… Audio
Casting director Tina Cleary
Casting is crucial and we talk to one of the best Kiwis in the business, Tina Cleary from The Casting Company. Tina's up for an Emmy for her work on Jane Campion's TV series, Top of the Lake. She and… Audio
At The Movies for 8 August 2013
Simon Morris looks at two rather different sides of English actress Kristin Scott Thomas - as a homicidal mother in Only God Forgives, and in her more usual role as a dignified wife in the French… Audio
At the Movies for 1 August 2013
Simon Morris reviews two examples of excess - the latest Marvel Comics extravaganza, The Wolverine, and Farewell To My Queen, a French film about the last days of Marie Antoinette. And New Zealand… Audio
Giselle - The Movie
Filmmaker Toa Fraser and his producer Matthew Metcalfe describes how a film like the upcoming Giselle is achieved. It's screening at the New Zealand International Film Festival. Audio
At The Movies for 25 July 2013
Simon Morris is invited to two more "end of the world" movies - The World's End, appropriately, ends badly, while Pacific Rim is a surprisingly fascinating revival of the old Japanese rubber-monster… Audio
At The Movies for 18 July 2013
Simon Morris looks at two 'odd couple' films. The Heat is a traditional buddy-cop comedy, but starring women this time - Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy. Monsters University goes back to when… Audio
At The Movies for 11 July 2013
Simon Morris looks at three films that deal with nostalgia - the new Lone Ranger; the sequel to Before Sunrise and Before Sunet - Before Midnight; and a film set in the world of Soho striptease king… Audio
At The Movies for 4 July 2013
Simon Morris wonders why the end of the world is so hot this week - including the Seth Rogen comedy This Is The End, and the new Superman origin story Man of Steel. He also looks at the new New… Audio
At The Movies for 27 June 2013
Simon Morris invites Bill Gosden, Director of the International Film Festival, to preview this year's selection.The range is huge - from the Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra and the latest… Audio
At The Movies for 13 June 2013
Simon Morris finds out if Baz Luhrmann's 3D Great Gatsby is as disappointing as most critics seem to think; Bekas features two runaway Kurd boys, looking for Superman; and Remembrance looks at an… Audio
At The Movies for 6 June 2013
Simon Morris looks at two contrasting films - from America, The Fast and the Furious 6 and from Raumati, Shopping. And he investigates how films get audiences to like their characters. Audio
At The Movies for 30 May 2013
Simon Morris checks out the third - and, we're promised - final Hangover. And two films about terrorism - post 9/11 Pakistan in The Reluctant Fundamentalist, and disaffected Israeli youth in… Audio
At The Movies for 23 May 2013
Simon Morris looks at the Norwegian Oscar-nominated Kon Tiki; a better-than-average film with Duane "The Rock" Johnson in Snitch, and pick of the week, Broken - that revives memories of the classic To… Audio
At The Movies for 16 May 2013
Simon Morris looks at three contrasting movies - the new Star Trek blockbuster - Into Darkness; a "youth runs wild" film, Spring Breakers, that's attracting a lot of media attention; and a nostalgic… Audio
At The Movies for 9 May 2013
Simon Morris looks at three smaller movies - Song For Marion, which stars two legends of the Swinging Sixties, Vanessa Redgrave and Terence Stamp… War Witch, the Oscar-nominated story of an African… Audio
At The Movies for 2 May 2013
Simon Morris looks at stars, past present and future. Iron Man 3 stars the currently unstoppable Robert Downey Junior and The Company You Keep is directed by its star, veteran Robert Redford… Audio
