Simon Morris
At The Movies for 5 May 2010
Simon Morris ushers in this year's blockbuster season with Iron Man 2. He also reviews two rather smaller films - New Zealand docudrama Home By Christmas and, from France, The Hedgehog. Audio
At The Movies for 28 April 2010
Simon Morris looks at two movies with the year's most self-evident titles - the comedy Hot Tub Time Machine and the romantic tear-jerker Dear John. He also visits a new French thriller - Anything For… Audio
At the Movies for 21 April 2010
Simon Morris looks at two movies from stars in need of a hit - Bruce Willis in Cop Out and Ethan Hawke in Daybreakers, and another European film about World War Two - from the Netherlands, Winter in… Audio
At The Movies for 14 April 2010
Simon Morris goes to three holiday movies - superhero takeoff Kick Ass, a family trip to the Italian city Genova,and Steve Carrell and Tina Fey go on an eventful Date Night. Audio
At The Movies for 8 April 2010
Simon Morris reviews Oscar-winner The Hurt Locker, a drama about the young John Lennon - Nowhere Boy - and the latest 3D blockbuster, Clash of the Titans. Audio
At The Movies for 31 March 2010
Simon Morris reviews the new comedy by New Zealand writer-director Taika Waititi, Boy, the French drama Leaving, and that rare thing, a comedy set in the Iraq War - The Men Who Stare At Goats. Audio
At the Movies for 24 March 2010
Simon Morris looks at the latest from the Jason Bourne team - Green Zone, starring Matt Damon - and a film based on Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Road. He also wonders at the… Audio
At The Movies for 17 March 2010
Simon Morris asks the Director of the upcoming World Cinema Showcase, Bill Gosden, to give us a sneak preview of the festival's highlights - including Oscar-winner The Hurt Locker and Bafta-winners A… Audio
At the Movies for 10 March 2010
Simon looks at the OSCARs, Crazy Heart, Alice in Wonderland, and Mao's Last Dancer. Audio
At the Movies for 3 March 2010
Simon Morris looks at the latest films from two world-class directors - Martin Scorcese's Shutter Island, and Jane Campion's Bright Star. He also looks at two smaller films - from Australia Balibo and… Audio
At the Movies for 24 February 2010
Simon Morris talks to the directors of the Documentary Edge Festival. Dan Shanan and Alex Lee look at the current state of documentaries, and preview some of the highlights some of this year's… Audio
Arts report
Time to join Lynn Freeman and Simon Morris for an update from the arts scene. Audio
James Thompson - NZ Film Commission
James Thompson, the NZ Film Commission's new Head of Sales responds to criticism levelled at the Commission's choices by John Barnett last week. Audio
At The Movies for 10 February 2010
Simon Morris looks at Oscar darling, the independent American film Precious. Mel Gibson returns to the screen in an adaptation of TV classic Edge of darkness. And Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker… Audio
At the Movies for 3 February 2010
Simon Morris reviews three films that are all about directors - Nine is a musical remake of Fellini's Eight and a Half Broken Embraces is a Spanish film about a blind director and Invictus is as much… Audio
Critical Mass
Nick Butcher talks about the Wellington AC/DC concert. Philip Bell, editor of Rip It Up, with one of his picks of new music to look out for and listen up to. Simon Morris gives a rundown of the… Audio
James Napier Roberstson
Writer-Director James Napier Robertson discusses his low budget feature film"I'm Not Harry Jensen", currently screening around the country. Audio
At The Movies for 27 January 2010
Simon Morris previews the upcoming Oscars with a look at the best films of 2009 - and who says they're the best films? Are the critics never wrong? Is the public infallible? Is the only true criterion… Audio
At the Movies for 4 January 2010 (from Matinee Idle)
On Matinee Idle's low rent version of At the Movies; Simon Morris reviews the Christmas/New Year blockbusters. Audio
