Simon Morris
At The Movies - Ticket to Paradise
George Clooney and Julia Roberts play two warring divorcees who bury the hatchet to break up their daughter's engagement in Ticket to Paradise. Simon Morris's thing about this frothy romcom is the…
Video, AudioAt The Movies for 14 September
Simon Morris looks nervously at a remake of a childhood favourite, and also reviews a new New Zealand film and a frothy Spanish comedy about two rival actors working together on a prestigious… Audio
At The Movies - Official Competition
Official Competition is a satire about the film business, in which two rival actors make their first movie together. Starring Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas and Oscar Martinez. Video, Audio
At The Movies - Pinocchio
Magic is replaced by technical mastery in Robert Zemeckis' unoriginal remake of an 82-year-old film classic. Tom Hanks should have run for the hills from this turkey, says Simon Morris. Video, Audio
At The Movies - Punch
Punch is a New Zealand coming-of-age film about the unlikely friendship between a schoolboy boxer and a flamboyant, young Māori singer. Video, Audio
At The Movies - Official Competition
Official Competition is a satire about the film business, in which two rival actors make their first movie together. Starring Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas and Oscar Martinez.
Video, AudioAt The Movies - Pinocchio
Magic is replaced by technical mastery in Robert Zemeckis' unoriginal remake of an 82-year-old film classic. Tom Hanks should have run for the hills from this turkey, says Simon Morris.
Video, AudioAt The Movies - Punch
Punch is a New Zealand coming-of-age film about the unlikely friendship between a schoolboy boxer and a flamboyant, young Māori singer.
Video, AudioAt the Movies for 7 September 2022
Simon Morris looks at three movies that play with the idea of stories - a fictionalized account of a famous real event, a low budget movie that dreams big, and a variation of the famous tales of the… Audio
Movie review - Three Thousand Years of Longing
Actors Idris Alba and Tilda Swinton and director George Miller are a dream team in this fantastical banquet. Video, Audio
Review - Muru
Muru is a thriller based on the notorious Tūhoe raids of 2007. Starring Cliff Curtis (The Dark Horse) and Simone Kessell (Obi-Wan Kenobi), it's directed by Tearepa Kahi (Poi E, Mt Zion). Video, Audio
Movie review - Northspur
The New Zealand indie film Northspur is set in a plague-torn future where roaming bandits threaten remote settlements. Starring the late Marshall Napier (Bellbird) and Josh McKenzie (Filthy Rich)… Video, Audio
Review - Muru
Muru is a thriller based on the notorious Tūhoe raids of 2007. Starring Cliff Curtis (The Dark Horse) and Simone Kessell (Obi-Wan Kenobi), it's directed by Tearepa Kahi (Poi E, Mt Zion).
Video, AudioMovie review - Northspur
The New Zealand indie film Northspur is set in a plague-torn future where roaming bandits threaten remote settlements. Starring the late Marshall Napier (Bellbird) and Josh McKenzie (Filthy Rich)…
Video, AudioMovie review - Three Thousand Years of Longing
Actors Idris Alba and Tilda Swinton and director George Miller are a dream team in this fantastical banquet.
Video, AudioAt The Movies for 31 August 2022
Simon Morris reviews three films that have a good idea who their audience is - a traditional feelgood movie from Australia, a tale of a French jeweller hiding from the Nazis, and a thriller described… Audio
At The Movies: Beast
Beast pits Idris Alba against a revenge-crazed lion in the African bush. Idris plays a widower hoping that a mini-safari may be just the thing to mend things with his two young daughters. Co-stars… Video, Audio
At The Movies - A Stitch in Time
This heart-warming Australian film about an elderly dressmaker knows exactly who it's designed for, says Simon Morris. Video, Audio
At The Movies - Farewell Mr Haffmann
French cinema veteran Daniel Auteuil stars in this smart and engrossing story about a Jewish jeweller hiding from the Nazis in his own basement. Video, Audio
At The Movies - A Stitch in Time
This heart-warming Australian film about an elderly dressmaker knows exactly who it's designed for, says Simon Morris.
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