Simon Morris
Review: Ruby's Choice
Ruby's Choice is an Australian comedy drama about a family coping with grandmother Ruby as she slips into dementia. Starring Jane Seymour. Video, Audio
Review: The Princess
The Princess is yet another documentary about the late Princess Diana, with the emphasis this time on the changing attitudes of the media and the public at the time. Video, Audio
Review: Ruby's Choice
Ruby's Choice is an Australian comedy drama about a family coping with grandmother Ruby as she slips into dementia. Starring Jane Seymour.
Video, AudioReview: The Princess
The Princess is yet another documentary about the late Princess Diana, with the emphasis this time on the changing attitudes of the media and the public at the time.
Video, AudioReview: Bullet Train
Brad Pitt stars in an action-comedy romp, set on a high-speed Japanese express - Bullet Train. Co stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kick Ass), Michael Shannon (The Shape of Water) and Brian Tyree Henry (Ete…
Video, AudioDeveloping our feature films - Leanne Saunders
It's been a good year for New Zealand film-makers - Dame Jane's Oscars, Taika topping the charts with the new Thor epic, Sam Neill back where he belongs in a Jurassic movie, and Thomasin McKenzie… Audio
At The Movies for 3 August 2022
Simon Morris looks at three films that about veteran artists - a documentary about one of the great modern garden designers, Hollywood favourite Ron Howard's dramatization of a famous rescue, and… Audio
At The Movies - Thirteen Lives
Thirteen Lives is another film about the rescue of a Thai schoolboy football team that had the world in suspense for weeks. Directed by Ron Howard (Apollo 13) and starring Viggo Mortensen and Colin… Audio
Review: The Gardener
The Gardener is a love-letter to the late Frank Cabot and the Quebec garden he devoted much of his life creating, Les Quatre Vents. Video, Audio
Review: The Card Counter
Martin Scorsese produces the new film by writer Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver). The Card Counter stars Oscar Isaac (Dune, Star Wars) as a poker player trying to forget his past. Featuring Tiffany Haddish… Video, Audio
Review: The Gardener
The Gardener is a love-letter to the late Frank Cabot and the Quebec garden he devoted much of his life creating, Les Quatre Vents.
Video, AudioReview: The Card Counter
Martin Scorsese produces the new film by writer Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver). The Card Counter stars Oscar Isaac (Dune, Star Wars) as a poker player trying to forget his past. Featuring Tiffany Haddish…
Video, AudioAt The Movies - Nude Tuesday
Nude Tuesday is the latest from Kiwi comedy dream team, star Jemaine Clement (What we do in the shadows) and writer-star Jackie Van Beek (The Breaker Upperers). So why is it so nude and so… Audio
At The Movies - Terence Davies
Distinguished English writer-director Terence Davies talks about his new film Benediction, the life of poet and war hero Siegfried Sassoon. Stars Jack Lowden and Peter Capaldi as Sassoon. Audio
At The Movies for 22 June
Simon Morris looks at three films that respond to - or negotiate their way through - popular taste. There's a Pixar prequel, a more quirky than usual New Zealand comedy, and a heartfelt tribute to a… Audio
Review: Lightyear
Lightyear is the film that inspired the action figure in the Toy Story films, Buzz Lightyear, we're told. But who exactly is it aimed at, we wonder? Featuring the voices of Chris Evans and Taika… Video, Audio
Review: Lightyear
Lightyear is the film that inspired the action figure in the Toy Story films, Buzz Lightyear, we're told. But who exactly is it aimed at, we wonder? Featuring the voices of Chris Evans and Taika…
Video, AudioReview: The Informer
The Informer is a Netflix film about an ex-con working undercover for the FBI. It stars Joel Kinnaman (Suicide Squad), Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) and Clive Owen (Children of Men). Audio
At The Movies for 15 June
Simon Morris compares an over-busy blockbuster with an award-winning Japanese art film, that seems to be stripped to the bone. Audio
Review: Jurassic World Dominion
Jurassic World Dominion is the latest - and probably final - in the "Jurassic" series. This time the dinosaurs share space with Jurassic World stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, and Jurassic… Video, Audio
