Simon Morris
Review - No Man's Land
No Man's Land is yet another attempt to bring back the Western, as trouble on the Texas border leads to a ride to redemption.Featuring Andie McDowell and Frank Grillo, written by star Jake Allyn, and…
Video, AudioAt The Movies for 26 May 2021
Simon Morris welcomes the French Film Festival Aotearoa after a two year break. It couldn't come at a better time, with a batch of formulaic fare currently in the cinemas. Audio
We disappear - an album over 30 years in the making FINAL
Wellington is famous for its rock and roll mavericks - people who rocked for a while then moved to other fields. Legendary drummer, the late Bruno Lawrence quit Blerta and the Crocodiles to become one… Audio
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Those Who Wish Me Dead sees Angelina Jolie return to the action genre as a fire-fighter trying to protect a child who witnessed a murder. Featuring Aiden Gillen (Game of Thrones), Nicholas Hoult… Video, Audio
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Those Who Wish Me Dead sees Angelina Jolie return to the action genre as a fire-fighter trying to protect a child who witnessed a murder. Featuring Aiden Gillen (Game of Thrones), Nicholas Hoult…
Video, AudioLitigante
Litigante is a sharp character study by Colombian director Franco Lolli. A mother and daughter - played by Lolli's real life cousin and mother Carolina Sanin and Leticia Gomez - argue over work… Video, Audio
Litigante
Litigante is a sharp character study by Colombian director Franco Lolli. A mother and daughter - played by Lolli's real life cousin and mother Carolina Sanin and Leticia Gomez - argue over work…
Video, AudioThe woman at the window
From Netflix, two contrasting films about movie fans - The woman at the window puts Amy Adams in a deliberately Rear window predicament, while The Mitchells vs The Machines interrupts Katie’s trip… Audio
At the Movies for 19 May 2021
Simon Morris sees parallels between the current war against Covid and the Second World War - both featured strong representation of women in their movies, for a start. Like this week’s quartet. Audio
Review - Locked Down
Locked Down - the first post-Covid romcom. Paxton and Linda (Chiwetel Ejiafor and Anne Hathaway) are locked in a flat together, despite being technically separated. Can a disastrous Zoom call, a… Video, Audio
Review - Locked Down
Locked Down - the first post-Covid romcom. Paxton and Linda (Chiwetel Ejiafor and Anne Hathaway) are locked in a flat together, despite being technically separated. Can a disastrous Zoom call, a…
Video, AudioReview - Son of the South
Son of the South is the true story of Bob Zellner, born into a Ku Klux Klan family and who became one of the first white volunteers for the civil rights movement in Sixties Alabama. Produced by Spike… Audio
Review - Son of the South
Son of the South is the true story of Bob Zellner, born into a Ku Klux Klan family and who became one of the first white volunteers for the civil rights movement in Sixties Alabama. Produced by Spike…
AudioReview - James and Isey
James and Isey is another example of New Zealand film-maker Florian Habicht's (Kaikohe Demolition) unique view of a documentary. Here he talks to a mother and son about Mum's upcoming 100th birthday.
…Review - James and Isey
James and Isey is another example of New Zealand film-maker Florian Habicht's (Kaikohe Demolition) unique view of a documentary. Here he talks to a mother and son about Mum's upcoming 100th birthday.
… Video, AudioAt The Movies for 12 May 2021
Simon Morris counts down to a few bigger movies on the horizon, but makes do with a few smaller ones while he waits. Audio
Review - Wrath of Man
Wrath of man sees star Jason Statham (The Meg) and director Guy Ritchie (Snatch) reunite in a violent thriller about revenge, greed and a man who bears a grudge. Featuring Eddie Marsan (Vice), Andy… Video, Audio
Review - Wrath of Man
Wrath of man sees star Jason Statham (The Meg) and director Guy Ritchie (Snatch) reunite in a violent thriller about revenge, greed and a man who bears a grudge. Featuring Eddie Marsan (Vice), Andy…
Video, AudioReview - First Cow
First Cow tells the story of two friends attempting to get by on the western frontier of 1820s America. They're offered a risky way to make their fortune, involving someone else's cow. Video, Audio
Review - First Cow
First Cow tells the story of two friends attempting to get by on the western frontier of 1820s America. They're offered a risky way to make their fortune, involving someone else's cow.
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