Simon Morris
Review - Everybody Knows
Everybody Knows is a Spanish kidnap drama, starring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, and directed by Iranian Oscar-winner Asghar Farhadi (A Separation). Video, Audio
Review - Everybody Knows
Everybody Knows is a Spanish kidnap drama, starring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, and directed by Iranian Oscar-winner Asghar Farhadi (A Separation).
Video, AudioReview - The Guilty
The guilty is a Danish thriller set mostly in one location - a police emergency call centre. One of the hits of the recent NZ Film Festival. Audio
At The Movies for 6 March 2019
Simon Morris looks briefly at the Oscars, then checks out three very different movies: Stan and Ollie, about the last hurrah of Laurel and Hardy… Vox Lux, a sardonic take on modern pop stardom… and… Audio
Review - Vox Lux
Vox Lux stars Natalie Portman as a young woman who uses a high school shooting to build a career as a pop star with music by Sia and the legendary Scott Walker. Video, Audio
Review - Vox Lux
Vox Lux stars Natalie Portman as a young woman who uses a high school shooting to build a career as a pop star with music by Sia and the legendary Scott Walker.
Video, AudioReview - Escape Room
Escape room is an affectionate take on old video games and "trapped in a room" thrillers like Saw. Directed by Adam Robitel (Insidious). Audio
Review - Stan & Ollie
Stan & Ollie is a British film that remembers the final tour of comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. Written by Jeff Pope (Philomena) and starring Steve Coogan and John C Reilly. Video, Audio
Review - Stan & Ollie
Stan & Ollie is a British film that remembers the final tour of comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. Written by Jeff Pope (Philomena) and starring Steve Coogan and John C Reilly.
Video, AudioAt The Movies for 27 February 2019
Simon Morris looks back at this year's Oscars, and admires films that ignore trends and just follow the passion of the film-makers. Audio
Review - Colette
Colette stars Keira Knightley as the woman who became one of the best-known writers in French literature. Video, Audio
Review - Colette
Colette stars Keira Knightley as the woman who became one of the best-known writers in French literature.
Video, AudioReview - The Front Runner
The front runner tells the story of Senator Gary Hart's doomed bid for the Presidency in 1988. Stars Hugh Jackman and J K Simmons. Audio
Review - On the Basis of Sex
On the Basis of Sex tells of the early years of gender-equality campaigner - and later Supreme Court Judge - Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Stars Felicity Jones and Armie Hammer. Video, Audio
Review - On the Basis of Sex
On the Basis of Sex tells of the early years of gender-equality campaigner - and later Supreme Court Judge - Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Stars Felicity Jones and Armie Hammer.
Video, AudioAt The Movies for 20 February 2019
Simon Morris looks at three films based on well-known real-life stories, and complains how predictable they mostly are. Audio
At The Movies for 13 February 2019
On At The Movies, Simon Morris returns to look back on a busy summer and forward to the upcoming Academy Awards. Can The Favourite match its success at this week's British Bafta Awards, or will Oscar… Audio
Former Manfred Mann singer Paul Jones looks back
English band Manfred Mann were big in the 1960s with covers like 'Pretty Flamingo' and 'Mighty Quinn', but the members themselves were something of an anomaly in the music scene – neither Liverpool… Video, Audio
Year in review: At The Movies for 19 December 2018
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks back on a year of gigantic blockbusters, successful musicals and films that tackled 2018's big issues - race, gender and fake news. Video, Audio
Year in review: At The Movies for 19 December 2018
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks back on a year of gigantic blockbusters, successful musicals and films that tackled 2018's big issues - race, gender and fake news.
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