Simon Morris
About Flip 'n Time: Trans-tasman comedy duel
In this year's off-peak release schedule are two comedies from either side of the Tasman – a safe, Australian romantic comedy called The Flip Side for no discernable reason, and a rickety, unsafe Kiwi…
Video, Audio'McQueen': Fashion bad boy's tale all too familiar
The story of unlikely bad boy East End fashion designer Alexander McQueen - aptly titled McQueen - is, like so many documentaries about tortured artists, predictably tragic and sadly unenlightening. Video, Audio
'McQueen': Fashion bad boy's tale all too familiar
The story of unlikely bad boy East End fashion designer Alexander McQueen - aptly titled McQueen - is, like so many documentaries about tortured artists, predictably tragic and sadly unenlightening.
Video, AudioMcKellen playing the part but light on insight in the film 'McKellen'
There is no doubt that Sir Ian McKellen is one of the best actors treading the boards, but his work is so good because he has devoted so much of his life to it - leaving little room for an underlying… Video, Audio
McKellen playing the part but light on insight in the film 'McKellen'
There is no doubt that Sir Ian McKellen is one of the best actors treading the boards, but his work is so good because he has devoted so much of his life to it - leaving little room for an underlying…
Video, AudioAt the Movies for 12 September 2018
Simon Morris continues to explore the unpredictable Spring Cleaning season, with two documentaries about superstar artists, and two contrasting Anzac comedies. Audio
On Chesil Beach: a poignant story of star-crossed romance
Review - The bittersweetness of Atonement was almost unbearably poignant, and it's repeated in On Chesil Beach, another Ian McEwan book adaptation also starring Saoirse Ronan. Video, Audio
On Chesil Beach: a poignant story of star-crossed romance
Review - The bittersweetness of Atonement was almost unbearably poignant, and it's repeated in On Chesil Beach, another Ian McEwan book adaptation also starring Saoirse Ronan.
Video, AudioSpitfire: marking the passing of an era
The documentary Spitfire tells the story of the plane that won the Battle of Britain, and features the last surviving RAF pilots – both men and women – remembering those perilous days. Video, Audio
Spitfire: marking the passing of an era
The documentary Spitfire tells the story of the plane that won the Battle of Britain, and features the last surviving RAF pilots – both men and women – remembering those perilous days.
Video, AudioCrazy Rich Asians: Crazy like a fox
Review - Hollywood's been trying to tap into the Asian market for years, so I'd have thought a Cinderella story among super-rich Chinese would have been a no-brainer, Simon Morris writes. Video, Audio
Crazy Rich Asians: Crazy like a fox
Review - Hollywood's been trying to tap into the Asian market for years, so I'd have thought a Cinderella story among super-rich Chinese would have been a no-brainer, Simon Morris writes.
Video, AudioAt the Movies for 5 September 2018
Simon Morris welcomes the unpredictable Spring Cleaning season, when films without an obvious slot get swept into the cinemas all at once. Audio
Review - Leave No Trace
Leave No Trace is the new film from director Debra Granik (Winter's Bone) with a star-making role for New Zealand actress Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie. Video, Audio
Review - Leave No Trace
Leave No Trace is the new film from director Debra Granik (Winter's Bone) with a star-making role for New Zealand actress Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie.
Video, AudioThe Happytime Murders: Just not very funny
Review - A film noir parody set in a version of LA inhabited by humans and puppets, The Happytime Murders is directed by Jim Henson's son Brian, and stars Melissa McCarthy. Video, Audio
The Happytime Murders: Just not very funny
Review - A film noir parody set in a version of LA inhabited by humans and puppets, The Happytime Murders is directed by Jim Henson's son Brian, and stars Melissa McCarthy.
Video, AudioZama: movie review
A 17th-century Spanish magistrate is stuck in a dead-end job in the Argentinian film Zama, directed by arthouse favourite Lucrecia Martel and based on Antonio di Benedetto's 1956 novel of the same… Video, Audio
Zama: movie review
A 17th-century Spanish magistrate is stuck in a dead-end job in the Argentinian film Zama, directed by arthouse favourite Lucrecia Martel and based on Antonio di Benedetto's 1956 novel of the same…
Video, AudioAt The Movies for 29 August 2018
On At The Movies, Simon Morris welcomes the first batch of hits of the recent Internatiuonal Film Festival - from Argentina, Zama, and from the United States, Leave no trace starring Kiwi actress… Audio