Simon Morris
BlacKkKlansman - movie review
BlacKkKlansman marks the return of director Spike Lee in a true story of a black policeman who joined the Ku Klux Klan. Produced by Jordan Peele (Get Out!) Video, Audio
BlacKkKlansman - movie review
BlacKkKlansman marks the return of director Spike Lee in a true story of a black policeman who joined the Ku Klux Klan. Produced by Jordan Peele (Get Out!)
Video, AudioThe Darkest Minds - movie review
Teen sci-fi thriller The Darkest Minds features possible stars of tomorrow, Amandla Stenberg and Harris Dickinson. Directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson (Kung Fu Panda 2). Audio
The Darkest Minds - movie review
Teen sci-fi thriller The Darkest Minds features possible stars of tomorrow, Amandla Stenberg and Harris Dickinson. Directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson (Kung Fu Panda 2).
AudioThe Meg - movie review
The Meg may feature Jason Statham and Kiwi Cliff Curtis, but what audiences want to see is the world's biggest shark. Video, Audio
The Meg - movie review
The Meg may feature Jason Statham and Kiwi Cliff Curtis, but what audiences want to see is the world's biggest shark.
Video, AudioAt the Movies for 22 August 2018
Simon Morris looks at the mega-hit giant shark film The Meg, the true story of the black cop who joined the Ku Klux Klan, Black KKKlansman and teen sci-fi film The Darkest Minds. Audio
At the Movies for 22 August 2018
Simon Morris looks at the mega-hit giant shark film The Meg, the true story of the black cop who joined the Ku Klux Klan, Black KKKlansman and teen sci-fi film The Darkest Minds.
AudioThe Spy Who Dumped Me - movie review
Can stars Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon add a feminist slant to a tired old formula? The Spy Who Dumped Me is pretty much what it says on the wrapper, says Simon Morris. Video, Audio
The Spy Who Dumped Me - movie review
Can stars Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon add a feminist slant to a tired old formula? The Spy Who Dumped Me is pretty much what it says on the wrapper, says Simon Morris.
Video, AudioReview - Midnight Oil 1984
The documentary Midnight Oil 1984 is the result of the discovery of hours of live footage of the band on a tour interrupted when singer Peter Garrett runs for political office. Audio
Review - LBJ
LBJ is another biopic set during the Kennedy era. But there's more to Jack Kennedy's Vice President - Lyndon Baines Johnson - than meets the eye. Directed by Rob Reiner and starring Woody Harrelson. Audio
At The Movies for 15 August 2018
Simon Morris tries to get past the expectations generated by three apparently predictable movies this week —LBJ, Midnight Oil 1984 and The Spy Who Dumped Me. Video, Audio
At The Movies for 15 August 2018
Simon Morris tries to get past the expectations generated by three apparently predictable movies this week —LBJ, Midnight Oil 1984 and The Spy Who Dumped Me.
Video, AudioMovie review- Interlude in Prague
Interlude in Prague gives Wolfgang Mozart the Shakespeare in love treatment, as the composer falls in love and falls foul of a real-life Don Giovanni. Audio
Movie review- The wife
The Wife features Glenn Close as the spouse of a Novel Prize-winner for Literature (Jonathan Pryce). But how supportive has she really been all these years? Audio
Movie review- Mission Impossible Fallout
Mission Impossible Fallout is the sixth for Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt. This one co-stars Rebecca Fergusson, Michelle Monaghan and Vanessa Kirby (The Crown). Video, Audio
Movie review- Mission Impossible Fallout
Mission Impossible Fallout is the sixth for Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt. This one co-stars Rebecca Fergusson, Michelle Monaghan and Vanessa Kirby (The Crown).
Video, AudioAt the Movies for 8 August 2018
Simon Morris looks at three movies set in various countries in Europe - a globe-trotting spy thriller, a drama about Sweden's Nobel Prize, and one set in the capital of the Czech Republic. Audio
Movie review - NZ short films and Stray
And some of the Kiwi up and comers at the Film Festival - the six finalists in. the Short Film competition, and one of the winners at the Moscow Film Festival, New Zealand film Stray, directed by… Audio