Movies
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan to review The Fantastic Four: First Steps (in cinemas), Giri/Haji (Netflix) and The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (Tubi).
…Earnest script, '60s vibe and Pedro Pascal: Is Fantastic Four reboot good?
Marvel's first family is back on the big screen with a retro aesthetic, a star-studded cast and a hunger to wipe the superhero movie slate clean.
Review - The Divine Sarah Bernhardt
A French actress becomes the first global superstar. Audio
Review - Friendship
A Middle-aged man thinks he's found his new best friend, but it turns out that it's the breaking up that's hard to do. Audio
Review - I Know What You Did Last Summer
The cosy tourist town of Southport welcomes back a demented serial killer from thirty years ago. Audio
Review - Four Letters of Love
West of Ireland is the setting for a romantic miracle - well, sort of. Audio
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan. Audio
Review: Bride Hard tries hard but misses mark
Rebel Wilson stars in this misfire about a society wedding which is saved from terrorists by one of the bridesmaids - a secret agent on her day off.
'Make it stop': Moviegoers boo 'weird', 'offensive' AI video
Auckland film buffs are decrying the pre-movie video featuring Māori and 'Russell Crowe'.
After BASE jump goes wrong, widow returns to where her husband died
Kiwi Shayni Couch lost her husband while pregnant. A new documentary follows her journey to return to the site where he died.
The good, the bad and the wonderfully weird
Dan Slevin reviews three films in local cinemas: In Superman, Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn reboots the Man of Steel legend; in Bride Hard, Australian comic Rebel Wilson plays a secret… Audio
Review : Superman
Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn reboots the Man of Steel legend, reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio
Review : Bride Hard
Dan Slevin reviews an action comedy in which Australian comic Rebel Wilson plays a secret agent bridesmaid saving a wedding from a gang of terrorists. Audio
Review : Universal Language
Dan Slevin reviews an absurdist Canadian comedy about a depressed man who returns home to snowy Winnipeg to try and find himself. Audio
The real-life dog behind Superman’s not-so-real Krypto
Man's best (super)friend has prime placement in the new Superman movie, and the pooch's path to the cinematic spotlight may be worth a movie itself.
Movie remakes are becoming 'beyond ridiculous'
Opinion - No mode of cinema has ever felt more craven and creatively bereft. These abominations are anti-cinema, writes Dominic Corry.
What Elio can help teach us about eye patching, stigma and the developing brain
Eye patches aren't just for pirates and villains. In Elio, Disney/Pixar introduces a young hero with a patch - and breaks old stereotypes in the process.
Banned Filipino fishermen documentary can be seen in NZ
Doc Edge has screened the documentary, despite a request from the Consulate-General of the People's Republic of China in Auckland to not do so.
The history of the world's greatest superhero
As the James Gunn version of Superman is released, we look at the history of a character that truly owns the word iconic.
