At The Movies

Join Simon Morris in the best seat in the house as he reviews the latest movies and dives into the issues gripping the silver screen.

Hosted by Simon Morris

A podcast cover for "At the Movies" with an abstract cinema screen with a big title.

Follow this podcast

RSS
Follow onApple Podcasts Follow onSpotify Follow onIHeartRadio Follow onYouTube Podcasts

Get this podcast straight from the source in the free RNZ app: Apple App Store or Google Play

All episodes:

Soul interview - Pixar's Pete Docter

The latest Pixar film Soul is an ambitious look at where character and personality come from, through the character of a jazz musician. Writer-Director Pete Docter talks about where the idea came from - and how New Zealand actor Rachel House came to be part of Soul.

At The Movies for 16 December 2020

Simon Morris looks back on a rocky year in movies - and everything else. Highlights included an extraordinary year for New Zealand's films and film makers - from Taika Waititi forJojo Rabbit to local hits Savage, This Town and Baby Done. It was also a year when the usual blockbusters were held back and audiences discovered Small was Beautiful.
No caption

Movie review - The Witches

The Witches - can the new version erase the memories of the 1990 Anjelica Huston classic? This version stars Octavia Spenser, Anne Hathaway and the voice of Chris Rock. Directed by Robert Zemeckis (Back to the future.)
No caption

Movie review - A Christmas gift from Bob

A Christmas gift from Bob is a seasonal swansong for the hugely popular Street Cat Named Bob.

Movie review – Misbehaviour

Misbehaviour sees the culture clash between beauty pageants and burgeoning feminism, between old-fashioned standards of beauty and a breath of fresh air from Africa and the Caribbean. Stars Keira Knightley, Jessie Buckley and, as Bob Hope, Greg Kinnear.
No caption

At The Movies for 9 December 2020

Simon Morris realizes you can’t argue with the public’s taste - for sequels, for remakes and, back in the 1970s, for a yearly dose of Miss World.

Review - The comeback trail

The comeback trail - an unscrupulous film producer plans to cash in an insurance policy by bumping off his leading man. Stars Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones and Morgan Freeman - what could possibly go wrong?

Review: Let Him Go

Let Him Go sees grandparents Kevin Costner and Diane Lane trying to rescue their grandson and his mother. Also starring Lesley Manville (Secrets and Lies).
A screengrab of the movie Let Him Go.

Six60: Till the lights go out/David Byrne: American Utopia

Six60: Till the lights go out/David Byrne: American Utopia - two contrasting musical films. The first is a documentary about the phenomenally successful Kiwi band, directed by Julia Parnell (The Chills). The second is David Byrnes Broadway show, filmed by Spike Lee (Do the right thing).

At The Movies for 2 December 2020

Simon Morris wonders the post-war Baby Boomers continue to have such a heavy influence on movies - from Seventies singer-songwriter David Byrne to movie-stars Robert De Niro and Kevin Costner.

Review: Mank

Mank is director David Fincher's (The Social Network, Gone Girl) love letter to Old Hollywood and the self-destructive genius who wrote the script for Orson Welles' masterpiece Citizen Kane. Stars Gary Oldman, Charles Dance and Amanda Seyfried.
No caption

Review - Fatman

Fatman is Santa Claus as you've never seen him - but do you want to? Mel Gibson plays a gun-toting, backwoods sort of Santa, doing deals with the Pentagon and facing a hitman hired by a disgruntled child.
No caption

Review - Made in Italy

Made in Italy stars father and son Liam Neeson and Micheal Richardson as a father and son trying to make a quick sale of a Tuscan villa.

At The Movies for 25 November 2020

Simon Morris confesses he occasionally lets prejudices get the better of him when he goes to the movies - favourable ones in the case of movie gossip like Mank, less so when it comes to films about Santa - particularly ultra-violent ones like Fatman.

Review - Freaky

Freaky sees a cheerleader swap bodies with a serial killer! From the people who brought you Happy Death Day, and starring Vince Vaughan (Swingers).

Other podcasts
like this one

More podcasts with similar themes or ideas that you might enjoy.

  • Podcast title 'Here Now' in front of a colourful background with overlaid shapes. A map of New Zealand is also overlaid over the coloured shapes.

    Here Now

    What do 27% of NZers all have in common? They were born overseas.

  • A stylised photograph of a paua shell mimicking the image of 'earth' with the podcast title 'our changing world' on top.

    Our Changing World

    Stories of NZ science and nature from out in the field and inside the labs.

  • An abstract heart constructed from shapes similar to rural fields seen in aerial photography sits behind the text 'Country Life'.

    Country Life

    Head out to the farms & back roads to hear the stories of rural New Zealand.

  • Birds-eye-view of an illustrated black vinyl record with a yellow centre and red tonearm, on a blue insert and a red background. The text 'Sampler' reads in white on the right hand side from bottom to top.

    The Sampler

    Deep dives and interviews on new albums and beyond.