Dan Slevin
At the Movies for 8 September 2021
Dan Slevin suggests four options for at home lockdown viewing. He reviews the Netflix drama The White Tiger; Amazon Prime's new version of Cinderella, from the creator of the Pitch Perfect trilogy… Audio
Movie review: Field of Dreams
In times of uncertainty, says Dan Slevin, it can feel good to wrap yourself up in something cosy and familiar that can always be relied on to make you feel better. Video, Audio
Movie review: Let Them All Talk
Steven Soderbergh's Let Them All Talk stars Meryl Streep as an author taking her oldest friends on a trip across the Atlantic. Reviewed by Dan Slevin. Video, Audio
Theatre review: Frankenstein
Benedict Cumberbatch plays a monster made of reanimated body parts in the National Theatre at Home production of Frankenstein. Reviewed by Dan Slevin. Video, Audio
Movie review: Count Me In
Count Me In is a Netflix documentary about rock drummers. Reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio
At The Movies for 1 September 2021
Dan Slevin suggests four options for at home lockdown viewing. He reviews the music documentary Count Me In which is on Netflix; Frankenstein starring Benedict Cumberbatch, from the Royal National… Audio
Review - Utopia
Dan Slevin reviews the ABC television satire series Utopia about a federal agency tasked with boosting Australia’s infrastructure. Video, Audio
Movie review - Max Richter’s Sleep
Dan Slevin wholeheartedly recommends this documentary about composer Max Richter's 8.5-hour ‘lullaby’ being performed in front of an audience of sleeping people. Video, Audio
Review - The Tomorrow War
Dan Slevin reviews a science fiction action vehicle for Chris Pratt who plays a Green Beret sent 30 years into the future to fight off an alien invasion. Audio
Review - Greenland
Gerard Butler stars in a disaster movie about an ordinary man trying to save his family from a planet killing comet. Reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio
At the Movies for Wednesday, 25 August 2021
Dan Slevin watches three recent movies that have arrived online as well as an Australian comedy series that’s now on Netflix. He reviews the Gerard Butler disaster movie GREENLAND; THE TOMORROW WAR, a… Audio
The Man in the Hat (Stephen Warbeck interview)
Stephen Warbeck won an Oscar for his score for Shakespeare in Love in 1998 but he’s just made his first film as a director: The Man in the Hat. He’s interviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio
Review - Pig
Dan Slevin reviews a drama starring Nicolas Cage as an Oregon truffle hunter on a mission to retrieve his stolen pig. Audio
Review - Free Guy
Ryan Reynolds stars as a video game ‘non-playable character’ who falls in love and becomes a hero. Reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio
At the Movies for 18 August 2021
Dan Slevin is filling in for Simon Morris and watches two new movies and interviews an Oscar-winning composer. He reviews the Ryan Reynolds comedy Free Guy; Pig, a drama starring Nicolas Cage as a… Audio
Movie review: The Suicide Squad
This reboot/sequel of DC's supervillain action-comedy again stars Margot Robbie. But unlike the first Suicide Squad movie of 2016, it's funny, smart and light on its feet, says Dan Slevin. Video, Audio
At the Movies for Wednesday, 11 August 2021
Dan Slevin is filling in for Simon Morris and watches three new movies in cinemas. He reviews the R-rated comic book caper The Suicide Squad; Coming Home in the Dark, a dark drama based on the short… Audio
Movie review: Coming Home in the Dark
New Zealand actor Daniel Gillies is superbly villainous in Coming Home in the Dark - a deadpan horror about a middle-class Kiwi family on a road trip into the backblocks. Reviewed by Dan Slevin. Video, Audio
Movie review: The Mole Agent
In this Chilean documentary, an 82-year-old widower is enlisted by a private detective to investigate alleged abuse at a retirement home. Reviewed by Dan Slevin. Video, Audio
The Misfits
Pierce Brosnan stars in a heist picture where a group of criminals are enlisted to break into a high-tech prison to steal gold bars from Islamic terrorists. Reviewed by Dan Slevin Audio