Simon Morris
At The Movies - Fly Me to The Moon
Fly me to the moon sees Scarlett Johanssen and Channing Tatum in a romantic romp that wonders what if the moon landing really was faked? Co-starring Woody Harrelson as President Nixon's hatchet man. Audio
At The Movies - Kinds of Kindness
Kinds of kindness is a typically opaque collection of loosely-connected short stories by UK-Greek film-maker Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor things). Starring Emma Stone (The favourite), Willem Dafoe (The… Audio
At The Movies - Twisters
Twisters - 28 years after the original Twister a new crew is chasing storms in Oklahoma's notorious "Tornado Alley". Starring Glen Powell (Hit man) and Daisy Edgar-Jones (Where the crawdads sing)… Audio
At The Movies - End of the Drought
Simon Morris is confronted by an embarrassment of good, entertaining movies. And about time too… Audio
These are the films to watch out for, says film fest boss
Simon Morris talks to the new director of Whānau Mārama, the New Zealand International Film Festival. Paolo Bertolin plucks some highlights from. this year's programme, including Cannes sensation The… Video, Audio
At The Movies - Coup De Chance
Coup de chance is Woody Allen's 50th movie - and his first entirely in the French language. A chance meeting - a stroke of luck or the worst thing that could happen? Audio
At The Movies - Ka Whawhai Tonu
Ka whawhai tonu: Struggle without end tells the famous story of Rewi's Last Stand in the Land Wars of the 1860s. Directed by Michael Jonathan, it features Tem Morrison (Aquaman), Cliff Curtis… Audio
At The Movies - The Road to Patagonia
The road to Patagonia is the story of a couple who travel from Alaska to the southernmost tip of Patagonia, and along the way shoot enough footage to make a great love story. Directed, photographed… Audio
At The Movies - Print the Legend
Simon Morris looks at the conflicting demands of history and a good story. When the truth becomes legend, should you always print the legend? Audio
At The Movies - Outside Hollywood
Simon Morris discovers three old-fashioned movies mostly from outside the Hollywood mainstream. Audio
At The Movies - The Watchers
The Watchers is the directorial debut of Ishana Shyamalan, produced by her rather more famous father M Night Shyamalan. In it, a young woman (Dakota Fanning) finds herself trapped in the Irish woods… Video, Audio
At The Movies - The Promised Land
The Promised Land is a historical drama set in Denmark in the early 18th century. A retired army captain (Mads Mikkelson) plans to turn a barren heath into successful farmland but makes a powerful… Video, Audio
Review: Mothers' Instinct
Mothers' Instinct is a Hitchcock-style suspense thriller produced by its stars Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain. (Now streaming on Prime Video) Video, Audio
At the Movies: Under Paris
Under Paris is part shark-thriller, part French cop movie and part Greenie parable - which is why it's getting enthusiastic thumbs-up from unexpected quarters. Video, Audio
At the Movies: Hit Man
Hit Man, from arthouse darling Richard Linklater, tells the true-ish story of a "fake hitman" working for the New Orleans Police Department. Video, Audio
At the Movies - Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Bad Boys: Ride or Die is the fourth in the buddy-cop franchise starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. Does it have the same magic 30 years after the first episode? Video, Audio
At the Movies for Wednesday 12 June 2024
Simon Morris continues to be unimpressed by the so-called "blockbuster season", and finds better - or at least more interesting - stuff on Netflix this week. Audio
At The Movies - The Garfield Movie
The Garfield movie sees the big screen return of the sarcastic, overweight marmalade tabby. Now voiced by Chris Pratt (The Lego movie) with Samuel L Jackson as his long-lost father and Snoop Dogg as a… Audio
At The Movies - Atlas
Atlas is a new scifi thriller on Netflix, starring Jennifer Lopez as a genius scientist on the hunt for her family robot, whose gone rogue and plans to destroy the Earth. Believe it or not, it went… Audio
At The Movies - Unsung Hero
Unsung hero is the mostly true story of Australia's Smallbone family, who emigrated to America and ended up spawning two leading Christian music acts - Rebecca St James and pop duo For King and… Audio