Simon Morris
At The Movies for Wednesday 5 June 2024
Simon Morris finds it hard to get much sympathy when he complains about the regular mixed bag of movies currently on display at the cinema! Audio
Bon Appetit: Condiments
Simon Morris presents another episode of his occasional programme Bon Appetit - what we eat, why we eat it and when we first started trying it. Today he and Mike Egan discuss condiments - those bits… Audio
Review : Copa 71
Copa 71 is a documentary of the first, unofficial Women's Football World Cup in Mexico City 1971. Football organisers FIFA did all they could to close it down, and later hush it up. Produced by Venus… Audio
At the Movies for Wednesday 29 May 2024
Simon Morris wonders why prequels are so much rarer than sequels - and reviews three films, all in their way, backstories of later events. Audio
Review: Freud's Last Session
Freud's Last Session is a play about a fictitious meeting between the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, and the Christian writer, and later creator of the Narnia books, C S Lewis. Starring Sir… Video, Audio
Review: Furiosa
Furiosa follows the 15 year backstory of the co-star of Mad Max Fury Road. Anya Taylor-Joy plays the girl kidnapped from her idyllic home, and out for vengeance. Once again directed by George Miller… Video, Audio
Review: IF
IF is about a girl who discovers a world of Imaginary Friends of children who've outgrown them. Can she find them new homes, and can they get her through some personal traumas? Starring Ryan Reynolds… Video, Audio
At the Movies for 22 May 2024
Simon Morris looks at a lucky dip of movies - a family fantasy, an extended home movie travelogue and an optimistic first part of a new horror franchise. IF is about a girl who discovers a world of… Audio
Movie review: The Strangers - Chapter 1
The Strangers: Chapter 1 is the first part of an extended remake of a 2008 Liv Tyler horror film, directed by the notorious Renny Harlin. Video, Audio
Movie review - The Way, My Way
The Way, My Way is the film of director Bill Bennett's book about how he walked the 800-kilometre pilgrims' walk - the Camino de Santiago. Video, Audio
Review : Joika
Joika is a Polish New Zealand co-production about the only American to join the famed Bolshoi Ballet. Starring Diane Kruger (Inglourious basterds) and Talia Ryder (Never rarely sometimes always), it… Audio
At The Movies for 15 May 2024
Simon Morris sympathises with based-on-real-life movies where the real life doesn't quiote fit the music. And he welcomes back a franchise with a lot of New Zealand digital effects. Audio
Review: The Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
The Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes sees the return of the popular series, many years after the last episode. Starring Owen Teague (It) and Freya Allen (Baghead) but the real stars are the amazing… Video, Audio
Review: Jackie Stewart
Jackie Stewart tells the story of one of the most popular drivers on the Formula 1 scene. Sir Jackie tells his story from his childhood in Scotland to his superstar status that continues to this day… Video, Audio
Movie review: The Moon is Upside Down
The Moon Is Upside Down is a New Zealand film following three stories of love gone wrong - a mail-order bride, a long-distance Skype affair and a woman wrestling with death. Video, Audio
Movie review: The Idea of You
The Idea of You imagines what would happen if a 40-year-old gallery owner (Anne Hathaway) fell in love with a 24-year-old singer in a boy band. Video, Audio
Movie review: Back to Black
This new biopic of British singer Amy Winehouse is everything you were expecting and less, says Simon Morris. Video, Audio
At The Movies for Wednesday 8 May 2024
Simon Morris regrets the dearth of the sophisticated blend of romance and comedy - and looks at three films all based, more or less, on love. Audio
Review: The Fall Guy
The Fall Guy is a reboot of an old TV series about stunt men which benefits from three suddenly very hot stars - Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer), Hannah Waddingham (TV's Ted Lasso) and particularly Ryan… Video, Audio
At The Movies for Wednesday May 1 2024
Simon Morris wonders if the star system is over, and audiences are now only interested in the movie itself, not who's in it. Audio