Simon Morris
Review - The Food Club
Danish film The Food Club follows three women - long-time best friends - as they go to Italy to learn about food, wine and life! Audio
Review - Supernova
Supernova sees Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci as a couple facing a terminal illness. Audio
Review - Five came back
Netflix documentary Five came back follows directors Frank Capra, John Ford, John Huston, George Stevens and William Wyler as they covered the Second World War. Audio
At The Movies for 3 March 2021
Simon Morris sees a documentary about the war exploits of five Hollywood greats and finds the Golden Globes rather underwhelming by comparison. Video, Audio
Review - Boss Level
Boss Level reimagines the classic Groundhog Day as a violent video game. Stars Frank Grillo (The Grey), Naomi Watts (King Kong) and Mel Gibson (Hamlet). Audio
Review - The Little Things
The Little Things is a complex police investigation, staring three former Oscar winners - Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody), Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) and Denzel Washington (Training Day, Glory). Video, Audio
Review - Pieces of a Woman
Pieces of a Woman is a harrowing story of a home-birth that goes wrong, with a stellar performance at its heart - one-time Princess Margaret, Vanessa Kirby (The Crown). Video, Audio
At The Movies for 24 February 2021
Simon Morris looks at two more Oscar hopefuls, and wonders why Princess Margaret is such a gift part for modern actresses! Audio
Review - Ammonite
Ammonite sees a respected, but repressed, woman scientist fall in love with a rich, married woman. Stars Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan. Video, Audio
Review - News of the World
Tom Hanks plays a man who reads the news in small towns after the American Civil War. In News of the World, he makes news himself when he finds an orphaned German girl, brought up by a tribe of Kiowa.
…Review - Minari
In Minari, Korean-American director Lee Isaac Chung tells the lightly fictionalized story of his immigrant parents and their early years on an Arkansas farm. Stars Steven Yeun (The Walking Dead) Audio
At The Movies for 17 February 2021
Simon Morris looks at a trio of films, all dependent in one way or another on how they’re told - an immigrant tale, a western about a kidnapped child, and a romance between two real-life - and sadly… Audio
Review - The Nest
Remember those yuppie risk-takers of the 1980s? The Nest features Jude Law as the ultimate example of ‘fake it till you make it’. Video, Audio
Review - High Ground
Australian film High ground is equal parts colonial history lesson and outback western. Stars Simon Baker and Jack Thompson. Audio
Review - Shadow in the Cloud
Roseanne Liang is best known for serious New Zealand independent films. But who knew she had a popcorn movie like Shadow in the Cloud in her? Video, Audio
At The Movies for 10 February 2021
Simon Morris wraps up the summer holiday season. Even during a pandemic there are still blockbusters, Oscar-hopefuls - even if many are showing on Netflix this year - and a continuing good run of New… Audio
At The Movies: 2020 in review
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… Video, Audio
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… Video, Audio
Movie review - A Christmas gift from Bob
A Christmas gift from Bob is a seasonal swansong for the hugely popular Street Cat Named Bob. Audio
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… Video, Audio