Simon Morris
At the Movies
On At The Movies, Simon Morris reviews three more films from the Spring Clearout season - Jack Reacher Never Go Back, starring Tom Cruise; Café Society, Woody Allen's new comedy, set in 1930s… Audio
Moon Unit Zappa
Simon Morris talks to Moon Zappa about the new documentary Eat that Question, her Dad, and about the Zappa legacy. Audio
Review - Golden Years
A comedy about a gang of bank-robbing pensioners, starring Bernard Hill, Virginia McKenna and Una Stubbs. Audio
Review of The Clan
An Argentinian film about a real-life family of kidnappers who operated during the Galtieri dictatorship. Winner of Best Director at the Venice Film Festival. Audio
At The Movies for 19 October 2016
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks the latest film based on a Dan Brown novel, Inferno, starring Tom Hanks, and a little English comedy, obviously aimed at the trendy "grey dollar", Golden Years. He… Audio
Review of Inferno
Tom Hanks stars in a thriller, with at its heart a puzzle based on Dante's famous poem. Audio
Movie review - This Giant Paper Mache Boulder is Actually
A New Zealand sci-fi comedy in which a group of fans find themselves in a real-life cheesey B-movie. Audio
Movie review - Deepwater Horizon
The story behind the real-life 2010 oil-rig explosion that caused the biggest ecological disaster in history. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Kate Hudson and John Malkovich. Audio
Movie review - The Girl on the Train
Emily Blunt stars as an alcoholic divorcee who discovers she may have murdered her ex-husband's nanny. Audio
At The Movies for 12 October 2016
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at two new thrillers - The Girl On The Train, starring Emily Blunt, based on the best-selling novel… and Deepwater Horizon, the story behind the worst oil-rig… Audio
When New Zealand bands met the Beatles
New Audioculture director Chris Bourke looks back on the Beatlemania years from a Kiwi perspective. Many local musicians were deeply suspicious of the Fab Four - it had to be a flash in the pan, they… Video, Audio
Review - Miss peregine's Home for Peculiar Children
A very Tim Burton story about a home for "peculiars", whose powers include flight, invisibility and bees! Audio
Review - HitchcockTruffaut
A documentary about a famous interview that changed the critics' view of the supreme entertainer, Alfred Hitchcock. Audio
Review - Magnificent Seven
Yet another 2016 remake of a classic movie, starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt. Audio
Review - 8 Days a Week
Ron Howard's film about the touring years of the Beatles at the height of the "mania". Audio
At The Movies for 5 October 2016
Simon Morris looks at the remake of the classic western, The Magnificent Seven, and a documentary about a famous interview - when French critic turned film-maker Francois Truffaut got Alfred Hitchcock… Audio
At The Movies Captain Fantastic Review
Captain Fantastic - Viggo Mortensen plays a father who brings his children up, away from the excesses of modern, corporate America. Audio
At The Movies Don't Breathe Review
Don't breathe - from producers Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert, a horror thriller where the villain is blind - but with uncannily good hearing. Audio
At The Movies Bridget Jones Baby Review
Bridget Jones's Baby - 15 years after her Diary, Bridget's back, starring Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth and Emma Thompson. Audio
At The Movies #658
On At The Movies, Simon Morris reviews two films about parenthood - Bridget Jones's Baby and Captain Fantastic, starring Viggo Mortensen. And he goes to the latest hit, low-budget horror film - Don't… Audio