Simon Morris

It's generally accepted that we're in the middle of a golden age of television - particularly television drama. While feature films - particularly in America - are leaning to the conservative and… Audio

Simon Morris looks at Mahana, director Lee Tamahori's first New Zealand film in 20 year, 13 Hours: The secret soldiers of Benghazi, an unusually small-scale movie from blockbuster director Michael… Audio

Musicians old and young have been paying tribute to music producing legend George Martin. He died aged 90 in his London home. Often referred to as the fifth Beatle, he's recognised as being the man… Audio

Gods of Egypt is a mostly Australian production, directed by Alex Proyas, and starring Nikolaj Koster-Waldau (Game of Thrones) and Gerard Butler (300). Audio

The Lady in the Van features the dream team of writer Alan Bennett and star Dame Maggie Smith. Audio

Simon Morris looks back at the troubled Oscars, attacked from all quarters for its lack of diversity. But are the haters missing the point? Audio

Simon Morris looks back at the troubled Oscars, attacked from all quarters for its lack of diversity. But are the haters missing the point? He also looks at three undeniably diverse films. The Lady in… Audio

The New Zealand-Samoan comedy-drama Three Wise Cousins has been doing astonishingly well, first in Auckland and then in Wellington and Palmerston North. In some cinemas it's even out-grossing the new… Audio

Simon Morris goes to the reboot of TV classic Dad's Army, to Will Smith's real-life drama Concussion, and to the delightful independent Samoan comedy-drama, Three Wise Cousins. He also talks to… Audio

Simon Morris looks at the Bafta Film Awards announced this week, and reviews three films about heroes – superheroes in the case of Marvel Comics’ Deadpool, real-life heroics by the US Coast Guards in… Audio

On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at the sudden respect being given to the screenwriter - including Aaron Sorkin, who wrote Steve Jobs, and Anomalisa's Charlie Kaufman. He also talks to… Audio

Simon grew up in Guildford, the least rock'n'roll town in the world. Or is it? There's the Stranglers, and Camel, and, um, DJ Tony Blackburn, "journalist" Piers Morgan, Terry Jones from the Pythons -… Audio

At The Movies returns, just as most of the Oscar hopefuls hit our cinema screens. Simon Morris looks at the eight Best Film nominations, and wonders why they're so factual, and so backwards-looking… Audio

Sam Neill joins Matinee Idle with Dave Dobbyn and Simon Morris. Audio

On the final At The Movies of the year, Simon Morris looks back at a year when the all-conquering franchise ruled at the box-office, and women dominated for a change - in thrillers like Sicario and… Audio

On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at In The Heart Of The Sea, the true story that inspired the classic Moby-Dick. And two Festival favourites - Youth, starring Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel, and… Audio

On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at two sporting movies. Boxing film Creed revives the legacy of the original, Oscar-winning Rocky, while Stephen Frears' The Program re-tells the story of… Audio

The Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards have just been held - a tribute to the range and multiplicity of NZ music. But it was not always like this - Simon Morris with Simon Grigg from AudioCulture looks… Audio

On At The Movies, Simon Morris discovers whether the final Hunger Games is worth the wait, and reviews an American cover version of the Oscar-winning, Argentinean thriller Secret In Their Eyes. And 5… Audio

On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at the well-received science fiction drama, Ex Machina. And the 24th James Bond movie, Spectre, is an excuse to look back on the inexorable rise of the film… Audio