Simon Morris
The Gunman - film review
Simon Morris reviews action movie The Gunman, starring Sean Penn. Audio
Of Mice and Men - film review
Simon Morris reviews the hit Broadway production of John Steinbeck's classic 1937 play, Of Mice and Men. Audio
At The Movies: Of Mice and Men, The Gunman, The Age Of Adaline
Simon Morris goes to the theatre - the Broadway version of Of Mice and Men, starring James Franco. He also reviews two contrasting features - action movie The Gunman, starring Sean Penn, and The Age… Audio
At The Movies: The Longest Ride, Woman in Gold, Samba
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at the come-back of the female-friendly film, including Samba, starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, Woman In Gold, starring Dame Helen Mirren, and Nicholas Sparks'… Audio
At The Movies: The Book of Life, Fast and Furious 7, Get Well Soon
On At The Movies, Simon Morris reviews Mexican animated feature The Book of Life, and the latest – and biggest – film in the Fast and Furious franchise – Furious 7. And as a light sorbet on the side… Audio
At The Movies for 4 June 2015
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at two revivals - old-fashioned disaster movie San Andreas, starring Duane Johnson, and a nostalgic look back on Walt Disney's 1950s view of the future… Audio
At The Movies for 2 April 2015
On At The Movies, Simon Morris goes the ball - the latest version of Cinderella, directed by Sir Kenneth Brannagh. He also reviews two American comedies - Will Ferrell in Get Hard and Mark Ruffalo in… Audio
At The Movies: Insurgent, X plus Y, Run All Night.
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at two Young Adult films, Insurgent, the sequel to last year's popular Divergent… and X plus Y, a heart-warming story of an autistic young maths genius. He also… Audio
At The Movies for 19 March 2015
Simon Morris looks at the latest sci-fi from South Africa's Neill Blomkamp, of District 9 fame. He also reviews a new film directed by actor Alan Rickman, A Little Chaos, and a brilliant little… Audio
At The Movies for 12 March 2015
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at three rather average films: fantasy epic Seventh Son, starring Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore, conman comedy Focus with Will Smith, and Kidnapping Mr Heineken… Audio
Sunday 8th March - approx 3.30pm
The next installment of what's become known as "The Moon Story" happened during Standing Room Only. Guy, Tracey, Roman and Violet are moving towards something... but nobody knows what. Audio
At the Movies for 5 March 2015
On At The Movies, Simon Morris reviews The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, and previews a year packed with even more sequels. He also looks at a rare public-private partnership out to help the New… Audio
Music talk
Simon Grigg from Audio Culture talks about the Wellington Music scene in the early 1970s - including our very own Simon Morris' band Tamburlaine. Audio
At The Movies for 26 February 2015
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks back at the Oscars, and the future of Hollywood films. He reviews Jupiter Ascending and The Interview, and has a rare look at some plays being screened at our… Audio
At The Movies for 19 February 2015
Simon Morris bravely goes to no-man’s-land – the film Fifty Shades Of Grey. He also invites New Zealand filmmakers Fiona Samuel, Phillipa Campbell and Leanne Pooley to discuss the curious shortage of… Audio
At The Movies for 12 February 2015
At The Movies returns, and this week Simon Morris looks at three very English films, including multi Bafta-winner The Theory of Everything. James Bond spoof Kingsmen stars Colin Firth, while… Audio
At The Movies for 5 February 2015
The Movies returns, and this week Simon Morris looks at the many Oscar hopefuls that came out over the summer holidays. Titles include Birdman, American Sniper, and The Imitation Game and Wild. Audio
2014 Reviewed - Movies with Simon Morris
Radio New Zealand's film reviewer and presenter of At the Movies, Simon Morris, talks to Wallace about star power and poses the critical question - do you have to be good-looking to be a superstar? Audio
At the Movies 2014 Wrap
On the final At The Movies of the year, Simon Morris looks back over a year of film: from Oscar winner 12 Years A Slave to the big trends of 2014. It was a year of big, if shaky, franchises, a lot of… Audio
Audio Culture with Simon Grigg
Simon Grigg from the website Audio Culture dips into New Zealand's rock and roll archives. The focus this time is Upper Hutt - home of The Fourmyula, the Bitter End, Frankie and Jon Stevens - and of… Audio