Simon Morris
At The Movies for 14 August 2014
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at a wide range of films this week. Guardians of the Galaxy is a comic-book blockbuster, funnier than most, and So It Goes, starring Michael Douglas and Diane… Audio
At The Movies for 7 August 2014
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at the hottest New Zealand film for years, The Dark Horse, starring Cliff Curtis. He also reviews French doomed romance, Just a Sigh, and the "cop movie meets… Audio
Plum
At the end of World War Two, there was much celebration of war heroes, and a rather less attractive rooting out of people who'd "let the side down" - spies and traitors like broadcasters Lord Haw Haw… Audio
The Writers Lab
A few weeks ago we introduced a process that's increasingly familiar in the film industry around the world, but hadn't been tried here - until now. The Writers Lab offers the chance for six new… Audio
At The Movies for 31 July 2014
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at the latest movie Hercules, starring the Rock and a feelgood Australian movie about caged men and eagles - Healing. He also goes to a new New Zealand film… Audio
At the Movies for 24 July 2014
On At The Movies, Simon Morris reviews the self-descriptive comedy Sex Tape, starring Cameron Diaz, and the more old-fashioned French costume drama A Promise, with an all-English cast led by Alan… Audio
At The Movies for 17 July
On At The Movies, Simon Morris reviews the eagerly-anticipated next in the Apes series - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes… He also looks at that rare thing here, a French political satire - The French… Audio
At The Movies for 10 July 2014
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at three contrasting mid-winter movies - from America, Clint Eastwood's story of the Four Seasons, Jersey Boys… from France, children's animation Ernest &… Audio
Hope and Wire
Lyttelton singer-songwriter Adam McGrath talks about songwriting, free concerts after the Christchurch earthquakes, and lending his song - and its title - to TV mini-series Hope and Wire. Audio
At the Movies for 3 July 2014
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at Taika Waititi's much-anticipated vampire comedy, What We Do In The Shadows, as well as France's most successful comedy in years, The Volcano. Two rather smaller… Audio
Screenwriter's Lab
New Zealand's first screenwriters Writers Laboratory, in which six local screenwriters go to boot camp with top mentors, including Oscar-winner David Seidler (The King's Speech). Audio
At the Movies for 26 June 2014
On At The Movies, Simon Morris and International Film Festival Director Bill Gosden launch this year's programme: 140 movies that cover the usual astonishing range of subjects - from Jimi Hendrix to… Audio
At The Movies for 19 June 2014
Simon Morris talks to Drive screenwriter, Englishman Hossein Amini, about his first film as a director, Two Faces Of January, starring Viggo Mortensen. He also reviews American comedy, 22 Jump Street… Audio
At The Movies for 12 June 2014
On At The Movies, Simon Morris reviews the new Tom Cruise sci-fi thriller Edge of Tomorrow, and the American smash-hit teen drama, The Fault In Our Stars. Meanwhile Switzerland has produced its own… Audio
At The Movies for 5 June 2014
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at another re-invented fairy-tale, Maleficent starring Angelina Jolie, and yet another spoof of a western, A Million Ways to Die in the West. And Brit comedians… Audio
At The Movies for 29 May 2014
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at two headlining movies - for all the right reasons, the well-received X Men Days Of Future Past, and for all the wrong - Grace of Monaco. But it's a little… Audio
At The Movies for 22 May 2014
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at the rise of Christian movies in the States, so called "faith-based films", including Son of God, which has just been released here. Also, the biggest… Audio
At The Movies for 15 May 2014
On At The Movies, Simon Morris reviews three films for older audiences - Belle looks at racial prejudice at the time of Jane Austen, Catherine Deneuve is the week's most glamorous grandmother and Chef… Audio
The Standing Room Only competition
The finalists and winners of the Star Wars competition are announced and the details of the next SRO competition are revealed. Audio
At The Movies for 8 May 2014
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at a big budget sci-fi drama, Transcendence, starring Johnny Depp, and a low-budget musical, Scotland's Sunshine On Leith. And ultra-cool New York director Jim… Audio
