Simon Morris

On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at two holiday favourites - the Lego Movie and the new Spiderman - Rise of Electro. He also reviews a film from Nigeria, dealing with the tragic breakaway province… Audio

On At The Movies, Simon Morris talks to the new head of the New Zealand Film Commission, Dave Gibson. After over 40 years in the local industry, Dave has had plenty of time to formulate some strong -… Audio

Simon Morris looks at three contrasting films - new Young Adult franchise, Divergent… a Japanese family drama about two children separated at birth - Like Father Like Son… and the highly-anticipated… Audio

Simon Morris welcomes the blockbuster season - this week it's Captain America Winter Soldier. And in the smaller cinemas there are smaller, more demanding films: from Britain a film inspired by Oscar… Audio

The results of this week's competition and the next one is revealed. Audio

Simon Morris looks at the controversial new film about Noah and the Flood and the sequel to the highly-successful action movie from Indonesia, The Raid. And Bill Gosden reveals some of the successes… Audio

Simon Morris wonders why Hollywood has abandoned movies with adult concerns to the rest of the world - the Iranian/French film The Past… from Italy, the Oscar-winning The Great Beauty… and a film from… Audio

This week, your mission is to write a mini radio play under one minute in length, using these five most commonly-used Hollywood sound effects. They are 'Castle Thunder', a bullet ricochet, sonar beeps… Audio

Simon Morris invites two fellow-critics to discuss the role of the movie reviewer. His guests are Sarah McMullan, film reviewer for Afternoons with Jim Mora, and Alexander Bisley, editor at large for… Audio

Simon Morris looks at four films all based - more or less - on reality. Spinning Plates is a documentary about restaurants. Stories We Tell is as much about stories as about director Sarah Polley's… Audio

We announce the winners and runners up in the inaugural Standing Room Only Competition, the Beatles Drama. They will be on our webpage from Monday morning. Audio

Simon Morris looks back on the Oscars, and reviews one of the winners - Her for Best Original Script. He also looks at two films about travel - Non Stop, a murder mystery set on an intercontinental… Audio

Simon Morris reviews Robert Redford's most challenging role - as a solo sailor in trouble in All Is Lost and Joel and Ethan Coen's new film, Inside Llewyn Davis, remembers the half-forgotten… Audio

Simon Morris looks at a week of movies that make up in quantity what they may lack in quality - comedies 'Are We Officially Dating' and 'Last Vegas', supernatural love story 'Winter's Tale', not to… Audio

Simon Morris looks at the summer season of Academy Awards hopefuls. Nebraska, 12 Years a Slave, American Hustle, The Wolf of Wall Street and the rest may get all the publicity, but there were other… Audio

Simon Morris talks to Himiona Grace and Ainsley Gardner about The Pa Boys, which opens in cinemas on Waitangi Day. Audio

With Simon Morris and Phil O'Brien. Audio

Simon Morris wraps up the year with a look back on 2013 in movies - a year of Gravity, The Hunger Games, World War Z and Man of Steel. But in fact many of the best films of the year were rather… Audio

In the penultimate At The Movies for the year, Simon Morris looks at three films for three markets - for the young, sci-fi adventure yarn Ender's Game… for the middle-aged, Nineties TV superstar Alan… Audio

Former backing vocalist Simon Morris applauds a documentary on the subject - 20 Feet From Stardom. He also reviews a sentimental drama starring Michael Caine - Mr Morgan's Last Love - and the last… Audio