Simon Morris

Simon Morris cheers up significantly with three terrific films. Looper is the best sci-fi of the year so far, Where Do We Go Now is a lighter-than-usual look at the problems of the Middle East, and… Audio

Australia hasn't had many box office hit movies in recent years, but certainly has one on its hands right now - it's called 'The Sapphires'. Simon Morris tells us all about it, with the film's… Audio

Simon Morris casts a jaded look at the Spring Cleaning season - including Iron Sky, The Watch, Ruby Sparks and two New Zealand films, Two Little Boys, starring Bret McKenzie, and Kiwi Flyer, starring… Audio

Simon Morris looks at Oliver Stone's latest thriller Savages, and a dark comedy from best-selling author Jo Nesbo, Jackpot. He also talks to the writer-director of a little independent comedy-drama… Audio

Simon Morris looks at three contrasting films - from England, Hysteria looks at the Victorian approach to women's medicine, Wunderkinder deals with two Jewish child prodigies during World War Two and… Audio

Simon Morris reviews two films, both starring Bruce Willis, that couldn't be more different - Sylvester Stallone's Expendables 2, and the quirky comedy Moonrise Kingdom. And he talks to one of the top… Audio

Simon Morris reviews the remake of sci-fi thriller Total Recall and a new - but hardly original - romantic drama Hope Springs. He also talks to Auckland film-maker Richard Green about an intriguing… Audio

Simon Morris checks out The Bourne Legacy - the Bourne-free sequel to the successful thriller series. He also reviews one of the hits of the Film Festival, Japan's I wish, and one for Downton Abbey… Audio

Simon Morris reviews political comedy The Campaign, eternal-triangle drama Take This Waltz, starring Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen, and - fresh from the Film Festival - real-life crime comedy… Audio

Simon Morris looks at the year's silliest-looking film, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. He also looks at three New Zealand contributions to the International Film Festival - The Red House, The Last… Audio

Simon Morris gate-crashes two Ladies' Nights - Magic Mike is all about male strippers, while Bel Ami features a young man whose secret is seducing the wives of important men. And he previews the 6… Audio

Simon Morris looks at three contrasting films - Ted, the American hit comedy about a teddy-bear that comes to life. The Door, starring Dame Helen Mirren, based on an award-winning Hungarian novel and… Audio

The country's film industry will not be staging an awards ceremony, after its split from the film and television awards this year. Audio

Simon Morris looks at the return of the new, amazing Spiderman - rejigged, rebooted and recast. And he talks to the director of one of the highlights of the upcoming International Film Festival -… Audio

Simon Morris looks at three films with a royal theme - 'Snow White and the Huntsman', the new Pixar film 'Brave'and Danish real-life drama 'A Royal Affair'. Audio

Siege was a brilliant drama covering the notorious Jan Molenaar stand-off with the Napier police. Simon Morris spoke to Siege producer Philly De Lacey. Audio

Simon Morris and International Film Festival Director Bill Gosden pick some of the highlights of this year’s Festival – dramas, documentaries, musicals, comedies – and some titles that defy… Audio

Simon Morris loses his temper with the new rock and roll musical, Rock of Ages, starring Tom Cruise. And he confesses himself bewildered by two rather smaller films - from France, The Well-Digger's… Audio

Should it even be called film anymore, and is the death of 35-mill celluloid something to fear or applaud? Audio

Simon Morris reviews the highly-anticipated Prometheus - the Alien prequel, directed by that film's Ridley Scott. And two more films from Scandinavia - Le Havre, directed by Finnish gadfly Aki… Audio