Movies
Wonder Woman's Feminum Wristguards
Wonder Woman can stop bullets with her Feminum bracelets but, apart from needing the reflexes to achieve this, could any material that's light enough to wear on your wrists do that? Audio
Furiosa actor Quaden Bayles 'a whole different person' years after viral bullying video
From bullied schoolboy to Hollywood hopeful, this is how Quaden Bayles triumphed over the trolls and followed his dreams.
Squid Game star taking on Star Wars: Get to know Lee Jung-jae
The Acolyte is the first Star Wars production to have a female showrunner. It also has a South Korean movie star, in his first English-language role.
Four music movies you might have missed
From a stadium spectacular to an intimate presentation of a beloved back catalogue, Dan Slevin watches four recent films about music. Video
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin looks at the latest instalment in the 1995 buddy cop comedy series Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024), documentary Joan Baez: I Am A Noise (2023) streaming on… Audio
Harry Potter's Invisibility Cloak
Colm Healy chats about the magic of material science and possible real life equivalents to Harry Potter's invisibility cloak. Audio
At The Movies - Atlas
Atlas is a new scifi thriller on Netflix, starring Jennifer Lopez as a genius scientist on the hunt for her family robot, whose gone rogue and plans to destroy the Earth. Believe it or not, it went… Audio
At The Movies - Unsung Hero
Unsung hero is the mostly true story of Australia's Smallbone family, who emigrated to America and ended up spawning two leading Christian music acts - Rebecca St James and pop duo For King and… Audio
At The Movies for Wednesday 5 June 2024
Simon Morris finds it hard to get much sympathy when he complains about the regular mixed bag of movies currently on display at the cinema! Audio
How to watch 40,000 free films and TV shows
With over 40,000 titles to choose from you'll always find something to watch on free streamer Tubi, reports Dan Slevin. Video
The Interstellar Black Hole
Spoiler Alert: In the Christopher Nolan movie Interstellar, an astronaut gets sucked into a black hole but manages to communicate with his daughter and find his way out. Richard Easther tells us the… Audio
Avatar: Unobtainium
Greedy corporations seeking Unobtainium are the bad guys in James Cameron's Avatar movie franchise. Associate Professor Nicola Gaston discusses the parallels between the fictional mineral and solid… Audio
Long weekend viewing tips from Dan Slevin
Tonight, for the long weekend, Dan Slevin is taking a look at both seasons of Tokyo Vice, Freud's Last Session and the documentary Great Photo, Lovely Life. Audio
Screentime: Fallout, Ashley Madison doco, Bridgerton s3
Film and TV correspondent Perlina Lau joins Kathryn to talk about the latest shows. Audio
Review : Copa 71
Copa 71 is a documentary of the first, unofficial Women's Football World Cup in Mexico City 1971. Football organisers FIFA did all they could to close it down, and later hush it up. Produced by Venus… Audio
At the Movies for Wednesday 29 May 2024
Simon Morris wonders why prequels are so much rarer than sequels - and reviews three films, all in their way, backstories of later events. Audio
Review: Freud's Last Session
Freud's Last Session is a play about a fictitious meeting between the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, and the Christian writer, and later creator of the Narnia books, C S Lewis. Starring Sir… Video, Audio
Review: Furiosa
Furiosa follows the 15 year backstory of the co-star of Mad Max Fury Road. Anya Taylor-Joy plays the girl kidnapped from her idyllic home, and out for vengeance. Once again directed by George Miller… Video, Audio
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident film critic Dan Slevin is back this week with an Australian theme. Dan takes a look at the next edition of the Mad Max franchise Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, You Can Go Now! a documentary… Audio
Vincent Ward: Nearly 50 years of filmmaking
This weekend, people will have the chance to view Vincent Ward's earliest surviving film Ma Olsen, which has been fully restored and digitised as part of a retrospective of his work at the Wairarapa… Audio
