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At the Movies for 22 August 2018
Simon Morris looks at the mega-hit giant shark film The Meg, the true story of the black cop who joined the Ku Klux Klan, Black KKKlansman and teen sci-fi film The Darkest Minds. Audio
The Secrets behind a Mega Shark Movie
The Meg - a film about a giant prehistoric shark that decides to come out of the depths - is storming the international box office. It was made almost entirely in New Zealand with a huge contingent of… Video, Audio, Gallery
Outrage over gay character casting
There's been outrage after a straight man was cast as Disney's first gay film character. Some say the role should have gone to an actual gay man but others believe any representation is a cause for… Audio
Film Review with Richard Swainson
BlacKkKlansman and Mission: Impossible - Fallout. Audio
The Spy Who Dumped Me - movie review
Can stars Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon add a feminist slant to a tired old formula? The Spy Who Dumped Me is pretty much what it says on the wrapper, says Simon Morris. Video, Audio
Review - Midnight Oil 1984
The documentary Midnight Oil 1984 is the result of the discovery of hours of live footage of the band on a tour interrupted when singer Peter Garrett runs for political office. Audio
Review - LBJ
LBJ is another biopic set during the Kennedy era. But there's more to Jack Kennedy's Vice President - Lyndon Baines Johnson - than meets the eye. Directed by Rob Reiner and starring Woody Harrelson. Audio
At The Movies for 15 August 2018
Simon Morris tries to get past the expectations generated by three apparently predictable movies this week —LBJ, Midnight Oil 1984 and The Spy Who Dumped Me. Video, Audio
Milk of human kindness on show in short film Walk a Mile
Wellington filmmaker Judith Cowley wants to shine a spotlight on human kindness by raising $10,000 to make her deeply personal script, Walk a Mile, into a short film. Judith joins us to talk about… Audio
Film Review with Geoff Lealand
Richard Swainson is away for a couple of weeks, so got his fellow Hamilton film buff, Geoff Lealand to step in. Geoff will review Mary Shelley and The Wife. Audio
Reviews: Angie and Midnight Oil
Sarah McMullan reviews two documentaries: Angie - about the aftermath of coming of age at CENTERPOINT with Bert Potter. And she also has been watching MIDNIGHT OIL: 1984 - which includes never before… Audio
Movie review- Interlude in Prague
Interlude in Prague gives Wolfgang Mozart the Shakespeare in love treatment, as the composer falls in love and falls foul of a real-life Don Giovanni. Audio
Movie review- The wife
The Wife features Glenn Close as the spouse of a Novel Prize-winner for Literature (Jonathan Pryce). But how supportive has she really been all these years? Audio
Movie review- Mission Impossible Fallout
Mission Impossible Fallout is the sixth for Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt. This one co-stars Rebecca Fergusson, Michelle Monaghan and Vanessa Kirby (The Crown). Video, Audio
At the Movies for 8 August 2018
Simon Morris looks at three movies set in various countries in Europe - a globe-trotting spy thriller, a drama about Sweden's Nobel Prize, and one set in the capital of the Czech Republic. Audio
How do you raise children to be good adults?
'Celia' is screening in NZ, the Celia Lashlie documentary movie that got funded courtesy of a generous listener to The Panel when the traditional documentary funders turned it down. Hundreds turned… Audio
NZ Film Festival picks and Sacha Baron Cohen
Screen reviewer Paul Casserly talks about Woody Harrelson as LBJ, the documentary about US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sasha Baron Cohen causing trouble in his new show, Who is… Audio
Celia Lashlie: new doco reveals her life's work and last days
Celia Lashlie (1953 - 2015) was a passionate social justice advocate, author, parenting commentator and prison worker. Journalist Amanda Millar talks about the documentary Lashlie asked her to make – … Video, Audio
