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At The Movies - The 355
The 355 - a film that came to life as a blockbuster thriller with a feminist twist and ended up a programme filler on Prime Video. (Stars Oscar-winners Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz and Lupita… Video, Audio
At The Movies - The 355
The 355 started out as a blockbuster thriller with a feminist twist, and ended up a programme filler on Prime Video. Stars Oscar-winners Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz and Lupita Nyong'o. Audio
At The Movies - The Good Boss
The Good Boss is an award-winning Spanish film about an unusually toxic boss. In it, Javier Bardem proves there's no-one better at selling deviousness wrapped in charm. Video, Audio
At The Movies - Luckiest Girl Alive
The Netflix film Luckiest Girl Alive stars Mila Kunis as a woman in danger of her carefully-arranged life falling apart. Video, Audio
At The Movies for 19 October 2022
Simon Morris looks at three films that all, one way or another, play with audience expectations of a happy ending. Audio
Television Critic: Claire Chitham
Today TV reviewer Claire Chitham talks to Jesse about Blackbird on Apple TV and Bad Sisters, which is also on Apple TV. She's also been watching The Patient on Disney. Audio
Robbie Coltrane: Harry Potter Hagrid actor dies
Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, has died aged 72.
Film Review with Ali Ventura
Today Ali Ventura reviews Halloween Ends in cinemas now and another also showing in theatres, Good Boss. Audio
At The Movies - Memory
Memory is an unmemorable action film starring Liam Neeson as an ageing hitman with Alzheimer's. Video, Audio
At The Movies: Don't Worry Darling
Pop star-turned-actor Harry Styles is by no means the biggest problem with this highly publicised film, says Simon Morris. Video, Audio
At The Movies - Amsterdam
Pulling off a realistic comedy thriller with an array of eccentric characters played by Hollywood stars is more than writer-director David O Russell can muster, says Simon Morris. Video, Audio
At The Movies for 12 October 2022
Simon Morris wonders why so many movies at the moment can't seem to end satisfactorily. He checks out a nihilistic thriller, an alternative reality movie with too many twists and turns, and a star… Audio
Dame Angela Lansbury dies at age 96
Dame Angela Lansbury, one of the last surviving stars of Hollywood's golden age who won international acclaim as the star of the TV crime series Murder, She Wrote, has died aged 96.
Bonus Episode: Abby Howells: The Extended Discussion
Titanic Bonus Episode! You wanted more from comedian/Titanic expert Abby Howells - and now you've got it. Audio
Film Review with Dom Corry
Today Dom talks to Jesse about 'Amsterdam', a period caper film starring Christian Bale and Margot Robbie. It's out in cinemas today. He also gives his thoughts on Memory, a new Liam Neeson action… Audio
AMC+ launches, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, Andor
Film and TV correspondent Chris Schulz joins Kathryn to talk about the launch of AMC+ in New Zealand and one of the big shows it'll be screening - an adaptation of Anne Rice's Interview with a… Audio
At The Movies - Blonde
Blonde is a "fictional biography" of screen legend Marilyn Monroe. Cuban-born actor Ana de Armas is astonishingly convincing in this uncompromising and tragic take on the American Dream, says Simon… Video, Audio
At The Movies - Catherine Called Birdy
Catherine Called Birdy is a medieval coming-of-age film about a 13th-century girl with a 21st-century attitude. Video, Audio
At The Movies - Millie Lies Low
Millie Lies Low is a comedy-drama about a young Kiwi woman who panics just before leaving for her dream job in New York. Can she fool her friends into thinking that she's in the Big Apple? The film… Video, Audio
At The Movies for 5 October
Simon Morris welcomes several new women-driven movies, and wishes the directors would hurry up with their next projects. This week, films from New Zealand's Michelle Savill and the hard-working Lena… Audio
