Widescreen
RNZ’s online guide to what’s playing on our screens — with Dan Slevin.
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The best TV new to streaming this week
Science Fiction and Fantasy dominate the latest streaming TV releases with Netflix, in particular, piling the options especially high, reports Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Review: Mary Poppins Returns
The big-hearted efforts of the entire cast aren't enough to save Mary Poppins Returns from redundancy, reports Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Review: Ralph Breaks the Internet
Ralph Breaks the Internet contains fun – and life-lessons – for every generation in your family, writes Dan Slevin. Read more
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Review: Springsteen on Broadway
The legendary rocker’s theatrical autobiography is well worth the investment of your time, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Review: Bumblebee
Bumblebee is a Transformers movie that harks back to some of our most beloved family films, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Review: Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Can You Ever Forgive Me? proves that Melissa McCarthy has the dramatic chops to go with her abundant comedic skills, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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The best TV new to streaming this week
Australia gets a turn at Netflix’s production billions with the supernatural thriller Tidelands, one of Dan Slevin’s picks of the week. Read more Video
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Russell Brand’s new stand-up special is not for the fainthearted
Russell Brand’s new stand-up special is vintage Brand but be aware of which version you are getting, advises Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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The best movies new to streaming this week
This week’s streaming highlight is Netflix’s first masterpiece, advises Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Mrs. Maisel is back and as entertaining as ever
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is the perfect palate-cleanser between the heavier offerings of TV’s ‘golden age’, according to Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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The best movies new to streaming this week
Dan Slevin recommends Daniel Day-Lewis' last film as this week's new-to-streaming highlight. Read more Video
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Review: The Little Drummer Girl
John le Carré’s obsession with con artists, philanderers, fabulists and fibbers informs the new adaptation of The Little Drummer Girl, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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The Coens’ Buster Scruggs is another winner for Netflix
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is another win for Netflix - and the Coen Brothers - and is worth a month's subscription on its own, according to Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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The best TV new to streaming this week
‘What ifs’ dominate the new TV landscape this week, says Dan Slevin: What if Poland was still communist? What if all of Dickens’ characters lived in the same town and knew each other? Read more Video
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The best movies new to streaming this week
Netflix continues to release one great new film a week, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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The commentaries on the Mission: Impossible - Fallout Blu-ray make it worth it
The director commentaries on Mission: Impossible – Fallout makes the Blu-ray worth watching, says Dan Slevin. Read more
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The best TV new to streaming this week
Jason Momoa’s Frontier is a bingeing highlight but Escape at Dannemora is the best streaming option this week, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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The best movies new to streaming this week
It’s comedy or tragedy this week on Netflix, according to Dan Slevin. Read more
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The Deuce season 2 gives female characters a boost
Season two of The Deuce prioritises its female characters at the same time that it risks romanticising their world, writes Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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The Other Side of the Wind, Welles’ last film, is finally completed
Orson Welles’ final film, The Other Side of the Wind, is a self-absorbed but still virtuoso performance, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video
Widescreen
Widescreen is a curated corner of the RNZ website dedicated to what’s on our screens. Producer and presenter Dan Slevin reviews the biggest and the smallest new cinema releases, highlights the best and worst of the direct-to-video and streaming sectors plus interviews with fascinating film people, podcasting with some of New Zealand’s smartest film brains and highlights of all the great movie content produced by other bits of Radio New Zealand.
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