Movies
Review - Marlon Williams: Ngā Ao E Rua (Two Worlds)
Marlon Williams: Nga Ao E Rua (Two Worlds) is a documentary about the Kiwi alt-country star and his journey to make his first album entirely in te reo. Spoiler alert: that album went on to top the New… Audio
Review - Thunderbolts*
Thunderbolts* are the B-Team you summon when Marvel superstars The Avengers are unavailable. Ironically, or not, it's proving a big hit after a few Marvel misfires. Starring Florence Pugh… Audio
Homework
Simon Morris has one of those weeks where you need to do your own research. Looking up the minor villains that make up Thunderbolts*…. Brushing up his knowledge of Kiwi household name Marlon… Audio
Review - The Accountant 2
The Accountant 2 sees the return of Ben Affleck as the eccentric, former criminal accountant who sets out to avenge the murder of his best friend. Also stars Jon Bernthal (The Amateur) and Cynthia… Audio
Review - Warfare
Civil War director Alex Garland collaborates with that film's military advisor - and real-life Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza on the story of a platoon of Navy SEALS having a bad day in Ramadi. Audio
Review - Sinners
Ryan Coogler writes and directs a Southern Gothic horror film featuring gangsters, vampires and the Klan, reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio
The horror - the horror
Dan Slevin reviews three new films in local cinemas: In Sinners, Black Panther director Ryan Coogler tells a Southern Gothic horror story withMichael B. Jordan playing identical twins; in Warfare… Audio
Review - Small Things Like These
Dan Slevin reviews an adaptation of Claire Keegan's 2021 novella about an Irish family man prompted to confront his community about the secrets that they have been keeping (starring Oscar-winner… Audio
Review : Grand Tour
Grand Tour starts out like a Merchant Ivory passage to Southeast Asia about a man running away from the prospects of a wedding, before turning into a very strange travelogue. Directed by Portuguese… Audio
Review : Queer
Queer sees Daniel Craig (No time to die) shake off Double Oh Seven in an adaptation of a book by William S Burroughs (Naked Lunch) about an American writer hiding out in Fifties Mexico who falls in… Audio
Film or Movie ?
Simon Morris realizes people go to the cinema for different things. Some go for the humble "movie", some for the elevated "film", some for the even more pretentious "cinema". Which are this week's… Audio
Review :The Death Of A Unicorn
The death of a Unicorn sees a father and daughter (Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega) hit a mysterious entity on the way to a weekend with an unscrupulous pharmaceutical family. An entity with the ability to… Audio
Review - Mickey 17
Mickey 17 is Bong Joon Ho's (Parasite) unique take on science fiction, in which a lowly worker is regularly killed doing dangerous jobs, only to be revived to die another day. Stars Robert Pattinson… Audio
Review - Spit
Spit sees low-life criminal John Spitieri (Gettin' Square) return after 20 years for his own movie. Can Spit conquer the bad guys, bond with his young nephew, get his new Syrian mate safely employed… Audio
Review - White Bird
White Bird is a spin-off from the movie Wonder, in which young Auggie's tormentor learns a lesson from his grandmother, a survivor from the Nazi occupation of France. Stars Dame Helen Mirren and… Audio
After The Goldrush
Simon Morris looks at life after the glitter of the recent Oscars, in particular three more modest films, all coincidentally connected to earlier hits. Sci-fi comedy Mickey 17 is the belated followup… Audio
After the goldrush
Simon Morris looks at life after the glitter of the recent Oscars, in particular three more modest films, all coincidentally connected to earlier hits. Sci-fi comedy Mickey 17 is the belated followup… Audio
Review - The Companion
The Companion is a twisted tale of a man who ropes in his sex-bot…. or rather, his "emotional support companion" - to a plot not covered by her User's Guide. Starring Sophie Thatcher (Heretic) and… Audio
Review - Nightbitch
Nightbitch is a Disney Plus semi-fantasy about a mother of a toddler being driven into unexpected territory. Can she be turning into a dog? Starring Amy Adams (Arrival), Scoot McNairy (Woody Guthrie… Audio
Review - Babygirl
Babygirl sees Nicole Kidman in a Golden Globe-nominated turn as a frustrated CEO of a big tech company, who finds herself being lured into dangerous erotic territory by her new intern. Co-starring… Audio