Movies
Movie review: Robots
Robots imagines a world where your robot can do all the boring parts of your work and play. Starring Jack Whitehall (Bad Education) and Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies).
Video, AudioMovie review: The Out-Laws
A bank manager discovers his fiancée's parents may not be who they say they are in The Out-Laws. (Streaming on Netflix)
Video, AudioReview : Joy Ride
Joy ride sees four Chinese-American women have an eventful holiday in China. An R-rated comedy directed by Adele Lim (Crazy rich Asians), produced by Seth Rogen (Knocked up) and starring Stephanie Hsu… Audio
Review : Sugar and Stars
Sugar and stars is the based-on-real-life story about a French-Arab orphan who decides to become one of the world's great pastry chefs. Another hit from the recent French Film Festival. Audio
At The Movies for 12 July 2023
Simon Morris notices an increasing number of franchise blockbusters reaching the end of the road - including the latest Mission Impossible. He also checks out a French foodie movie, and the latest… Audio
Movie review - Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Pt One
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One - is Tom Cruise finally winding up the Impossible Missions crew? Co-starring Vanessa Kirby (The Crown), Rebecca Ferguson (Dune) and Hayley Atwell (Captain… Video, Audio
Movie review - Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Pt One
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One - is Tom Cruise finally winding up the Impossible Missions crew? Co-starring Vanessa Kirby (The Crown), Rebecca Ferguson (Dune) and Hayley Atwell (Captain…
Video, AudioAt The Movies - The 2023 NZ International Film Festival
Over 100 of the most engaging, perplexing, confronting and comforting movies of the year are coming to Aotearoa for this year's NZ International Film Festival. General Manager Sally Woodfield talks… Audio
At The Movies - The 2023 NZ International Film Festival
Over 100 of the most engaging, perplexing, confronting and comforting movies of the year are coming to Aotearoa for this year's NZ International Film Festival. General Manager Sally Woodfield talks…
AudioReview: My Sailor My Love
My sailor my love sees James Cosmo (Game of Thrones) as an unlikely romantic lead in an Irish tear jerker about love finding two people late in life. Audio
At The Movies for 21 June 2023
Simon Morris looks at three contrasting stories - from a comic-book time traveller and a grumpy retired sailor finding love late in life to an author shocked to discover what her husband actually… Audio
Review: You Hurt My Feelings
You Hurt My Feelings asks what do people want to hear: the truth or a comforting white lie? Written and directed by Nicole Holofcener (Enough Said, The Last Duel), it stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep)… Video, Audio
Review: The Flash
The Flash sees a super-hero go back in time to save his mother, and runs into the usual time-travel, alternate realities problem. Starring Ezra Miller (We Need to Talk About Kevin) and both Michael… Video, Audio
Review: The Flash
The Flash sees a super-hero go back in time to save his mother, and runs into the usual time-travel, alternate realities problem. Starring Ezra Miller (We Need to Talk About Kevin) and both Michael…
Video, AudioReview: You Hurt My Feelings
You Hurt My Feelings asks what do people want to hear: the truth or a comforting white lie? Written and directed by Nicole Holofcener (Enough Said, The Last Duel), it stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep)…
Video, AudioAt the Movies for 14 June 2023
On At the Movies, Dan Slevin reviews three current releases that feature characters leaving home and the mixed feelings that brings: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is the long awaited sequel to… Audio
Review: The Tank
Dan Slevin reviews a Kiwi-made horror film about a young family who inherits an old house only to discover it's already occupied... by an amphibious creature who doesn't take kindly to their arrival.
…Review: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Dan Slevin recommends this understated and moving British tale, which stars Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton. Video, Audio
Review: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Dan Slevin reviews the long awaited sequel to the animated smash hit superhero film from 2018. Video, Audio
Review: The Tank
Dan Slevin reviews a Kiwi-made horror film about a young family who inherits an old house only to discover it's already occupied... by an amphibious creature who doesn't take kindly to their arrival.
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