Simon Morris

Kangaroo has all the right elements for a feelgood, family movie - small-town outback Australia, a big city idiot and a teenage girl both looking for redemption, and an awful lot of kangaroos… Audio

Simon Morris is seduced by some undeniably charming stars - Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell in A Big, Bold, Beautiful Journey, indigenous Australian national treasures Deborah Mailman and Wayne Blair… Audio

Prime Minister is the story of Jacinda Ardern's eventful five years leading Aotearoa New Zealand. With previously unseen footage shot by Ardern's partner Clarke Gayford, it's not just a biopic of a… Audio

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey features Colin Farrell (In Bruges) and Margot Robbie (Barbie) being drawn back into their pasts by magical rental car! Directed by Kogonada (After Yang) and featuring… Audio

Splitsville sees the International Film Festival comedy about open marriages get a general release. Essentially a millennial version of a Sixties hit, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, with added (male)… Audio

Simon Morris finds himself on the wrong side of history - or at least the general, critical opinion of the new Stephen King movie, The Long Walk, and millennial sex-comedy Splitsville. Though he… Audio

The Long Walk, based on Stephen King's first novel, is set in a dystopian future where 50 young men compete to be the last one standing. If they slow down they're shot. Directed by Francis Lawrence… Audio

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale is the third and final Downton movie, we're told. It features all the old favourite characters - and, frankly old favourite plotlines. With added Noël Coward, and… Audio

How To Make A Killing sees Laure Calamy (Call My Agent) caught up in a tangle of gangsters, refugees, a big bundle of money - and a gigantic black bear. French farce at its most farcical - and French… Audio

The Roses is a gentler remake of the pitch-black Eighties divorce comedy The Ear Of The Roses. But stars Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch turn out to be worthy successors. Directed by Jay Roach… Audio

Simon Morris looks at three films that use comedy in different ways to make a point - the divorce comedy The Roses, a film about a traumatic event, Sorry, Baby, that uses humour as a healing tool and… Audio

Sorry, Baby was a big hit when it debuted at Sundance - the story of a young woman getting over a traumatic event. Star, writer and director Eva Victor had never made a feature film before. Produced… Audio

Caught Stealing is a change in pace for ultra-serious director Darren Aronofski (Noah, Black Swan) - an action thriller, starring Austen Butler (Elvis), Matt Smith (Dr Who) and Zoë Kravitzn (The… Audio

Workmates is the latest from husband and wife team writer-star Sophie Henderson and director Curtis Vowell. Can theatre best mates Lucy - Sophie - and Tom - Matt Whelan, get from the friend-zone to… Audio

The Ballad of Wallis Island is a British charmer about a lonely millionaire who just wants to put his favourite folk duo back together. His solution? A reunion concert for an audience of one. Starring… Audio

Simon Morris looks at three apparent romances, which all seem to ignore the usual rules. New Zealand comedy Workmates insists they're just good friends, British music dramedy The Ballad of Wallis… Audio

Night Always Comes sees Vanessa Kirby (The Fantastic Four) as a struggling woman who desperately needs $25 thousand to buy her flat. She just has 12 hours to pull it off. A Netflix thriller, it's… Audio

The Naked Gun sees Liam Neeson take the role of Leslie Nielson in the remake of the Eighties cop spoof. Co-starring Pamela Anderson, it's written and directed by Akiva Schaffer (Saturday Night Live)… Audio

Simon Morris wonders what you gain, or lose, when you cast a film with people who have to do an accent? This week he looks at three films set in America, but starring English, Australian and Irish… Audio

Relay is a thriller in which a modern Robin Hood uses primitive technology to dodge detection by high-tech bad guys. Directed by David Mackenzie (Hell Or High Water) it stars Riz Ahmed (The Sound Of… Audio