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Screentime: The Perfect Couple, Maurice and I
Film and TV reviewer Perlina Lau joins Kathryn to talk about murder mystery The Perfect Couple (Netflix), starring Nicole Kidman and Eve Hewson. She'll also talk about documentary Maurice and I… Audio
RUNT - a family film with a speedy star
Celebrated Australian author Craig Silvey's novel RUNT, is about to hit the big screen in New Zealand. The heart-warming family movie centres on Runt; a rascally, very speedy, stray dog. Audio
Iconic ogre minds his language
Shrek is making a comeback next year, dubbed in te reo - thanks to Māoriland Film Festival. Audio
Taking the notion that ageing is worse than dying to new levels
Would you take a miracle drug for eternal youth? Demi Moore does in The Substance, with horrific results.
At The Movies for Wednesday 18 September 2024
Simon Morris asks Annie Murray, CEO of the New Zealand Film Commission why local audiences for New Zealand films are currently so low - around just three percent of the total box office? Is it poor… Audio
Shrek becomes latest film to get a te reo Māori makeover
It is the first time a DreamWorks animation is being adapted into the language. The re-imagined version will be released in 2025.
It Ends With Us ends with drama
The film has been a box office hit, despite - or maybe thanks to - the off-screen feud.
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
The name's Slevin, Dan Slevin. Nights' resident screen critic is here to talk about British Spy Dramas. Audio
Is the cowboy getting back in the saddle? Why western-genre movies are on the rise
Andrew Patrick Nelson is an historian of American cinema and culture. He's also the chief curator of the Museum of the West in Arizona. Audio
Review: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice - director Tim Burton returns to his 1988 hit comedy about the afterlife. But does it still pack the same punch? Stars old hands Catherine O'Hara, Winona Ryder and Michael… Audio
Review: Thelma
Thelma is the year's least-likely action hero on a mission to get back the money she lost to scammers. Starring 90-plus veteran June Squibb (Nebraska) she's out long past her bed-time, and she's not… Audio
Review: Maurice and I
Maurice and I tells the surprisingly moving story of two of the most successful architects in New Zealand - Sir Miles Warren and Maurice Mahoney - their life, their times, and their struggle to save… Audio
At The Movies: Targets
Simon Morris looks at three specifically targeted films - a sequel to Tim Burton's cult classic Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, a popular documentary from a recent architecture film festival, Maurice and I… Audio
Remembering actor James Earl Jones
Nights film critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to discuss the career of revered actor James Earl Jones, who has died at the age of 93. Audio
What to know before seeing the long-awaited Beetlejuice sequel
Decades after cult film Beetlejuice exploded onto our screens, the 'Juice' is loose once again with the sequel: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
At The Movies - Eileen
Eileen is a Netflix noir, starring New Zealand actress Thomasin McKenzie (Last night in Soho) and Oscar-winner Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables.) as co-workers in a juvenile prison whose relationship… Audio
Poverty Row
Simon Morris looks at three smaller films that attempt to do more with less - Midas Man, a biopic of the Beatles' manager, a Thai tear-jerker called How to make millions before Grandma dies and a dark… Audio
At The Movies - How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies is a tiny independent from Thailand that's punching considerably above its weight. It's being sold entirely on its ability to make audiences cry! Audio
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Mark Leishman to discuss Midas Man (2024) in cinemas, prestige television classic Mad Men, and family stop-motion animation pick The Boxtrolls (2014). Audio
