
At The Movies
RNZ New Zealand
Join Simon Morris in the best seat in the house as he reviews the latest movies. At The Movies also plays at 1.30pm on Sunday afternoons on RNZ National.
Location:
Wellington, New Zealand
Networks:
RNZ New Zealand
Description:
Join Simon Morris in the best seat in the house as he reviews the latest movies. At The Movies also plays at 1.30pm on Sunday afternoons on RNZ National.
Language:
English
Website:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/
Episodes
Review: Riviera Revenge
8/5/2025
Riviera Revenge is another popular comedy from French comedy master Ivan Calbérac (The Tasting). A long-married couple’s lives are upended when some 40-year-old letters prove the wife had a brief affair on the Côte d’Azur. The husband plans belated vengeance!
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Duration:00:05:32
Review: Together
8/5/2025
Together features real-life husband and wife Dave Franco and Allison Brie as a couple who find themselves getting closer than they intended, with horrific consequences. Co starring Damon Herriman (Charles Manson in Once upon a time in Hollywood).
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Duration:00:06:07
Review: When Fall Is Coming
8/5/2025
When Fall Is Coming is a Hitchcock-style thriller about a woman who finds herself accused of planning to murder her own daughter to get custody of her grandson. She enlists an unlikely ally to clear her name. Directed by the versatile François Ozon (Potiche) it features French theatre star Hélène Vincent.
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Duration:00:05:13
Genre Specific
8/5/2025
Simon Morris looks at three films that aim at very specific audiences – horror film Together, and from France, an elegant mystery thriller called When Fall Is Coming, and a traditional French sex farce, Riviera Revenge.
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Duration:00:22:09
FULL SHOW: A Family Affair
7/30/2025
Dan Slevin reviews two new films in cinemas: In The Fantastic Four: First Steps, the first family of the Marvel Cinematic Universe defend Earth from a planet eating supervillain; The Life of Chuck is a moving adaptation of a Stephen King novella; and Dan interviews film critic Richard Scheib about his new book, A Viewing Guide to the Pandemic.
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Duration:00:23:54
Review: The Life of Chuck
7/30/2025
Dan Slevin reviews a moving adaptation of a Stephen King novella about life, death and mathematics.
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Duration:00:03:30
Interview: A Viewing Guide to the Pandemic
7/30/2025
Dan Slevin interviews film critic Richard Scheib about his new book - a comprehensive survey of films about plagues and contagion.
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Duration:00:26:16
Review: The Fantastic Four: First Steps
7/30/2025
The first family of the Marvel Cinematic Universe defend Earth from a planet eating supervillain – reviewed by Dan Slevin.
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Duration:00:07:55
FULL SHOW: A Little Faith
7/23/2025
Dan Slevin reviews four new films in cinemas: In Friendship, cringe comedian Tim Robinson plays a middle-aged man who thinks he’s found a lifelong pal; The Divine Sarah Bernhardt is a biopic about the world’s first global superstar; I Know What You Did Last Summer reboots the 90s slasher franchise; and in Four Letters of Love, the west of Ireland is the setting for a romantic miracle.
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Duration:00:23:29
Review: Four Letters of Love
7/23/2025
Dan Slevin reviews an adaptation of the bestselling Irish romantic novel starring Pierce Brosnan, Helena Bonham Carter and Gabriel Byrne.
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Duration:00:06:43
Review: I Know What You Did Last Summer
7/23/2025
Dan Slevin reviews a remake-slash-reboot of the 90s horror franchise feature g three of the original stars.
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Duration:00:04:16
Review: The Divine Sarah Bernhardt
7/23/2025
Dan Slevin reviews a biography of the French actress who dominated the stage in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and became the first global superstar.
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Duration:00:02:59
Review: Friendship
7/23/2025
“Cringe” comedian Tim Robinson plays a middle-aged man who thinks he’s found a lifelong pal in Tim Rudd’s TV weatherman – reviewed by Dan Slevin.
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Duration:00:06:47
FULL SHOW: The good, the bad and the wonderfully weird
7/16/2025
Dan Slevin reviews three films in local cinemas: In Superman, Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn reboots the Man of Steel legend; in Bride Hard, Australian comic Rebel Wilson plays a secret agent bridesmaid saving a wedding from a gang of terrorists; and in the absurdist Canadian comedy, Universal Language, a depressed man returns home to snowy Winnipeg to try and find himself.
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Duration:00:22:44
Review: Universal Language
7/16/2025
Dan Slevin reviews an absurdist Canadian comedy about a depressed man who returns home to snowy Winnipeg to try and find himself.
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Duration:00:05:41
Review: Bride Hard
7/16/2025
Dan Slevin reviews an action comedy in which Australian comic Rebel Wilson plays a secret agent bridesmaid saving a wedding from a gang of terrorists.
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Duration:00:05:24
Review: Superman
7/16/2025
Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn reboots the Man of Steel legend, reviewed by Dan Slevin.
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Duration:00:09:09
A Festival of Hope
7/9/2025
Simon Morris talks to NZ International Film Festival Director Paolo Bersolin about the programme for 2025. After a rocky few years, Bersolin promises this year’s selection accentuates the positive. Featuring award winners from around the world, a New Zealand selection saluting Jacinda Ardern, Don McGlashan and Fred Dagg, two Beatle-adjacent movies and a famous chainsaw massacre!
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Duration:00:23:09
Review - F1
7/2/2025
F1 – Formula One racing, and movie star’s movie star, Brad Pitt... What more could anyone want? Producer Jerry Bruckheimer returns to the scene of his Nineties Tom Cruise hit Days Of Thunder with more of the same. Featuring Javier Bardem (Dune), Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin) and newcomer Damson Idris (TV’s Snowfall).
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Duration:00:06:45
Review - The Great Lillian Hall
7/2/2025
The Great Lillian Hall sees multi award winning Jessica Lange play a legendary Broadway star suddenly confronted with a possible life and career-changing disability. Features Kathy Bates and Pierce Brosnan, it's directed by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Michael Cristofer.
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Duration:00:04:40