At The Movies

Apr 02 2025 300 ep. 10 mins 555
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Join Simon Morris in the best seat in the house as he reviews the latest movies and dives into the issues gripping the silver screen.

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Review - Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin

Apr 02 2025 6 mins  
Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin tells the story of a dissident German cleric who was one of the few local voices raised against the might of the Nazi party. He was even prepared to risk his faith to support a plot to kill Adolf Hitler. Written and directed by Todd Komarnicki (Sully). Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review - The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Apr 02 2025 6 mins  
The Seed of the Sacred Fig – the story of an Iranian judge at odds with his daughters over their campaign for women’s rights – made its own headlines when the Iranian government forbade the director from going to the Cannes Film Festival. But when he defied them, the film picked up four awards there.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

FULL SHOW: The Man Who Invented Fiction

Apr 02 2025 22 mins  
Simon Morris looks at films about rebellion – from Iranian Oscar nominee The Seed of the Sacred Fig, to the biopic of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German cleric who tried to stand up to Hitler. And The Return is a new take on one of the oldest stories ever written, Homer’s Odyssey. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: The Return

Apr 02 2025 5 mins  
The return sees Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche (The English Patient) reunite to tell the classic tale of Odysseus’s return home after masterminding the fall of Troy. Written and directed by Uberto Pasolini (producer of The Full Monty) it’s a fascinating look at one of the first ever works of fiction, by Greek poet Homer. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

FULL SHOW: The Fairest of Them All?

Mar 26 2025 22 mins  
Simon Morris joins the rest of the world in being unimpressed by the new Snow White, though he wonders how much worse it is from a string of Disney cover-versions over the years. He also checks out The Last Showgirl, featuring the return of Pamela Anderson, and New Zealand horror film The Rule of Jenny Pen, with an A-List cast. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: The Rule of Jenny Pen

Mar 26 2025 5 mins  
The Rule of Jenny Pen is the latest by New Zealand director James Ashcroft (Coming Home in the Dark), about a rest home terrorised by a patient and his sinister doll. Starring Geoffrey Rush and John Lithgow, it became a favourite of horror legend Stephen King (“one of the best movies I’ve seen this year.”)Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: Snow White

Mar 26 2025 6 mins  
Snow White is the controversial remake of the Disney animated classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. StarringRachel Zegler (West Side Story) and Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman), it’s currently scoring a record low 1.9 on IMDb. Can it be as bad as they say? Directed by Marc Webb (500 Days Of Summer). Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: The Last Showgirl

Mar 26 2025 5 mins  
The Last Showgirl tells the story of a 50-plus Las Vegas dancer suddenly forced to confront her life and her future when her show Le Razzle Dazzle finishes after 30 years. Featuring a Golden Globes-nominated performance by Pamela Anderson (Baywatch) with Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All At Once) and Dave Bautista (Dune).Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

FULL SHOW: Character Studies

Mar 19 2025 23 mins  
Simon Morris accepts that, for all the hard work of everyone on a movie, most people are just looking at the actors. Three character studies this week, including Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths, based on weeks of actors’ improvisations… Black Bag, in which a spy investigates six possible traitors, including his own wife... and the last – and some say the best – of the Six Wives

Review: Black Bag

Mar 19 2025 6 mins  
Black Bag sees American director Steven Soderbergh (Magic Mike) get into John Le Carre territory – a spy drama where two married agents suspect each other of leaking valuable information. What’s more important, their marriage or their country? Stars Michael Fassbender (Inglourious Basterds), Cate Blanchett (Borderlands) and Pierce Brosnan (Mamma Mia).Go to this episode on rnz.c