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At The Movies

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.

tv & film

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00:05:57

Review: The Penguin Lessons

At The Movies ·

2025/04/16

The Penguin Lessons is based on an unlikely true story of an English teacher in Argentina who finds himself stuck with a penguin at the height of a military coup. Written by Jeff Pope (Philomena) it stars Steve Coogan. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:06:19

Review: Death of a Unicorn

At The Movies ·

2025/04/09

The death of a Unicorn sees a father and daughter (Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega) hit a mysterious entity on the way to a weekend with an unscrupulous pharmaceutical family. An entity with the ability to heal any disease. What can go wrong – particularly when the unicorn summons assistance?Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:06:09

Review: Queer

At The Movies ·

2025/04/09

Queer sees Daniel Craig (No time to die) shake off Double Oh Seven in an adaptation of a book by William S Burroughs (Naked Lunch) about an American writer hiding out in Fifties Mexico who falls in love. Directed by Luca Guadagnino (Challengers).Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:06:20

Review: Grand Tour

At The Movies ·

2025/04/09

Grand Tour starts out like a Merchant Ivory passage to Southeast Asia about a man running away from the prospects of a wedding, before turning into a very strange travelogue. Directed by Portuguese auteur Miguel Gomes (Arabian Nights) who won Best Director at last year’s Cannes Film Festival for it.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:22:34

Film Or Movie?

At The Movies ·

2025/04/09

Simon Morris realizes people go to the cinema for different things. Some go for the humble “movie”, some for the elevated “film”, some for the even more pretentious “cinema”. Which are this week’s choices: the Portuguese Grand Tour… Queer, starring Daniel Craig… and horror-comedy Death of a Unicorn, with Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega?Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:05:45

Review: The Return

At The Movies ·

2025/04/02

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

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00:06:13

Review - Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin

At The Movies ·

2025/04/02

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

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00:22:43

FULL SHOW: The Man Who Invented Fiction

At The Movies ·

2025/04/02

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

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00:06:18

Review - The Seed of the Sacred Fig

At The Movies ·

2025/04/02

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

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00:06:08

Review: Snow White

At The Movies ·

2025/03/26

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

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00:22:39

FULL SHOW: The Fairest of Them All?

At The Movies ·

2025/03/26

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

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00:05:57

Review: The Last Showgirl

At The Movies ·

2025/03/26

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

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00:05:40

Review: The Rule of Jenny Pen

At The Movies ·

2025/03/26

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

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00:06:29

Review: Hard Truths

At The Movies ·

2025/03/19

Hard Truths is Mike Leigh’s Bafta nominated study of a woman consumed by anger at the world, despite the best efforts of her family. Featuring a multi-award-winning performance by the brilliant Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Secrets & Lies). Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:06:28

Review: Firebrand

At The Movies ·

2025/03/19

Firebrand tells the story of Catherine Parr, the sixth and last wife of the brutal Henry the Eighth. Can she keep her head while staying true to her faith? Stars Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina) as Catherine, Jude Law (The Talented Mr Ripley) as Henry, with Erin Doherty (TV’s Adolescence) as the “firebrand heretic”, Anne Askew.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:06:31

Review: Black Bag

At The Movies ·

2025/03/19

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.co.nz for more details

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00:23:16

FULL SHOW: Character Studies

At The Movies ·

2025/03/19

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 of Henry the Eighth, Catherine Parr in Firebrand.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:05:20

Review: Spit

At The Movies ·

2025/03/12

Spit sees low-life criminal John Spitieri (Gettin’ Square) return after 20 years for his own movie. Can Spit conquer the bad guys, bond with his young nephew, get his new Syrian mate safely employed, all the time staying out of jail? As he says, everyone deserves a seventh chance. Stars David Wenham (Lord of the Rings).Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:22:42

FULL SHOW: After the Goldrush

At The Movies ·

2025/03/12

Simon Morris looks at life after the glitter of the recent Oscars, in particular three more modest films, all coincidentally connected to earlier hits. Sci-fi comedy Mickey 17 is the belated followup to Korean hit Parasite. Spit follows a character from Australian crime spoof Gettin’ Square. And the villain from tear-jerker Wonder learns a lesson from Grandma in White Bird.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:06:45

Review: Mickey 17

At The Movies ·

2025/03/12

Mickey 17 is Bong Joon Ho’s (Parasite) unique take on science fiction, in which a lowly worker is regularly killed doing dangerous jobs, only to be revived to die another day. Stars Robert Pattinson (Twilight), Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things), Naomi Ackie (Blink Twice) and Steven Yeun (Minari). Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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