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00:04:12

Review: Flow

At The Movies ·

2025/01/15

Dan Slevin reviews an acclaimed animated film from Latvia about a black cat and his animal friends escaping a catastrophic flood.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

00:24:22

At The Summer Movies - Global Village

At The Movies ·

2025/01/15

Dan Slevin reviews four new films in cinemas: Emilia Pérez is a musical about Mexican cartel boss who goes through gender reassignment; Flow is an animated film from Latvia about a cat and his animal friends escaping a catastrophic flood; Dragonkeeper is an animated Chinese-Spanish co-production with the voices of Bill Nighy and Bill Bailey, and Gerard Butler and O’Shea Jackson Jr. reunite for the sequel to Den of Thieves, Pantera.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

00:04:27

Review: Dragonkeeper

At The Movies ·

2025/01/15

An animated Spanish-Chinese co-production featuring the voices of Bill Nighy and Bill Bailey, about a young girl who goes on a journey to hatch a dragon egg and save the species from extinction. Dan Slevin reviews.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

00:04:25

Review: Den of Thieves 2: Pantera

At The Movies ·

2025/01/15

Dan Slevin reviews the sequel to the 2018 crime thriller starring Gerard Butler and O’Shea Jackson Jr.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

00:03:46

Review: The Room Next Door

At The Movies ·

2025/01/08

In Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language film, Tilda Swinton plays a dying woman who asks a final favour from a friend (played by Julianne Moore). Dan Slevin reviews.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

00:06:10

Review: Nosferatu

At The Movies ·

2025/01/08

Dan Slevin reviews the Robert Eggers’ remake of the 1922 vampire classic, which features Bill Skarsgård as the monstrous Count Orlok and Lily-Rose Depp as the object of his affections.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

00:07:16

Review: Conclave

At The Movies ·

2025/01/08

The Pope has died and 118 cardinals must gather to elect a new leader of the Catholic Church. Mystery, intrigue and politics abound and it's up to the Cardinal-Dean (Ralph Fiennes) to lead the process and find the best man for the job.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

00:03:20

Review: Juror #2

At The Movies ·

2025/01/08

94-year-old Clint Eastwood directs a courtroom drama about a man on a jury who discovers he may have an intimate involvement in the death of the murder victim. Dan Slevin reviews.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

00:23:28

At the Summer Movies - Take Me to Your Leader

At The Movies ·

2025/01/08

Dan Slevin reviews three new films in cinemas and one on digital: in Conclave, Ralph Fiennes and 117 other cardinals attempt to elect a new Pope; Robert Eggers remakes the 1922 horror classic Nosferatu; Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore team up for Pedro Almodóvar’s first film in English, The Room Next Door and 94-year-old Clint Eastwood has made a courtroom drama called Juror #2.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

00:23:36

At the Summer Movies - Happy New Year!

At The Movies ·

2025/01/01

Dan Slevin reviews three new films in cinemas: Paddington in Peru sees our favourite refugee bear visiting his Aunt Lucy at the Home for Retired Bears and stumbling across a mystery; in All We Imagine as Light, three women in modern-day Mumbai navigate challenges of love and friendship; and in A Real Pain, Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg are estranged cousins taking a Holocaust tour around Poland to honour their beloved grandmother.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

00:06:15

Review: Paddington in Peru

At The Movies ·

2025/01/01

The third film in the popular franchise sees the most famous refugee bear in the world finally get a UK passport so he can visit his beloved Aunt Lucy at the Home for Retired Bears in Peru. There he stumbles across a mystery that only he (and the Browns) can solve. Dan Slevin is the reviewer.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

00:08:23

Review: A Real Pain

At The Movies ·

2025/01/01

Estranged cousins, played by writer-director Jesse Eisenberg and Succession’s Kieran Culkin, travel to Poland to honour their beloved grandmother by taking a Holocaust tour. Dan Slevin reviews.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

00:05:39

Review: All We Imagine as Light

At The Movies ·

2025/01/01

Dan Slevin reviews the winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes in 2024, an Indian drama about three women navigating love and friendship in modern Mumbai.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

00:04:05

Review: Better Man

At The Movies ·

2024/12/25

Biography of Robbie Williams in which the English pop star is portrayed as a performing chimpanzee (digitally created by New Zealand’s Wētā Digital). The film is directed by Michael Gracey (The Great Showman). Dan Slevin reviews.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

00:09:22

Review: Anora

At The Movies ·

2024/12/25

The 2024 winner of the Cannes Palme d’Or is a comedy/drama about a Brooklyn lap dancer (Mikey Madison) who is given a shot at new life when the big spending son of a Russian oligarch falls head over heels for her. Reviewed by Dan Slevin.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

00:07:30

Review: Mufusa: The Lion King

At The Movies ·

2024/12/25

Dan Slevin reviews a prequel for the popular Disney musical franchise, directed by Oscar winner Barry Jenkins and featuring the voices of Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Tiffany Boone.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

00:24:01

At the Summer Movies - The Holidays Begin

At The Movies ·

2024/12/25

Dan Slevin reviews three new films arriving in cinemas for the summer holidays. Mufasa: The Lion King is a prequel about the patriarch Mufasa and how he came to lead the animals of Pride Rock. Anora is a Cannes award winner about a Brooklyn lap dancer given a shot at a new life. And Better Man is a biography of Robbie Williams in which the pop star is portrayed as a performing chimpanzee.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

00:23:58

Life After Barbenheimer

At The Movies ·

2024/12/18

Simon Morris looks back on 2024, a year initially damaged by writers’ and actors’ strikes in Hollywood, and still wondering what happened after Barbie and Oppenheimer changed the rules last year.This year was a bumper year for non-American films, for sequels and prequels, for horror films, and for some reason films about 1970s television! It was also a pretty good year for New Zealand films, low budget films and the best films from Pixar and Marvel in years. All this plus the hotly-contested

00:05:45

Review: The Problem With People

At The Movies ·

2024/12/11

The Problem With People follows a dying man’s wish to bring together the American and Irish sides of the family after a century-old dispute. Starring and written by Paul Reiser (TV’s Mad About You), with popular Irishman Colm Meaney (TV’s It’s Always Sunny In Philadephia).Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

00:05:53

Review: Goodrich

At The Movies ·

2024/12/11

Goodrich finds an LA father of 10-year-old twins in trouble when his wife books herself into rehab for a few months. He calls in his daughter from a previous marriage. Can he become the father he never was with her? Starring Michael Keaton (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) and Mila Kunis (Bad Moms).Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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