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00:06:07

Movie review - The Way, My Way

At The Movies ·

2024/05/22

The Way, My Way is the film of director Bill Bennett's book about how he walked the 800-kilometre pilgrims' walk - the Camino de Santiago.

00:05:24

Movie review: The Strangers - Chapter 1

At The Movies ·

2024/05/22

The Strangers: Chapter 1 is the first part of an extended remake of a 2008 Liv Tyler horror film, directed by the notorious Renny Harlin.

00:06:45

Review: IF

At The Movies ·

2024/05/22

IF is about a girl who discovers a world of Imaginary Friends of children who've outgrown them. Can she find them new homes, and can they get her through some personal traumas? Starring Ryan Reynolds, Cailey Fleming and a host of celebrity voice talent as the Ifs. Directed by John Krasinski (A quiet place).

00:22:16

At The Movies for 15 May 2024

At The Movies ·

2024/05/15

Simon Morris sympathises with based-on-real-life movies where the real life doesn't quiote fit the music. And he welcomes back a franchise with a lot of New Zealand digital effects.

00:06:46

Review: The Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

At The Movies ·

2024/05/15

The Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes sees the return of the popular series, many years after the last episode. Starring Owen Teague (It) and Freya Allen (Baghead) but the real stars are the amazing effects from Weta Digital.

00:05:07

Review : Joika

At The Movies ·

2024/05/15

Joika is a Polish New Zealand co-production about the only American to join the famed Bolshoi Ballet. Starring Diane Kruger (Inglourious basterds) and Talia Ryder (Never rarely sometimes always), it was written and directed by James Napier Robertson (Dark horse).

00:05:51

Review: Jackie Stewart

At The Movies ·

2024/05/15

Jackie Stewart tells the story of one of the most popular drivers on the Formula 1 scene. Sir Jackie tells his story from his childhood in Scotland to his superstar status that continues to this day. Directed by Patrick Mark (Fabergé: A life of its own)

00:05:57

Movie review: The Moon is Upside Down

At The Movies ·

2024/05/08

The Moon Is Upside Down is a New Zealand film following three stories of love gone wrong - a mail-order bride, a long-distance Skype affair and a woman wrestling with death.

00:22:10

At The Movies for Wednesday 8 May 2024

At The Movies ·

2024/05/08

Simon Morris regrets the dearth of the sophisticated blend of romance and comedy - and looks at three films all based, more or less, on love.

00:05:29

Movie review: The Idea of You

At The Movies ·

2024/05/08

The Idea of You imagines what would happen if a 40-year-old gallery owner (Anne Hathaway) fell in love with a 24-year-old singer in a boy band.

00:05:18

Movie review: Back to Black

At The Movies ·

2024/05/08

This new biopic of British singer Amy Winehouse is everything you were expecting and less, says Simon Morris.

00:05:59

At The Movies - Golda

At The Movies ·

2024/05/01

Dame Helen Mirren stars as 1970s Israeli prime minister Golda Meir in Golda.

00:05:16

At The Movies - Before Dawn

At The Movies ·

2024/05/01

Before Dawn is an ambitious, low-budget World War I film made in Western Australia.

00:06:43

Review: The Fall Guy

At The Movies ·

2024/05/01

The Fall Guy is a reboot of an old TV series about stunt men which benefits from three suddenly very hot stars - Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer), Hannah Waddingham (TV's Ted Lasso) and particularly Ryan Gosling (Barbie).

00:22:30

At The Movies for Wednesday May 1 2024

At The Movies ·

2024/05/01

Simon Morris wonders if the star system is over, and audiences are now only interested in the movie itself, not who's in it.

00:06:07

Review: Love Lies Bleeding

At The Movies ·

2024/04/10

Love Lies Bleeding sees two women falling in love in the worst possible way. There will be blood…. Starring Kristen Stewart (Twilight), Katy O'Brien (The Mandalorian) and Ed Harris (Apollo 13).

00:05:41

At The Movies - Kung Fu Panda 4

At The Movies ·

2024/04/10

Jack Black tackles Po's final Dragon Warrior adventure with his usual exuberance, says Simon Morris, but the animation is what carries Kung Fu Panda 4.

00:06:06

At The Movies - Monkey Man

At The Movies ·

2024/04/10

Dev Patel is best known for playing nice chaps in Slumdog Millionaire, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Lion. Who knew he wanted to write, direct and star in a ferocious revenge movie like Monkey Man?

00:22:15

At The Movies for Wednesday 10 April 2024

At The Movies ·

2024/04/10

Simon Morris buckles up for an all-action show - a drug-fuelled bloodbath, an Indian martial arts revenge thriller and the return of an animated kung-fu favourite.

00:22:28

At The Movies for Wednesday 3 April 2024

At The Movies ·

2024/04/03

Simon Morris looks at three films, all based on journeys - to safety, to a better life, to some sort of happy ending.

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