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00:06:20

Movie Review : Jules

At The Movies ·

2023/08/23

Jules is the story of the small town that gets an unexpected visitor from outer space. But can this one ring any changes to a rather familiar tale. Stars Sir Ben Kingsley and Jane Curtin (Coneheads).

00:05:42

Review - Strays

At The Movies ·

2023/08/23

Strays is that rare thing - an R-rated comedy featuring live-action dogs. Abandoned pet Reggie plans revenge on his deadbeat owner. Featuring the voices of Will Ferrell, Jamie Foxx and Isla Fisher.

00:22:24

At The Movies for 23 August 2023

At The Movies ·

2023/08/23

Simon Morris sees three smallish movies, though only one seems interested in selling it to a potential audience

00:05:54

Review: Last Film Show

At The Movies ·

2023/08/23

Last Film Show is a semi-autobiographical, independent film from India about a poor tea-maker's son who's determined that one day he'll become a film maker. Directed by Pan Nalin (Samsara).

00:06:32

Movie Review - Asteroid City

At The Movies ·

2023/08/16

Asteroid City is an all-star oddity from Wes Anderson (Grand Budapest Hotel) that rolls just about every mid-'50s element into one package. Stars Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston an many more.

00:22:42

At The Movies for 16 August 2023

At The Movies ·

2023/08/16

Simon Morris is pleasantly surprised by three films that didn't seem particularly aimed at him - a quirky art-film, a video-game adaptation and an old horror chestnut.

00:05:37

Movie Review - Gran Turismo

At The Movies ·

2023/08/16

Gran Turismo tells the story of a gamer who took his skills to some of the top real race-tracks in the world. Stars David Harbour (Stranger Things), Orlando Bloom (Pirates of the Caribbean), Archie Madekwe and Geri Halliwell.

00:05:46

Movie review - The Last Voyage of the Demeter

At The Movies ·

2023/08/16

The Last Voyage of the Demeter is the story of the doomed ship that carried Dracula to England. Starring Liam Cunningham (Game of Thrones) and Corey Hawkins (Straight outta Compton).

00:07:08

Movie review - Meg 2: The Trench

At The Movies ·

2023/08/09

Meg 2: The Trench sees Jason Statham and Cliff Curtis once again wrestling with giant, prehistoric sharks at the bottom of the Mariana Trench.

00:26:15

At the Movies for 9 August 2023

At The Movies ·

2023/08/09

Simon Morris checks out three films that set out to convince us of something hard to believe - one true, one "based on real events" and one not remotely true.

00:06:46

Movie review: Chevalier

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2023/08/09

Chevalier tells the incredible-but-true story of the "Black Mozart" Joseph Bologne - a swordsman, composer, virtuoso violinist and lover of women in the court of Marie Antoinette.

00:05:43

Review: Munich: The Edge of War

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2023/08/09

Munich: The Edge of War tells a fictional story behind the British Prime Minister's famous Munich rendezvous meeting with Adolf Hitler. Stars George Mackay (1917), Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall) and as Neville Chamberlain Jeremy Irons.

00:08:04

Review: Anatomy of a Fall

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2023/08/02

Anatomy of a Fall is the opening movie for the International Film Festival, a French drama that picked up the prized Palme d'Or at Cannes this year. Stars Sandra Hüller (the Oscar-nominated Toni Erdmann).

00:06:27

Movie review - The Covenant

At The Movies ·

2023/08/02

Guy Ritchie's The covenant is set in the recent Afghan War, where Jake Gyllenhaal plays an American soldier looking for the Afghan interpreter who saved his life.

00:26:31

At the Movies for 2 August 2023

At The Movies ·

2023/08/02

Simon Morris checks out three little movies that may mean more than meets the eye. Anatomy of a fall is the opening movie for the International Film Festival, a French drama that picked up the prized Palme d'Or at Cannes this year. Stars Sandra Hüller (the Oscar-nominated Toni Erdmann). The miracle club is a little Irish film with a better cast than most about four women on a trip to Lourdes. Starring Kathy Bates, Laura Linney and Dame Maggie Smith. And Guy Ritchie's The covenant is set in the

00:06:22

Review: The Miracle Club

At The Movies ·

2023/08/02

The Miracle Club is a little Irish film with a better cast than most about four women on a trip to Lourdes. Starring Kathy Bates, Laura Linney and Dame Maggie Smith.

00:26:43

At The Movies for 26 July 2023

At The Movies ·

2023/07/26

Simon Morris looks at the most famous double feature of the year - the guys who invented the atom bomb in Oppenheimer and the doll that caused the almost as huge upheaval in the toy box - Barbie.

00:09:41

Movie Review : Barbie

At The Movies ·

2023/07/26

Barbie is a combination colourful romp - so long as it's pink! - and feminist fable. Stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, and written and directed by Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird).

00:09:30

Review: Oppenheimer

At The Movies ·

2023/07/26

Oppenheimer is the story of the man behind the atom bomb, who ended the World War II and started the Cold War. Written and directed by Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk), it stars Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Junior and Matt Damon.

00:25:38

At The Movies for 19 July 2023

At The Movies ·

2023/07/19

Simon Morris looks at three small-scale comedies - two American on Prime Video and Netflix, one French - and discovers that the secret is to take it seriously.

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