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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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00:22:21

What do men want?

At The Movies ·

2025/06/25

Simon Morris takes a look at an unusually blokey collection of movies this week, including the return of the “infected” in Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later, a documentary about the films of long-time partners, producer Ismail Merchant and director James Ivory, and Pixar’s Elio, about a boy who gets his wish – to be abducted by aliens!Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:05:33

Review - Merchant Ivory

At The Movies ·

2025/06/25

Merchant Ivory tells the story of one of the longest ever movie-making partnerships, between Indian producer Ismail Merchant, American director James Ivory – and German-Jewish born writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Featuring interviews with Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Helena Bonham-Carter, Vanessa Redgrave and many others.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:07:01

Review - How To Train Your Dragon

At The Movies ·

2025/06/18

How To Train Your Dragon is a remake of the popular animated feature with a difference. The live-action version is written and directed by the maker of the original Dean DeBlois (Lilo and Stitch). Once again starring Gerard Butler as Viking chief Stoick.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:04:55

Review - K O

At The Movies ·

2025/06/18

K O is a French Netflix thriller, that sees an MMA fighter accidentally kill an opponent in the ring, then feels obliged to protect his family from dangerous gangsters. Starring actual former MMA star Ciryl Gane.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:06:21

Review - Materialists

At The Movies ·

2025/06/18

Materialists sees a successful matchmaker (Dakota Johnson) find herself torn between her heart and her head – between Mr Perfect and the far-from-perfect One That Got Away. Also starring Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans, it’s written and directed by Celine Song, who made the Oscar nominated Past Lives.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:22:34

FULL SHOW: Festival Blues

At The Movies ·

2025/06/18

Simon Morris looks enviously at the French Film Festival highlights that he can’t see until their general release. While he waits he checks out the “re-imagining” of the recent How To Train Your Dragon, the French John Wick, K O on Netflix, and a superior romance from the director of Past Lives. It’s called Materialists. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:22:47

Wishing On A Star

At The Movies ·

2025/06/11

Simon Morris regrets the passing of the old-fashioned film star, and reviews two movies featuring one-time “stars of tomorrow” – Ana de Armas in Ballerina, and Prime Video’s The Assessment, starring Elizabeth Olsen and Alicia Vikander. And from Wales, an indie film with no stars to speak of, Chuck Chuck Baby.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:04:49

Review - Chuck Chuck Baby

At The Movies ·

2025/06/11

Chuck Chuck Baby sees a woman in the production line of a chicken farm of the same name, suddenly confronted by her school crush. A winner at last year’s Welsh Baftas, it features a string of director Janis Pugh’s favourite songs.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:07:00

Review - Ballerina

At The Movies ·

2025/06/11

Ballerina – now prefaced "From the world of John Wick" – sees a new face at the Continental Hotel for assassins. A young dancer seeks revenge for the death of her father. Joining John Wick regulars Keanu Reeves and Ian McShane is Ana de Armas (Knives out), Anjelica Huston (The Witches) and Gabriel Byrne (The Usual Suspects).Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:05:30

Review - The Assessment

At The Movies ·

2025/06/11

The Assessment finds a couple in a dystopian future trying to get permission to have a baby. But first they need to pass an assessment. Stars Elizabeth Olsen (WandaVision), Himesh Patel (Yesterday) and Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina). Streaming on Prime Video.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:05:50

Review - Kōkā

At The Movies ·

2025/06/04

Kōkā sees an ailing Māori matriarch and an angry delinquent form an unlikely team as they take a journey away from past traumas towards healing and reconciliation. A first feature by writer-director Kath Akuhata-Brown. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:05:33

Review - Bring Her Back

At The Movies ·

2025/06/04

Bring Her Back is a stylish Australian horror, in which two teen siblings are fostered by a woman who turns out to have her own issues. Can partially-sighted Piper get through an unexpected ordeal? Starring Sally Hawkins (The Shape Of Water), it’s directed by brothers Danny and Michael Philippu (Talk To Me).Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:22:48

Full SHOW: Where Are We?

At The Movies ·

2025/06/04

Simon Morris finds himself confused by flashbacks, dream sequences – and Wes Anderson’s convoluted story structures. He sets out through the thickets of The Phoenician Scheme, Bring Her Back and New Zealand road-movie Kōkā. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:06:19

Review - The Phoenician Scheme

At The Movies ·

2025/06/04

The Phoenician Scheme opens on the fabulously wealthy Zsa Zsa Korda setting out to make even more money, with the help of his daughter, a novice nun, and a Swedish tutor called Bjorn. Directed by Wes Anderson, it stars Benicio del Toro, Michael Cera, Scarlett Johanssen, Willem Dafoe, Benedict Cumberbatch, Richard Ayoade, Tom Hanks and Bill Murray as God.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:06:55

Review - Lilo and Stitch

At The Movies ·

2025/05/28

Lilo and Stitch – the latest in a string of Disney animated films remade in live action. Lilo is a lonely Hawaiian 6 year old who wishes for a best friend and gets Stitch an anarchic alien who lives for trouble. Look out for cameo appearances from the stars of the original animated version.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:05:22

Review - Tarrac

At The Movies ·

2025/05/28

Tarrac is an Irish-language feelgood tale of an amateur team of women rowers who enter the semis in County Kerry. Can they beat the 20 year jinx? And will they pronounce the name of the sport? It’s naomhóg rowing, by the way… Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:22:57

Family Values

At The Movies ·

2025/05/28

Simon Morris looks at three different films with one thing in common. They all feature “chosen families” - an Irish rowing team in Tarrac… an extended family of sisters, neighbours and a mischievous alien in Lilo and Stitch… and Bob Trevino Likes It – where a lonely young woman is let down by her real father and finds a better one online. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:06:07

Review - Bob Trevino Likes It

At The Movies ·

2025/05/28

Bob Trevino Likes It, sees Lily Trevino saddled with this year’s worst father, Bob. Let down once again, she searches the internet for another, better Bob Trevino – and finds one. Based, astonishingly, on a true event in writer-director Tracie Lymon’s life. Stars John Leguizamo (John Wick) and Barbie Ferreira.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:05:37

Review - The Salt Path

At The Movies ·

2025/05/21

The Salt Path is the story of real-life couple Raynor and Moth Winn who set out to walk the gruelling track around Devon and Cornwall after they lose everything in a bad investment. Based on Raynor’s best-selling book, it stars Jason Isaacs (the last series of White Lotus) and Gillian Anderson (Sex Education).Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:06:23

Review - La Cocina

At The Movies ·

2025/05/21

La Cocina is one day in the life of popular restaurant The Grill. Although it’s set in New York, it’s based on a 1961 English play and it’s written and directed by Mexican Alonso Ruizpalacios. Stars Raúl Briones and Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo). Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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