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Join Simon Morris in the best seat in the house as he reviews the latest movies.

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00:07:17

Review: Jurassic World Dominion

At The Movies ·

2022/06/15

Jurassic World Dominion is the latest - and probably final - in the "Jurassic" series. This time the dinosaurs share space with Jurassic World stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, and Jurassic Park stars Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum.

00:22:03

At The Movies for 8 June

At The Movies ·

2022/06/08

Simon Morris discovers that some events are often too depressing to revisit - like the years after a war or a pandemic. And he's pleased to go off the beaten track with movies from Finland and the Himalayan state of Bhutan.

00:06:04

At The Movies - Hatching

At The Movies ·

2022/06/08

Hatching is a bizarre and disturbing tale from Finland about a teenage girl, bullied by her mother, who cares for an egg that eventually hatches something unexpected.

00:06:32

At The Movies - Mothering Sunday

At The Movies ·

2022/06/08

Mothering Sunday is ostensibly a story of a 1920s affair between a housemaid and a friend of her employer. But there's more to it than there appears.

00:05:27

At The Movies - Lunana

At The Movies ·

2022/06/08

Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom is the story of the cynical teacher learning life lessons in a Himalayan mountain village.

00:05:25

Review: How to Please a Woman

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2022/06/01

How to Please a Woman is an Australian film about a middle-aged woman who sets up a combination house-cleaning and sex-worker business. Stars Sally Phillips (Bridget Jones's Diary) and Erik Thomson (TV's Packed to the Rafters).

00:06:56

Movie review - Top Gun Maverick

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2022/06/01

Top Gun: Maverick is the long-delayed follow-up to the 1986 Tom Cruise smash hit. Thirty years on, Pete "Maverick" Marshall (Cruise) is summoned to train a new generation of Top Guns. Also starring Jon Hamm, Jennifer Connolly and Val Kilmer.

00:22:10

At the Movies for 1 June 2022

At The Movies ·

2022/06/01

Simon Morris realizes that not all films are aimed at him - this week being a prime example. Two films are aimed at the popular Girls' Night Out market, while the Tom Cruise blockbuster is a sequel to a film he didn't bother to see the first time. Top Gun: Maverick is the long-delayed follow-up to the 1986 Tom Cruise smash hit. Thirty years on, Pete "Maverick" Marshall (Cruise) is summoned to train a new generation of Top Guns. Also starring Jon Hamm, Jennifer Connolly and Val Kilmer. The

00:05:24

Movie review - The Tuesday Club

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2022/06/01

The Tuesday Club is a Swedish film about disgruntled middle-aged women who look for a new lease on life at a weekly cooking class, run by a Swedish chef, played by Peter Stormare (Fargo).

00:05:22

At The Movies - To Olivia

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2022/05/25

Beloved children's author Roald Dahl (Hugh Bonneville) and his actress wife Patricia Neal (Keeley Hawes) are struck by family tragedy in To Olivia.

00:06:37

Review: The Northman

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2022/05/25

The Northman is a chilly, violent retelling of a traditional Icelandic story that was later the inspiration for Shakespeare's Hamlet. Starring Alexander Skarsgård (Godzilla vs Kong) and Anya Taylor-Joy (Last Night in Soho) it was directed by Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse).

00:22:37

At The Movies for 25 May

At The Movies ·

2022/05/25

Simon Morris looks at three films, all with one thing in common - Scandinavia. One tells an old Viking saga, one is a modern Norwegian horror film, while the third is a biopic of a beloved British-Norwegian children's author.

00:05:21

At The Movies - The Innocents

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2022/05/25

The Innocents is a critically acclaimed Norwegian horror film about a small group of children who gain strange powers. Written and directed by Eskil Vogt (The worst person in the world).

00:04:15

Movie review - Nobody has to know

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2022/05/18

Nobody has to know sees a Scottish woman lie to a man with amnesia about their relationship. Stars Michelle Fairley (Game of Thrones).

00:04:26

Movie review - Haute Couture

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2022/05/18

Haute Couture sees a retiring Dior dressmaker take a stroppy girl from the Paris slums under her wing and teach her the tricks of the trade. Stars Nathalie Baye (Downton Abbey: A new era.)

00:06:59

Review: Operation Mincemeat

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2022/05/18

Operation Mincemeat is the extraordinary true story of a fake spy dropped off to fool the Nazis about the Allied battle plans. Stars Colin Firth, Matthew McFadyen and Kelly McDonald.

00:22:57

At the movies for 18 May 2022

At The Movies ·

2022/05/18

Simon Morris discovers that rare thing in an age of endless sequels and prequels - three stories that simply stand alone. They include a British war story, a French tale of a street-kid turned dressmaker, and a Belgian-Scottish romance about secrets and lies. Operation Mincemeat is the extraordinary true story of a fake spy dropped off to fool the Nazis about the Allied battle plans. Stars Colin Firth, Matthew McFadyen and Kelly McDonald. Haute Couture sees a retiring Dior dressmaker take a

00:06:37

Review: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

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2022/05/11

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness features Benedict Cumberbatch as Marvel Comics' resident sorcerer trying to make sense of several alternate universes. Featuring Benedict Wong (The Martian), Rachel McAdams (Mean Girls) and Chiwetel Ejiafor (12 Years a Slave), and directed by Sam Raimi (Spider-Man).

00:22:47

At the Movies for 11 May 2022

At The Movies ·

2022/05/11

Simon Morris wonders if some movies are sacrificing appealing characters for over-complicated plots. And he looks at a documentary where hardly anything happens, and a film where the lead isn't really a character at all. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness features Benedict Cumberbatch as Marvel Comics' resident sorcerer trying to make sense of several alternate universes. Featuring Benedict Wong (The Martian), Rachel McAdams (Mean Girls) and Chiwetel Ejiafor (12 years a slave), and

00:06:14

Review: The Velvet Queen

At The Movies ·

2022/05/11

The Velvet Queen sees French author-adventurer Sylvain Tesson travel with wildlife photographer Vincent Munier to the Tibetan wilderness in search of a rare big cat. In competition at Cannes 2021.

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