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00:05:36

Movie review - After Yang

At The Movies ·

2022/05/11

After Yang - based on a sci fi short story about a future where children can buy an android sibling for company. But what happens when your mechanical best friend breaks down? Starring Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen and Slim)and Haley Lu Richardson (Support the girls).

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).

00:22:28

At the Movies for 4 May 2022

At The Movies ·

2022/05/04

Simon Morris discovers that, in the age of post-modern irony and multiverses, there are still movies that believe in telling great stories. Just not always in English. A drama from Iran and a thriller from Korea are two of the best of the year. Meanwhile the weight is over for Downton Abbey fans. Downton Abbey: A New Era sees half of Lord Grantham's family go to the French Riviera, while the other half host a film crew, shooting a silent movie at Downton. A hero is the latest from Iranian

00:05:15

Review: A Hero

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2022/05/04

A Hero is the latest from Iranian master Asghar Farhadi (A Separation, The Salesman). A winner at the Cannes Film Festival last year, it tells of a bankrupt man who gains a popular reputation when he finds a bag of money, and nobly returns it to its owner. But is the story quite as straightforward as it seems?

00:06:46

Movie review - Downton Abbey A New Era

At The Movies ·

2022/05/04

Downton Abbey: A New Era sees half of Lord Grantham's family go to the French Riviera, while the other half host a film crew, shooting a silent movie at Downton. Starring Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Tuppence Middleton and new face Dominic West (The Wire).

00:06:25

Movie review - Escape from Mogadishu

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2022/05/04

Escape from Mogadishu sees a violent civil war break out in Somalia, trapping man y foreign embassies. And the only way the rivals from North and South Korea - long-standing enemies - can get out alive is if they co-operate with each other.

00:05:11

Review: Everybody Hates Johan

At The Movies ·

2022/04/27

Everybody Hates Johan covers almost as long a period, as title character Johan's hobby - and later profession - of blowing things up, gets in the way of his relationship with the patient girl next door.

00:22:29

At The Movies for 27 April

At The Movies ·

2022/04/27

Simon Morris goes to two movies about, in one way or another, celebrity - a comedy that fictionalizes a well-known star, and a documentary about one of the most famous women alive. He also picks a Norwegian entry to the Scandinavian Film Festival.

00:06:15

Review: Elizabeth: A Portrait in Part(s)

At The Movies ·

2022/04/27

Elizabeth: A Portrait in Part(s) is a documentary looking at the longest-reigning monarch in British history, Elizabeth II. It's told in chapters covering everything from her love of horses, her mixed feelings about fame and her unmixed feelings about her official crown! It's the final film by the late director Roger Michell (The Duke).

00:06:24

At The Movies - The unbearable weight of massive talent

At The Movies ·

2022/04/27

The unbearable weight of massive talent sees a fictional version of movie star Nicolas Cage going undercover for the CIA at the birthday of his biggest fan. Co-stars Pedro Pascal (Game of Thrones) and Sharon Horgan (Military wives).

00:06:45

At The Movies - Everything Everywhere All At Once

At The Movies ·

2022/04/20

Everything everywhere all at once stars former martial arts star Michele Yeoh as a middle-aged laundromat owner suddenly called on to save several universes. Featuring Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween) and Ke Huy Quan (The Goonies)

00:22:38

At The Movies for 20 April

At The Movies ·

2022/04/20

Simon Morris reviews three wildly diverse movies - one exploring another trendy "multiverse", an old-age pensioner travelling from one tip of the UK to the other, and an old-fashjoned spy thriller with an A-List cast.

00:05:28

At The Movies - All The Old Knives

At The Movies ·

2022/04/20

All the old knives is a spy thriller about an investigation into a hijacking that went very wrong. Stars Chris Pine (Star Trek), Thandiwe Newton (TV's Line of duty), Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix) and Jonathan Price (The two Popes).

00:04:54

Review: The Last Bus

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2022/04/20

In The last Bus, Timothy Spall uses his bus pass o get from John O’Groats to Land’s End. Trouble is it’s a Scottish one.

00:06:34

At The Movies - Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of...

At The Movies ·

2022/04/13

Despite its expensive-looking costumes and flash digital effects. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is a bit of a mess, says Simon Morris.

00:22:21

At The Movies for 13 April

At The Movies ·

2022/04/13

Simon Morris looks at three films with the modest ambition to simply entertain an audience. They include an established franchise, a genre picture blending horror and comedy and an adventure-romom.

00:05:57

At The Movies - X

At The Movies ·

2022/04/13

In the horror movie X – which was mostly shot around Whanganui – an adult movie shoot goes bad. X stars Martin Henderson and Mia Goth and is directed by Ti West.

00:05:36

At The Movies - The Lost City

At The Movies ·

2022/04/13

Movie stars Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum attempt to bring back the romantic comedy by disguising it as an action spoof in The Lost City. Simon Morris likes both actors and Romancing the Stone - one of several films The Lost City references. What could possibly go wrong?

00:06:04

At The Movies - Deep Water

At The Movies ·

2022/04/06

Deep Water is an Amazon Prime film, directed by Adrian Lyne (Fatal Attraction, Indecent Proposal), it stars Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas (No time to die) as a couple in a poisonous marriage.

00:05:54

Review: Benedetta

At The Movies ·

2022/04/06

Benedetta sees the return of Paul Verhoeven (Basic Instinct) in the story of a real life nun in Renaissance Tuscany who's accused of scandalous behaviour at the height of a plague.

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