At the Movies

Navigation for News Categories

At the Movies headlines with summaries.

Review - Sweet Country

movies
18 Apr 2018

Sweet Country is an engrossing and unpredictable story of a runaway aboriginal couple, based on events in 1920s Australia.. Directed by Warwick Thornton (Samson and Delilah) and co-starring Sam Neill…
Video, Audio
Review - A Wrinkle in Time

movies
18 Apr 2018

A wrinkle in time combines a popular American children's book with Oprah Winfrey and the landscape around Wanaka. Directed by Ava DuVernay (Selma).
Video, Audio
Review - Rampage

movies
18 Apr 2018

Rampage pits Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson against corrupt science and giant mutant animals.
Video, Audio
At The Movies for 13 December 2017: the year in review

movies
13 Dec 2017

Simon Morris looks back on 2017 - a year of two Star Wars films, two Lego films and two films mostly about Dunkirk. It was also a year that finally did a little more than pay lip-service to the idea…
Audio
Wonder - review

arts
6 Dec 2017

Wonder tells of a brave little kid whose parents are the generally adorable Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson. What could possibly go wrong?
Video, Audio
The Man Who Invented Christmas - review

arts
6 Dec 2017

Charles Dickens at first struggles to name his leading man in The Man Who Invented Christmas, Starring Dan Stevens and Christopher Plummer.
Video, Audio
The Disaster Artist - review

arts
6 Dec 2017

The Disaster Artist is a tribute to Tommy Wiseau, writer-director-star of the notoriously bad movie The Room. Directed by and starring James Franco with Seth Rogen, Bryan Cranston and Sharon Stone.
Video, Audio
At The Movies for 6 November 2017

arts
6 Dec 2017

Simon Morris checks out James Franco's tribute to a one-of-a-kind director in The Disaster Artist, assesses festive fare The Man Who Invented Christmas and bemoans a lack of surprises in Wonder.
Video, Audio
The Killing of a Sacred Deer - review

movies
22 Nov 2017

The Killing of a Sacred Deer reunites Colin Farrell with his The Lobster director Yorgos Lathimos in a story of justice and revenge. Also stars Nicole Kidman.
Audio
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women - review

movies
22 Nov 2017

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women tells the unlikely story about the man who created Wonder Woman and his unconventional relationship with two women. Stars Luke Evans (The Hobbit) and Rebecca…
Audio
Justice League - review

movies
22 Nov 2017

Justice League is another squad of superheroes, featuring Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman and the Flash. Stars Ben Affleck and Gal Gadot.
Audio
At The Movies for 22 November 2017

movies
22 Nov 2017

Simon Morris reviews the blockbuster Justice League, but is rather keener on the unlikely Professor Marston and the Wonder Women. He also checks out festival favourite The Killing of a Sacred Deer.
Video, Audio
Only The Brave - review

movies
15 Nov 2017

Only the brave tells the story of a crew of real-life firefighters - "hot shots" - in Arizona. Stars Josh Brolin, Miles Teller, Jeff Bridges and Jennifer Connolly.
Audio
Ingrid Goes West - review

movies
15 Nov 2017

Ingrid Goes West takes a comic look at social media, obsession and "influencers". Stars Aubrey Plaza (Parks and Recreation) and Elizabeth Olsen (The Avengers).
Audio
Murder on the Orient Express - review

movies
15 Nov 2017

Murder on the Orient Express is a revival of the star-studded Agatha Christie murder mystery, featuring star/director Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Pfeiffer, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp and another half-dozen…
Audio
At The Movies for 15 November 2017

movies
15 Nov 2017

Simon Morris looks at the latest star-studded version of the old Agatha Christie war-horse Murder on the Orient Express, the social media satire Ingrid Goes West, and a story about real-life…
Video, Audio
Madame - review

movies
8 Nov 2017

French comedy Madame sees a maid promoted to disguised last-minute guest by her snobby employer. Starring Toni Collette, Harvey Keitel and Pedro Almodovar favourite Rossy de Palma. Directed by Amanda…
Video, Audio
Let Me Go - review

movies
8 Nov 2017

Let Me Go is based on a real-life memoir of a German woman’s confrontation with her dying and unrepentant war-criminal mother. Starring Juliet Stevenson. Directed by Polly Steele.
Video, Audio
Detroit - review

movies
8 Nov 2017

Detroit is a crime drama set on one harrowing night at the Algiers Motel during the race riots of 1967. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow.
Video, Audio
At The Movies for 8 November 2017

movies
8 Nov 2017

Simon Morris welcomes three movies that happen to be directed by women – Detroit, Let Me Go and Madame – and laments that Hollywood has given us unreasonable expectations of justice and a happy…
Video, Audio
At The Movies for 1 November 2017

movies
1 Nov 2017

Simon Morris is as curious as anyone about how Taika Waititi does directing blockbuster Thor Ragnarok. Bad luck for the competition: the cult-y Brigsby Bear and period drama Tulip Fever, starring…
Video, Audio
At The Movies for 25 October 2017

movies
25 Oct 2017

On At The Movies, two New Zealand films that went with their gut rather than a formula - Waru and No Ordinary Sheila - and two very different North American films - Canadian indie Maudie and climate…
Video, Audio
Frantz - review

movies
18 Oct 2017

French-German film Frantz takes an 80-year-old classic film and swaps the plot around. Directed by Francois (Potiche) Ozon.
Video, Audio
The Mountain Between Us - review

movies
18 Oct 2017

The Mountain Between Us blends two ideas - the "couple in peril" and the "wilderness survival". Stars Kate Winslett and Idris Elba.
Video, Audio