Simon Morris
Movie review - Employee of the month
Employee of the month is a French smash hit comedy about a civil servant determined to keep his job - no matter where they send him. Audio
At the Movies for 17 August 2022
Simon Morris reviews three films with one thing in common - none of them are remakes, sequels or adaptations. Nope is the latest from the Twilight Zone world of writer-director Jordan Peele. It blends… Audio
Review: Nope
Nope is the latest from the Twilight Zone world of writer-director Jordan Peele. It blends sci-fi, westerns and showbiz into a unique whole. Stars Daniel Kaluuya (Get out!) and Steven Yeun (Minari). Video, Audio
Review: Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Emma Thompson stars in a comedy drama - Good Luck to You, Leo Grande - about a 60-something widow who hires a sex worker to show her what she's missed in an uneventful life and marriage. Features… Video, Audio
Review: Nope
Nope is the latest from the Twilight Zone world of writer-director Jordan Peele. It blends sci-fi, westerns and showbiz into a unique whole. Stars Daniel Kaluuya (Get out!) and Steven Yeun (Minari).
Video, AudioReview: Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Emma Thompson stars in a comedy drama - Good Luck to You, Leo Grande - about a 60-something widow who hires a sex worker to show her what she's missed in an uneventful life and marriage. Features…
Video, AudioTV and movie drama are booming in New Zealand
Here's a question. How many major film dramas - including top-end TV series - are currently being shot here at the moment? Eight? Twelve? Not even close! By our reckoning there are over 30 - from… Audio
At The Movies - Bullet Train
Brad Pitt stars in an action comedy romp, set on a high-speed Japanese express - Bullet Train. Co stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kick Ass), Michael Shannon (The Shape of Water) and Brian Tyree Henry… Audio
At The Movies for 10 August
Simon Morris wonders when A List directors turned to streaming services like Netflix, while decidedly B List movies get picked up by the cinemas. He checks out three of the latter. Audio
Review: Bullet Train
Brad Pitt stars in an action-comedy romp, set on a high-speed Japanese express - Bullet Train. Co stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kick Ass), Michael Shannon (The Shape of Water) and Brian Tyree Henry (Ete… Video, Audio
Review: Ruby's Choice
Ruby's Choice is an Australian comedy drama about a family coping with grandmother Ruby as she slips into dementia. Starring Jane Seymour. Video, Audio
Review: The Princess
The Princess is yet another documentary about the late Princess Diana, with the emphasis this time on the changing attitudes of the media and the public at the time. Video, Audio
Review: The Princess
The Princess is yet another documentary about the late Princess Diana, with the emphasis this time on the changing attitudes of the media and the public at the time.
Video, AudioReview: Bullet Train
Brad Pitt stars in an action-comedy romp, set on a high-speed Japanese express - Bullet Train. Co stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kick Ass), Michael Shannon (The Shape of Water) and Brian Tyree Henry (Ete…
Video, AudioReview: Ruby's Choice
Ruby's Choice is an Australian comedy drama about a family coping with grandmother Ruby as she slips into dementia. Starring Jane Seymour.
Video, AudioDeveloping our feature films - Leanne Saunders
It's been a good year for New Zealand film-makers - Dame Jane's Oscars, Taika topping the charts with the new Thor epic, Sam Neill back where he belongs in a Jurassic movie, and Thomasin McKenzie… Audio
At The Movies for 3 August 2022
Simon Morris looks at three films that about veteran artists - a documentary about one of the great modern garden designers, Hollywood favourite Ron Howard's dramatization of a famous rescue, and… Audio
At The Movies - Thirteen Lives
Thirteen Lives is another film about the rescue of a Thai schoolboy football team that had the world in suspense for weeks. Directed by Ron Howard (Apollo 13) and starring Viggo Mortensen and Colin… Audio
Review: The Gardener
The Gardener is a love-letter to the late Frank Cabot and the Quebec garden he devoted much of his life creating, Les Quatre Vents. Video, Audio
Review: The Card Counter
Martin Scorsese produces the new film by writer Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver). The Card Counter stars Oscar Isaac (Dune, Star Wars) as a poker player trying to forget his past. Featuring Tiffany Haddish… Video, Audio
