Simon Morris
Review: The Velvet Queen
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. Video, Audio
Review: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
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…
Video, AudioReview: The Velvet Queen
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.
Video, AudioMovie review - Downton Abbey A New Era
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… Audio
Movie review - Escape from Mogadishu
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… Audio
At the Movies for 4 May 2022
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… Audio
Review: A Hero
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… Video, Audio
Review: A Hero
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…
Video, AudioAt The Movies - The unbearable weight of massive talent
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… Audio
At The Movies for 27 April
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… Audio
Review: Elizabeth: A Portrait in Part(s)
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… Video, Audio
Review: Everybody Hates Johan
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… Video, Audio
Review: Elizabeth: A Portrait in Part(s)
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…
Video, AudioReview: Everybody Hates Johan
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…
Video, AudioAt The Movies - Everything Everywhere All At Once
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… Audio
At The Movies - All The Old Knives
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)… Audio
At The Movies for 20 April
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… Audio
Review: The Last Bus
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. Video, Audio
Review: The Last Bus
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.
Video, AudioAt The Movies for 13 April
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. Audio
