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Review: Black Phone 2

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 5:57


Dan Slevin reviews a horror sequel set in a snowy Christian youth camp.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: Roofman

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 5:45


Channing Tatum plays an escaped convict who hides out in a toy store – reviewed by Dan Slevin.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

FULL SHOW: Rebels and Renegades

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 25:04


Dan Slevin reviews two new films in cinemas: In Roofman, Channing Tatum plays an escaped convict who hides out in a toy store; Black Phone 2 is a horror sequel set in a snowy Christian youth camp; and on Apple TV, Mr. Scorsese is a five-part documentary series about the legendary director Martin Scorsese.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: Mr. Scorsese

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 10:18


Dan Slevin reviews a five-part Apple TV documentary series about the legendary director Martin Scorsese.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review : Went Up The Hill

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 6:01


Australian-New Zealand co-production Went Up The Hill is a ghost story with a twist. Jack returns home for his mother's funeral, where he meets her widow, Jill. And it seems mum is reluctant to leave the family home. Starring Vicky Kriep (Phantom Thread) and Dacre Montgomery (TV's Stranger Things) it's directed by New Zealand-born, Sydney based Samuel Van Grinsven.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review : Eleanor The Great

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 6:48


Eleanor The Great sees a grieving 90-year-old woman - played by June Squibb (Thelma) - impersonate a Holocaust survivor with the best of intentions, she thinks. But it all gets away from her. Also starring Chiwetel Ejiafor (12 Years a Slave) and Erin Kellyman (28 Years Later). The directing debut of Scarlett Johansson.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: Miss Violet

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 5:37


French favourite Miss Violet sees a woman with a mysterious past arrive in a rural village to take over the local school in the 1880s. But she runs into resistance from village parents who think of education as optional only. Written and directed by Éric Besnard (Délicieux).Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

FULL SHOW: After The Bechdel Test

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 23:01


Simon Morris checks out three female-led films, and wonders if the Bechdel test for substantial female characters in movies still applies. From the USA, Eleanor The Great, starring June Squibb and directed by Scarlett Johansson…. From France, Miss Violet fights for free, secular education…. And from New Zealand, Went Up The Hill, a ghost story in which two people are haunted by one (female) ghost.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: Play Dirty

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2025 6:24


Play Dirty sees writer-director Shane Black (Predator, Iron Man 3) bring pulp fiction favourite Parker to the screen. Robber/gunman Parker (Mark Wahlberg) is roped into a billion dollar heist by untrustworthy Zen (Rosa Salazar – Alita). Expect cars, horses and a spectacular train-wreck. On Amazon Prime.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: Steve

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2025 6:24


Steve, starring and produced by Oscar-winner Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) is the story of a troubled teacher holding a 1990s English reform school together by sheer will-power. Featuring Tracy Ullman, Emily Watson and musician Little Simz, it's directed by Belgian film-maker Tim Mielants (Patrick). On Netflix. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: The Smashing Machine

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2025 6:33


The Smashing Machine tells the true story of Mixed Martial Arts pioneer Mark Kerr and his struggles with drugs and depression. Starring Dwayne Johnson/The Rock (Fast and Furious) and Emily Blunt (The Devil Wears Prada), it's directed by Benny Safdie (Uncut Gems).Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

FULL SHOW: Mavericks And Rule-Breakers

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2025 23:19


Simon Morris looks at three movies about people who break the rules. The Rock gets out of his comfort zone in The Smashing Machine, about a pioneer of the no-holds-barred MMA…. Maverick director Shane Black brings cult figure Parker to Prime Video in Play Dirty…. And Steve is about the teachers who have to take over the kids that society has discarded.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

FULL SHOW: Pick a Side

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2025 22:55


Simon Morris looks at two movies divided along left and right lines – Paul Thomas Anderson's comedy-thriller One Battle After Another, and Spanish Civil War drama The Teacher Who Promised The Sea – and a French film – Holy Cow! – in which the answer is cheese!Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: Holy Cow

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2025 5:27


French film Holy Cow tells the story of a teenage ne'er do well who decides to turn his life around by winning a cheese-making gold medal. A multi award-winner for both director Louise Courvoisier and star Maïwene Barthelmy, it was also a huge box-office hit at home.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: The Teacher Who Promised The Sea

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2025 5:51


The Teacher Who Promised The Sea is a Spanish-Catalan real life account of a teacher who falls foul of the fascists during the Spanish Civil War. Featured at the recent International Film Festival, it stars Bafta Rising Star Laia Costa.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: One Battle After Another

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2025 7:22


One Battle After Another sees a retired revolutionary forced to rejoin the struggle when his daughter is captured by an old enemy. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (Magnolia), it stars Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street), Sean Penn (Mystic River), Benicio del Toro (Sicario) and newcomer Chase Infiniti. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

FULL SHOW: You Had Me At Hello

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2025 23:07


Simon Morris is seduced by some undeniably charming stars – Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell in A Big, Bold, Beautiful Journey, indigenous Australian national treasures Deborah Mailman and Wayne Blair in Kangaroo, and A-Lister politician Dame Jacinda Ardern in Prime Minister. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: Prime Minister

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2025 6:49


Prime Minister is the story of Jacinda Ardern's eventful five years leading Aotearoa New Zealand. With previously unseen footage shot by Ardern's partner Clarke Gayford, it's not just a biopic of a fascinating political figure, but it shows this country at its best and its worst. Directed by American Lindsay Utz (Billie Eilish: The World's A Little Blurry) and Kiwi Michelle Walshe (Chasing Great). Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: A Big Bold Beautiful Journey

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2025 7:08


A Big Bold Beautiful Journey features Colin Farrell (In Bruges) and Margot Robbie (Barbie) being drawn back into their pasts by magical rental car! Directed by Kogonada (After Yang) and featuring Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag) and Kevin Kline (A Fish Called Wanda).Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: Kangaroo

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2025 4:49


Kangaroo has all the right elements for a feelgood, family movie – small-town outback Australia, a big city idiot and a teenage girl both looking for redemption, and an awful lot of kangaroos. Featuring Deborah Mailman and Wayne Blair (The Sapphires), Ernie Dingo (Crocodile Dundee) and Rachel House (Boy). Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

FULL SHOW: Just Your Opinion, Man

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 22:24


Simon Morris finds himself on the wrong side of history – or at least the general, critical opinion of the new Stephen King movie, The Long Walk, and millennial sex-comedy Splitsville. Though he agrees with most people about whether we really need yet another Downton Abbey spinoff movie. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: The Long Walk

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 6:17


The Long Walk, based on Stephen King's first novel, is set in a dystopian future where 50 young men compete to be the last one standing. If they slow down they're shot. Directed by Francis Lawrence (The Hunger Games Catching Fire), it stars Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza) and Mark Hamill (Star Wars).Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: Splitsville

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 5:45


Splitsville sees the International Film Festival comedy about open marriages get a general release. Essentially a millennial version of a Sixties hit, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, with added (male) nudity. Features Dakota Johnson (Materialists).Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 6:25


Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale is the third and final Downton movie, we're told. It features all the old favourite characters – and, frankly old favourite plotlines. With added Noël Coward, and scandal in high places. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

FULL SHOW: You Have To Laugh

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2025 22:54


Simon Morris looks at three films that use comedy in different ways to make a point – the divorce comedy The Roses, a film about a traumatic event, Sorry, Baby, that uses humour as a healing tool and French farce How To Make A Killingwhich uses comedy to make you laugh!Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: How To Make A Killing

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2025 5:56


How To Make A Killing sees Laure Calamy (Call My Agent) caught up in a tangle of gangsters, refugees, a big bundle of money – and a gigantic black bear. French farce at its most farcical – and French. See you at the Swinger's Club on Thursday! Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: Sorry, Baby

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2025 6:25


Sorry, Baby was a big hit when it debuted at Sundance – the story of a young woman getting over a traumatic event. Star, writer and director Eva Victor had never made a feature film before. Produced by Barry Jenkins (Moonlight). Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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Review: The Roses

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2025 6:36


The Roses is a gentler remake of the pitch-black Eighties divorce comedy The War Of The Roses. But stars Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch turn out to be worthy successors. Directed by Jay Roach (Meet the Fockers). Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: The Ballad Of Wallis Island

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2025 6:49


The Ballad of Wallis Island is a British charmer about a lonely millionaire who just wants to put his favourite folk duo back together. His solution? A reunion concert for an audience of one. Starring and written by Tim Key (See How They Run), Tom Basden (After Life) with Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman). Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: Workmates

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2025 5:26


Workmates is the latest from husband and wife team writer-star Sophie Henderson and director Curtis Vowell. Can theatre best mates Lucy – Sophie – and Tom – Matt Whelan, get from the friend-zone to love? Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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FULL SHOW: Boy Misses Girl

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2025 23:07


Simon Morris looks at three apparent romances, which all seem to ignore the usual rules. New Zealand comedy Workmates insists they're just good friends, British music dramedy The Ballad of Wallis Island proves that band breakups aren't good for love, while action thriller Caught Stealing is more interested in money than “boy meets girl”. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: Caught Stealing

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2025 6:01


Caught Stealing is a change in pace for ultra-serious director Darren Aronofski (Noah, Black Swan) – an action thriller, starring Austen Butler (Elvis), Matt Smith (Dr Who) and Zoë Kravitzn (The Batman). Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: Night always comes

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 5:59


Night Always Comes sees Vanessa Kirby (The Fantastic Four) as a struggling woman who desperately needs $25 thousand to buy her flat. She just has 12 hours to pull it off. A Netflix thriller, it's directed by Benjamin Caron (TV's Andor and The Crown).Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: Relay

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 6:01


Relay is a thriller in which a modern Robin Hood uses primitive technology to dodge detection by high-tech bad guys. Directed by David Mackenzie (Hell Or High Water) it stars Riz Ahmed (The Sound Of Metal,), Lily James (Yesterday)and Sam Worthington (Avatar).Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

FULL SHOW: Not from around here

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 22:59


Simon Morris wonders what you gain, or lose, when you cast a film with people who have to do an accent? This week he looks at three films set in America, but starring English, Australian and Irish actors. These include The Naked Gun, with Liam Neeson, Relay with Riz Ahmed and Sam Worthington, and Night Always Comes with Vanessa Kirby.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: The Naked Gun

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 6:42


The Naked Gun sees Liam Neeson take the role of Leslie Nielson in the remake of the Eighties cop spoof. Co-starring Pamela Anderson, it's written and directed by Akiva Schaffer (Saturday Night Live) and produced by Seth McFarlane (American Dad).Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: Eddington

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2025 6:53


Eddington is a satire about the year of Covid 19, with Joaquin Phoenix as an anti-mandate sheriff at odds with the Mayor, angry protest groups and conspiracy-nut influencers. Directed by Ari Aster (Hereditary), with Pedro Pascal (The Last Of Us) and Austin Butler (Elvis). Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: Nobody 2

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2025 6:02


Nobody 2 sees the return of that most unlikely of action heroes, Bob Odenkirk (TV's Better Call Saul). His family demands that he take time off beating up bad guys to take a holiday. But trouble seems to follow him. With guest villain Sharon Stone (Basic Instinct).Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: Jane Austen Wrecked My Life

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2025 5:44


Jane Austen Wrecked My Life is, surprisingly, a French film about a fan of the great novelist, who goes to England as part of an Austen residency. And soon her life starts to echo an Austen romance. But which one? Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

FULL SHOW: Festival Novelties

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2025 22:56


Simon Morris welcomes two films from two festivals, both offering some originality. From the International Festival comes Ari Aster's Covid thriller Eddington, while from the French one comes the popular romcom Jane Austen Wrecked My Life. Meanwhile, life goes on with another sequel – Nobody 2.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: Mr Burton

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2025 6:01


Mr Burton is the story of a directionless schoolboy in wartime Wales called Richie Jenkins. He is taken under the wing of his teacher, borrows his name and becomes Wales's greatest theatrical star. Starring Toby Jones, Lesley Manville and in a star-making role – literally – Harry Lawtey as Richard Burton.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Review: The Friend

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2025 6:04


The Friend sees a grieving New York writer find herself the unwilling recipient of her dead friend's pet – a gigantic Great Dane called Apollo. Starring Naomi Watts, Bill Murray and a gigantic dog called Bing. And the city of New York. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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