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Happy Death Day - review
18 Oct 2017Happy Death Day is daylight robbery of one of the best loved - and best known - comedy plots there is. And it works far better than it ought to! Stars Jessica Rothe, directed by Christopher (Scouts…
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At The Movies for 18 October 2017
18 Oct 2017Simon Morris goes to three films with very few expectations built in - comedy-horror Happy Death Day, couple in peril The Mountain Between Us and French-German wartime drama Frantz.
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Another Mother's Son - review
11 Oct 2017Another Mother's Son is a story set in the one part of Britain occupied by the Nazis during World War Two - the Channel Islands. Stars Jenny Seagrove.
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Final Portrait - review
11 Oct 2017Final Portrait is actor and now director Stanley Tucci's tribute to painter and sculptor Alberto Giacometti. Stars Geoffrey Rush and Armie Hammer.
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Blade Runner 2049 - review
11 Oct 2017Blade Runner 2049 returns to Ridley Scott's dystopian future 35 years on, and the critics, generally, are wildly supportive. Stars Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford, and directed by Denis (Sicario, The…
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At The Movies for 11 October 2017
11 Oct 2017Simon Morris goes to the sequel to the classic Blade Runner - 30 years later. He also reviews the rather smaller Final Portrait, directed by Stanley Tucci, and Another Mother's Son, the often…
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Lady Macbeth - review
4 Oct 2017Lady Macbeth – another hit from the NZ Film Festival – has been described as "Wuthering Heights as directed by Alfred Hitchcock". It stars the riveting Florence Pugh.
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Flatliners - review
4 Oct 2017Flatliners is a remake of the old Julia Roberts-Keifer Sutherland thriller from the nineties. This time around, it stars Ellen Page and Diego Luna.
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The Changeover - review
4 Oct 2017The Changeover is a New Zealand film with lots of promise based a book by Margaret Mahy. Its stars include Melanie Lynskey, Timothy Spall and Lucy Lawless and it's directed by Miranda Harcourt and…
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At The Movies for 4 October 2017
4 Oct 2017Simon Morris checks out the new New Zealand film The Changeover, starring Timothy Spall and based on a Margaret Mahy book. He also looks at the remake of the '90s hit Flatliners and another NZIFF…
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A Ghost Story - review
27 Sep 2017A Ghost Story features a traditional sheet-clad ghost, but the end result is touching rather than comedic. Stars Rooney Mara and Casey Affleck.
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Kingsman: The Golden Circle - review
27 Sep 2017Kingsman: The Golden Circle takes newly dapper spy Eggsy to America. Co-starring Channing Tatum, Jeff Bridges and Halle Berry.
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The Lego Ninjago Movie - review
27 Sep 2017The Lego Ninjago Movie is more from the plastic brick company - though "more" doesn't necessarily mean better.
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At The Movies for 27 September 2017
27 Sep 2017Simon Morris goes to two holiday films - The Lego Ninjago Movie and the second Kingsman comedy-actioner The Golden Circle. By contrast, he also reviews one of the favourites at the recent film…
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Victoria and Abdul - review
20 Sep 2017Victoria and Abdul reunites English director Stephen Frears with his Philomena star Dame Judi Dench, who plays Queen Victoria again - 20 years after Mrs Brown.
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mother! - review
20 Sep 2017Is Darren Aronofsky's drama/allegory mother! a breath of fresh air - or one of the worst films ever?
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American Assassin - review
20 Sep 2017American Assassin revives the old-fashioned action thriller. Starring Michael Keaton and Dylan (Maze Runner) O'Brien.
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At The Movies for 20 September 2017
20 Sep 2017Simon Morris notes the lack of independent film 'auteurs' at the moment, but welcomes one in the shape of American Darren Aronofsky. He also welcomes a less elevated thriller, and one from a reliable…
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6 Days - review
13 Sep 20176 Days is a NZ-UK co-production telling the story of the capture of the Iranian embassy in 1980, as seen by three people involved. It stars Mark Strong, Jamie Bell and Abbie Cornish and is directed by…
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Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie - review
13 Sep 2017The hugely successful Captain Underpants books have been adapted into a raucous, funny movie about two kids who make up a fictitious super-hero.
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Jason Connery on 'Tommy's Honour'
13 Sep 2017British director Jason Connery's film called Tommy's Honour about the father and son – both called Thomas Morris – who changed the face of golf.
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At The Movies for 13 September 2017
13 Sep 2017Simon Morris reviews the New Zealand-UK co-production 6 Days, directed by Toa Fraser, and kids' favourite Captain Underpants The First Epic Movie. He also talks to Jason Connery about the golf film…
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An Inconvenient Sequel
30 Aug 2017An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power is how global-warming activist Al Gore tried to achieve consensus at the Paris climate change conference in 2016.
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In Between
30 Aug 2017In Between shows the life of three Palestinian women in Israel, torn between modern club-life and the values of their parents.
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