Simon Morris
At The Movies - Immaculate
Immaculate sees teen favourite Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria) play an American nun in Italy, who finds that her new spiritual home isn't as safe as they thought. Produced by Sweeney herself. Audio
At The Movies - Road House
Road House is a reboot of an Eighties thriller starring Patrick Swayze, no stranger to ghosts himself. Stars Jake Gyllenhaal, with guest appearances by MMA star Conor McGregor and singer Post Malone… Audio
At The Movies for Wednesday 27 March 2024
Simon Morris reviews three films all dependent, more or less, on audiences already softened up to like them. Audio
Review: Ghostbusters Frozen Empire
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire sees the return of the new cast - and most of the old cast - of the rebooted franchise. Stars Paul Rudd (Antman) and Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things) join old favourites Dan… Video, Audio
At The Movies for Wednesday 20 March 2024
Simon Morris looks at three films based on real life, but wonders if that necessarily means a good story. Audio
Review: The Convert
The Convert is that rare thing, a New Zealand costume drama, this time set during the notorious Musket Wars of the early 1800s. Directed by Lee Tamahori (Once Were Warriors), it stars Guy Pearce (L A… Video, Audio
Review: Goodbye Julia
Goodbye Julia is an award-winning drama set in Sudan, North East Africa, just before it split into two separate countries. A tragedy unexpectedly brings two women together in an unlikely friendship. Video, Audio
Review: Wicked Little Letters
Wicked Little Letters is based on a real-life event in 1920s England, in which a small town is terrorised by abusive poison pen letters. Stars Olivia Colman (The Favourite), Jessie Buckley (Wild Rose)… Video, Audio
Review: How to Have Sex
How to Have Sex is a comedy-drama of three teenager best friends, off to have "the best holiday ever" in Crete. Sun, sea, booze and multiple hook-ups - that's the plan. What could go wrong? Stars… Video, Audio
Movie review - The Great Escaper
The great escaper is the last film by two Oscar-winning greats - Sir Michael Caine who's officially retired, and Dame Glenda Jackson who died shortly after making it. The true story of a Second World… Audio
Movie review - Cabrini
Cabrini - the inspiring story of a Catholic nun who built an astonishing number of orphanages in New York, and later around the world. Mother Cabrini later became the first US citizen to be made a… Audio
At the Movies for 13 March 2024
Simon Morris enjoys the best Academy Awards show in ages, then checks out three films for very different audiences - old, young and American faith-based. The great escaper is the last film by two… Audio
At The Movies - Dune Part Two
Dune Part Two continues Denis Villeneuve's epic based on the Frank Herbert classic. It features an all-star cast including Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Javier Bardem, Christopher Walken and Florence… Audio
At The Movies for Wednesday 6 March
Simon Morris welcomes a continuing run of good American movies - including a smarter than the average sci-fi blockbuster, a multi-Oscar nominated satire about the state of the literary world, and from… Audio
Review: American Ficton
American Fiction is a multi-Oscar nominated satirical comedy about racism, expectations and giving the public what it wants. Written and directed by first-time film maker, TV writer Cord Jefferson (… Video, Audio
Review: Let The Dance Begin
Argentinian romantic drama Let the Dance Begin finds the one-time "Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers of Tango" get back together for a road trip full of surprises and secrets revealed. Video, Audio
Review: Drive-Away Dolls
Drive-Away Dolls is a road movie where two lesbians take a drive-away car down to Florida, only to discover it's the wrong car and some crooks want it back. Stars Margaret Qualley and Geraldine… Video, Audio
At The Movies - Baghead
Baghead is a straight-ahead horror film about a woman who inherits a deserted hotel with something unexpected hiding in the basement. Stars Freya Allen (The witcher) and Peter Mullan (After the… Audio
At The Movies for Wednesday 28 February 2024
Simon Morris checks a highly-favoured Oscar nominee, a successful horror short turned into a less successful feature film, and a lesbian romp from one of the masters of sweet and sour movies. Nobody… Audio
Review: The Zone of Interest
The Zone of Interest is a harrowing film about the commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp and his family - the pictures are almost home movies, the sound is pure horror. Stars Sandra Hüller (… Video, Audio