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Movie review: Back to Black
This new biopic of British singer Amy Winehouse is everything you were expecting and less, says Simon Morris. Video, Audio
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Movie review: The Moon is Upside Down
8 May 2024The Moon Is Upside Down is a New Zealand film following three stories of love gone wrong - a mail-order bride, a long-distance Skype affair and a woman… Video, Audio
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Movie review: The Idea of You
8 May 2024The Idea of You imagines what would happen if a 40-year-old gallery owner (Anne Hathaway) fell in love with a 24-year-old singer in a boy band. Video, Audio
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At The Movies - Golda
1 May 2024Dame Helen Mirren stars as 1970s Israeli prime minister Golda Meir in Golda. Video, Audio
Wednesday 15 May 2024
AT THE MOVIES #966 HOW LONG’S A PIECE OF STRING?
Simon Morris sympathises with based-on-real-life movies where the real life doesn’t quite fit the music. And he welcomes back a franchise with a lot of New Zealand digital effects.
The Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes sees the return of the popular series, many years after the last episode. Starring Owen Teague (It) and Freya Allen (Baghead) but the real stars are the amazing effects from Wētā Digital.
Jackie Stewart tells the story of one of the most popular drivers on the Formula One scene. Sir Jackie tells his story from his childhood in Scotland to his superstar status that continues to this day. Directed by Patrick Mark (Fabergé: A life of its own)
And Joika is a Polish New Zealand co-production about the only American to join the famed Bolshoi Ballet. Starring Diane Kruger (Inglourious basterds) and Talia Ryder (Never rarely sometimes always), it was written and directed by James Napier Robertson (Dark horse).
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