Movies
Review : How To Make A Killing
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… Audio
Review : The Roses
The Roses is a gentler remake of the pitch-black Eighties divorce comedy The Ear Of The Roses. But stars Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch turn out to be worthy successors. Directed by Jay Roach… Audio
You Have To Laugh
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… Audio
Review : Sorry , Baby
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… Audio
Review : Night Always Comes
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… Audio
Review : The Naked Gun
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)… Audio
Not From Around Here
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… Audio
Review : Relay
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… Audio
Review : Together
Together features real-life husband and wife Dave Franco and Allison Brie as a couple who find themselves getting closer than they intended, with horrific consequences. Co starring Damon Herriman… Audio
Review : Riviera Revenge
Riviera Revenge is another popular comedy from French comedy master Ivan Calbérac (The Tasting). A long-married couple's lives are upended when some 40-year-old letters prove the wife had a brief… Audio
Review : When Fall Is Coming
When Fall Is Coming is a Hitchcock-style thriller about a woman who finds herself accused of planning to murder her own daughter to get custody of her grandson? She enlists an unlikely ally to clear… Audio
Genre Specific
Simon Morris looks at three films that aim at very specific audiences - horror film Together, and from France, an elegant mystery thriller called When Fall Is Coming, and a traditional French sex… Audio
The good, the bad and the wonderfully weird
Dan Slevin reviews three films in local cinemas: In Superman, Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn reboots the Man of Steel legend; in Bride Hard, Australian comic Rebel Wilson plays a secret… Audio
Review : Superman
Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn reboots the Man of Steel legend, reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio
Review : Bride Hard
Dan Slevin reviews an action comedy in which Australian comic Rebel Wilson plays a secret agent bridesmaid saving a wedding from a gang of terrorists. Audio
Review : Universal Language
Dan Slevin reviews an absurdist Canadian comedy about a depressed man who returns home to snowy Winnipeg to try and find himself. Audio
Review : Merchant Ivory
Merchant Ivory tells the story of one of the longest ever movie-making partnerships, between Indian producer Ismail Merchant, American director James Ivory - and German-Jewish born writer Ruth Prawer… Audio
Review : Elio
Elio is the latest from Pixar Films - the story of a lonely, space-obsessed boy who dreams of being abducted by aliens. With an original story by Adrian Molina (Coco), Elio features the voices of Zoe… Audio
What Do Men Want ?
Simon Morris takes a look at an unusually blokey collection of movies this week, including the return of the "infected" in Danny Boyles's 28 Years Later, a documentary about the films of long-time… Audio
Review : 28 Years Later
28 Years Later sees the return of director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland to the zombie apocalypse they created 23 years ago. Now survivors settle on a small island, leaving the mainland to the… Audio