Movies
Review : Grand Tour
Grand Tour starts out like a Merchant Ivory passage to Southeast Asia about a man running away from the prospects of a wedding, before turning into a very strange travelogue. Directed by Portuguese… Audio
Review : Queer
Queer sees Daniel Craig (No time to die) shake off Double Oh Seven in an adaptation of a book by William S Burroughs (Naked Lunch) about an American writer hiding out in Fifties Mexico who falls in… Audio
Film or Movie ?
Simon Morris realizes people go to the cinema for different things. Some go for the humble "movie", some for the elevated "film", some for the even more pretentious "cinema". Which are this week's… Audio
Review :The Death Of A Unicorn
The death of a Unicorn sees a father and daughter (Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega) hit a mysterious entity on the way to a weekend with an unscrupulous pharmaceutical family. An entity with the ability to… Audio
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic reviews Cannes award-winner Grand Tour (2024), Japanese hitman genre-bender Broken Rage (2024), and The Doors (1991) streaming on TVNZ+ in honour of the late Val Kilmer.
…Move over Hollywood, it's Huntlywood's time to shine
A Minecraft Movie is in New Zealand cinemas today - but Waikato District councillor David Whyte was lucky enough to see a preview ahead of the general public. Audio
Top Gun to Batman: A look back at Val Kilmer's best roles
In a career spanning decades, Val Kilmer took on supporting and leading roles spanning from Batman to Doc Holliday.
Review: A Minecraft Movie: Kiwi-shot film is low-stakes fun for kids
A room full of kids were totally immersed in the fantasy world of A Minecraft Movie at the NZ premiere, and that's got to tell you something.
Here's who will play The Beatles in the four movies about the band
All four films about the members of The Beatles are set to be released concurrently in a "binge-able theatrical experience".
Sam Neill
Actor, Sam Neill, tells Guyon what it's like to work with Stephen Spielberg and talks about a near death experience while filming Jurassic Park. Plus, his candid thoughts on Jacinda Ardern’s… Video, Audio
Review: Is Snow White as awful as everyone says?
Is Snow White truly as awful as everyone says? It doesn't seem possible.
Tinā is the perfect cinematic experience, but it's not the perfect film
At last New Zealand has another hit film on its hands, 10 years after the last big box office draw
Tinā, the Samoan film that's a hit with palagi
At last New Zealand has another hit film on its hands, 10 years after the last big box office draw. Audio
Tina, the Samoan film that's a hit with palagi
At last New Zealand has another hit film on its hands, 10 years after the last big box office draw Audio
Dreamworks' classic Shrek gets te reo Māori treatment
'Haumi e, hui e, SHREKIE': Grassroots launch proves Shrek a game changer for Indigenous nations.
Screentime: Hard Truths, The Last Showgirl
Film and TV reviewer Perlina Lau joins Kathryn to talk about two films: Hard Truths and The Last Showgirl. Audio
Review Snow White
Snow White is the controversial remake of the Disney animated classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Starring Rachel Zegler (West Side Story) and Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman), it's currently scoring a… Audio
At the Movies for 26 March 2025
Simon Morris joins the rest of the world in being unimpressed by the new Snow White, though he wonders how much worse it is from a string of Disney cover-versions over the years. He also checks out… Audio
Review The Last Showgirl
The Last Showgirl tells the story of a 50-plus Las Vegas dancer suddenly forced to confront her life and her future when her show Le Razzle Dazzle finishes after 30 years. Featuring a Golden… Audio
Review The Rule of Jenny Pen
The Rule of Jenny Pen is the latest by New Zealand director James Ashcroft (Coming Home in the Dark), about a rest home terrorised by a patient and his sinister doll. Starring Geoffrey Rush and John… Audio
