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Movie review: The Kitchen
4 Sep 2019The Kitchen is a classic '70s gangster film told from a female point of view. Writer-director Andrea Berloff has made an entertaining concoction by adding a few new ingredients to an old recipe, says…
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Movie review - Apollo 11
4 Sep 2019If you want to know why everyone on Earth walked a little taller, and felt a little braver and better on 20 July 1969, watch this spectacular documentary.
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At The Movies: picks from the 2019 NZ International Film Festival
26 Jun 2019Award-winning dramas, exciting documentaries, ground-breaking art films and classics from the past – all cinematic life will be on display at this year's NZ International Film Festival (kicking off in…
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Review - Wild Rose
19 Jun 2019Wild Rose features star on the rise, Jessie Buckley in a story about a Glasgow country singer who dreams of cracking the big time in Nashville. Features Dame Julie Walters and Sophie Okonedo.
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Nicholas Hoult stars in new Tolkien biopic
29 May 2019British star Nicholas Hoult talks about his new film Tolkien - the surprising life of the creator of the Middle Earth sagas. Also starring Lily Collins (TV's Les Miserables).
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Movie review - Top End Wedding
22 May 2019Charm is Australian film director Wayne Blair's stock in trade – he made the popular musical The Sapphires. Blair's new romantic comedy Top End Wedding has a bicultural message under the laughs, says…
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Movie review - Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
22 May 2019This New Zealand documentary lays it all out in the title. It's a film about the Māori film-maker, activist and indigenous film pioneer Merata Mita made by her son Hepi.
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Movie review - John Wick 3: Parabellum
22 May 2019In John Wick 3: Parabellum, Keanu Reeves' dog-loving hitman is up against even more assassination. The film is undeniably entertaining but hopefully future installments will give female characters…
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Kenneth Branagh: All Is True
8 May 2019Kenneth Branagh’s long obsession with Shakespeare has culminated in a film, All Is True, about the bard’s final years in Stratford-upon-Avon, where he had returned to live “to be this modest man of…
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Reviews - The Chaperone & The Aftermath
8 May 2019The Chaperone (written by Downton Abbey's Julian Fellowes) and The Aftermath (starring Keira Knightley) are a little too reminiscent of older and better movies, according to Simon Morris.
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Review - Red Joan
24 Apr 2019Judi Dench plays a retired physicist accused of giving nuclear secrets to the Russians in Red Joan, reviewed by Dan Slevin.
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At the Movies: Hellboy
17 Apr 2019Without the genius of director Guillermo del Toro, this year's Hellboy reboot is predictable and superficial, says Simon Morris.
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Review - Shazam
10 Apr 2019Shazam is a revival of an old comic-book, originally, confusingly, entitled Captain Marvel. Young Billy Batson turns into a superhero by simply uttering the magic word "Shazam!"
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Review - Vai
10 Apr 2019Vai - from the producers of Waru - offers another eight short stories directed by women, this time set on eight Pacific Islands.
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Movie review - Us: sophisticated, scary and successful
3 Apr 2019What's scarier than being invaded by Us? If you like your horror movies twisty-and-turny, Jordan Peele's follow-up to Get Out is definitely for you, says Simon Morris.
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Movie review - Woman at War: deadpan humour from Iceland
3 Apr 2019Woman at War is an Icelandic comedy starring Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir as a lone eco-terrorist trying to balance motherhood with saving the planet.
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Movie review - Dumbo
3 Apr 2019Dumbo sees perennial outsider, director Tim Burton, take on the live-action remake of a classic Disney animation. Starring Colin Farrell, Danny De Vito and Michael Keaton.
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At the Movies:
3 Apr 2019Simon Morris looks at the slightly rundown Hollywood "Dream Factory", and notes the increasing reliance on individual "auteurs" to come up with hits.
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Review - Lego Movie 2: a generation-gap parable about how we all should get along
27 Mar 2019More yellow bricks in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part. When Bricksburg is conquered, Emmett wonders if everything will ever be awesome again.
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Review - Fighting with My Family: enough spark even for non-wrestling fans
27 Mar 2019Fighting with My Family tells the real-life story of a British female wrestler who conquered the massive world of WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment). If you're not a true wrestling believer, this…
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Review - Daffodils: a romantic musical with Kiwi hits and few surprises
27 Mar 2019The most surprising thing about Daffodils – the highly-anticipated film adaptation of a NZ stage musical featuring Kiwi pop hits – is how heavily promoted it's been, writes Simon Morris.
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Review - Hang Time: a sunny, funny and deftly made Kiwi film
20 Mar 2019Harry – a twenty-something accountant – gets dumped by his fiancée. Fortunately, his BFF Ants is onhand and his other friend Jess is working at a vineyard. Simon Morris reviews a local movie about…
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Review – Isn't it Romantic? Sorry Netflix, not remotely
20 Mar 2019Can Netflix-made movies match the undoubted success of their serial dramas? Simon Morris was curious to check out their highly-touted satirical romcom Isn't It Romantic, which stars Aussie actors…
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Review – Destroyer: Nicole Kidman cuts loose as an ex-cop in freefall
20 Mar 2019Australia's favourite daughter gives an astonishing performance in Karyn Kusama's award-nominated film Destroyer, writes Simon Morris.
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