At The Movies
Join RNZ's reviewers in the best seat in the house as they review the latest movies.
Episodes
Nights' Dan Slevin, is one of the best film reviewers in any medium, consistently convincing, insightful, unpretentious, perceptive, thoughtful and articulate. He joins us every Thursday night, and here's what's caught his eye this week.
Nights' resident screen critic joins Mark Leishman to review:
IN CINEMAS
Hope (produced, written and directed by Na Hong-jin). Epic South Korean sci-fi about a small fishing town attacked by a m...
Dan Slevin reviews three new films: Mum, I'm Alien Pregnant, a NZ indie gross-out comedy about an accidental alien pregnancy; Fall 2: Deadpoint, a survival thriller set on a deadly Thai mountain plank walk; and The Runner, a Prime Video thriller with Gal Gadot and Damian Lewis.
Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant TRAILER
Fall 2, Deadpoint TRAILER
The Runner TRAILER
Afternoons critic Kate Rodger is with Jesse to share what she's been watching - Lomu (in cinemas) and Untold: Raygun Breaking Badly (Netflix)
Nights' Dan Slevin, is one of the best film reviewers in any medium, consistently convincing, insightful, unpretentious, perceptive, thoughtful and articulate. He joins us every Thursday night, and here's what's caught his eye this wee
Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Susana Lei’ataua to review:
IN CINEMAS
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (directed by James Cameron, 1991). Back in cinemas for its 35th anniversary - scre...
Dan Slevin reviews three new films: The Dog Stars, Ridley Scott's post-apocalyptic survival story with Jacob Elordi, Margaret Qualley and Josh Brolin; The Whisper Man, James Ashcroft's Netflix thriller with Adam Scott and Robert De Niro; and Lomu, a documentary about the iconic All Black.
The Dog Stars TRAILER
The Whisper Man TRAILER
Lomu TRAILER
Emile Donovan chats with critic Dominic Corry about two new action films on at the cinema.
Nights' Dan Slevin, is one of the best film reviewers in any medium, consistently convincing, insightful, unpretentious, perceptive, thoughtful and articulate. He joins us every Thursday night, and here's what's caught his eye this week.
Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan to review:
IN CINEMAS
Young Washington (2026, directed by Jon Erwin). The story of the Founding Father, from the death of his own father when he was ...
Michelle Langstone reviews Spa Weekend, a comedy about old friends whose reunion is derailed by a chaotic fourth, starring Anna Faris, Michelle Buteau, Leslie Mann and Isla Fisher; and Savage House, a Georgian smallpox comedy-drama with Richard E Grant and Claire Foy as a debt-riddled noble couple.
Spa Weekend TRAILER
Savage House TRAILER
Afternoons critic Kate Rodger joins Jesse to review Case 137 and Colours of Time.
Nights' Dan Slevin, is one of the best film reviewers in any medium, consistently convincing, insightful, unpretentious, perceptive, thoughtful and articulate. He joins us every Thursday night, and here's what's caught his eye this week.
Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan to review:
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Mike Post’s The Rockford Files Theme kicks off our chat about private detectives on ...
Dan Slevin reviews three new films: One Night Only, a comedy set in a US where pre-marital sex is legally banned except one night a year; & Sons, with Bill Nighy as a reclusive novelist reuniting his estranged family; and De Gaulle: Tilting Iron, an epic wartime biography.
One Night Only TRAILER
& Sons TRAILER
De Gaulle: Tilting Iron (aka De Gaulle: Résistance) TRAILER
Nights' Dan Slevin, is one of the best film reviewers in any medium, consistently convincing, insightful, unpretentious, perceptive, thoughtful and articulate. He joins us every Thursday night, and here's what's caught his eye this week.
Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to review:
IN CINEMAS
The End of Oak Street (directed by David Robert Mitchell). In 1982, an ordinary American family finds that thei...
Afternoons critic Dominic Corry shares his review of three new films, one local (from the NZIFF) and the other two in cinemas from next week!
Nights’ resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to review: Savage House, a scabrous 18th-century comedy starring Richard E. Grant and Claire Foy; Deep Water, a shark survival thriller; and 1979 sci-fi epic Meteor, streaming free on Tubi.
Nights' resident screen critic joins Dan Slevin Emile Donovan to review:
IN CINEMAS
Savage House (directed by Peter Glanz). Richard E. Grant and Claire Foy star in a scabrous ...
Kate Rodger joins Jesse to share what she's been watching at the New Zealand International Film Festival. Minotaur, The Fox and the classic French film BETTY BLUE.
Nights' resident screen expert Dan Slevin joins us to chat about the untimely passing of Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, along with Spider-Man's latest outing which swung into theatres last night. Plus, an oft overlooked Sam Neill performance you can watch for free on TVNZ+.
Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins us to chat about the untimely passing of Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, along with Spider-Man's lat...
Michelle Langstone reviews three new films: H is for Hawk, with Claire Foy as a grieving falconer and Brendan Gleeson as her father; Kiri and Lou Go Raah!, Harry Sinclair's feature with Jemaine Clement; and 72 Hours, Kevin Hart as a 40-year-old who gatecrashes a Gen Z bachelor party.
H Is For Hawk TRAILER
Kiri and Lou go Raah! TRAILER
72 Hours TRAILER
Afternoons movie critic Dominic Corry gives his takes on NZ film, Big Girls Don't Cry - on now at the NZIFF and Spider Man: Brand New Day - in theatres now.
Dan Slevin previews the NZ International Film Festival: ARCO, Natalie Portman's animated time-travel film; The Ice Tower, with Marion Cotillard as a tyrannical 1960s film star; The Tale of Silyan, a Macedonian documentary about a farmer and a wounded stork; and Rose, with Sandra Hüller.
Kate Rodger joins Jesse to chat about Olivia Wilde's The Invite, Sam Neill's Dead Calm and what to look forward to at the NZIFF.
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