At The Movies

Emile Donovan chats with critic Dominic Corry about two new action films on at the cinema.
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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 only 11, to his enlistment in the Virginia Militia fighting alongside the British in the French and Indian War of 1754-1755. Stars William Franklyn-Miller as Washington with support from Ben Kingsley, Kelsey Grammer and Mary-Louise Parker.
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The American Revolution (six episodes, 2025, directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David P. Schmidt) and The Civil War (nine episodes, 1990, directed by Ken Burns). The Civil War is seen by many people as Burns’ masterpiece - five years in the making and the definitive screen presentation of a great and terrible chapter of US history. 
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The New Zealand Wars (1998, written and presented by James Belich and directed by Tainui Stephens). A five-part series based on Belich’s acclaimed work of historical scholarship attempting to redefine how we understand our fractious colonial story.
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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.
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Afternoons critic Kate Rodger joins Jesse to review Case 137 and Colours of Time.
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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:
MUSIC & PAID STREAMING - Apple TV
Mike Post’s The Rockford Files Theme kicks off our chat about private detectives on screen, including Colin Farrell’s performance in Sugar, following the end of the show’s second season.
IN CINEMAS
Tony (directed by Matt Johnson). Tony is a kind of origin story for the food and travel writer Anthony Bourdain (who passed away in 2018). A teenage Anthony spends the summer of 1975 in a New England resort town trying to woo a girl but finds himself falling in love with restaurant kitchens instead.
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Gavin Shoebridge’s EV motoring reviews. Until recently, they were on behalf of Ecotricity, but now he's moved to the Auto Media Group’s channel, The EV Guys.
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