At The Movies

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 mysterious, powerful and aggressive monster.
PAID STREAMING - Apple TV
Mayday (written and directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein). Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh star in a Cold War action comedy about an American pilot shot down over the Soviet Union needing help from a retired KGB agent to get back across the border.
FREE STREAMING - Kanopy
The Quiet Earth (directed by Geoff Murphy, 1985). Kiwi classic sci-fi as Bruno Lawrence wakes one morning to find he is the only creature left alive on the planet and roams the empty streets of Auckland looking for the reason why.
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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
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Afternoons critic Kate Rodger is with Jesse to share what she's been watching - Lomu (in cinemas) and Untold: Raygun Breaking Badly (Netflix)
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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 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 - screening in Cameron’s preferred 3D format. Arguably the greatest action film ever made sees Arnold Schwarzenegger return to the Terminator role he played in Cameron’s indie hit from 1984, only this time he has gone back in time to protect John Connor from an even more powerful cyborg (Robert Patrick).
PAID STREAMING - HBO Max
The West Wing (created by Aaron Sorkin, 1999-2006).This show was an acclaimed drama at the time but is now seen by many as an overly romantic ‘competence porn’ portrayal of politicians and their staff. How does it hold up in the era of Trump?
FREE STREAMING - Māori+
Mārama (directed by Taratoa Stoppard, 2025). This glorious bloody vitriolic take on the cancer of colonialism was released in cinemas earlier this, and now it’s available for free on Māori+.
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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
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