Afternoons film critic Dominic Corry reviews Heart of the Beast, Resident Evil and Mayday.

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Dan Slevin reviews three new films for the school holidays: Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom, an Aardman Halloween special; Forgotten Island, an animated adventure inspired by Philippine mythology; and Little Amélie or the Character of Rain.

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Afternoons Film Critic Kate Rodger joins Emile to share her thoughts on some school holiday movies.

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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 Friday night, and here's what's caught his eye this week.

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Kiki’s Delivery Service (directed by Hayao Miyazaki, 1989). Returning to cinemas - IMAX in fact - is one of Studio Ghibli’s most beloved animated films. Kiki is a witch and the rules say that when you get to 13-years-old, you have to go out on your own. With her spirit animal (a black cat named Jiji) she tries to make a life helping other people but soon discovers that independence is not all it's cracked up to be.

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Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! (Directed by Judd Apatow, 2025). This week was the one hundredth birthday of comedian and filmmaker Mel Brooks. This two-part documentary was made to celebrate his 99th and riffs on one of his earliest TV characters, The 2000 Year Old Man, featuring appearances from friends Carl Reiner (and son Rob Reiner, both now gone), Ben Stiller, Conan O’Brien, Jerry Seinfeld and Patton Oswalt.

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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (directed by Mel Stuart, 1971). On the subject of Mel Brooks, his great collaborator the late Gene Wilder’s most cherished performance is on Three Now.

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Dan Slevin reviews three new films: Jackass: Best and Last, the crew's supposed final outing after 26 years; Lollipop, a debut British drama starring Posy Sterling; and Little Brother, a Netflix comedy with John Cena as an estate agent disrupted by a former mentee.

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Michelle Langstone reviews three new films: Moana, the live-action remake with Catherine Laga'aia, Dwayne Johnson, Rena Owen and Frankie Adams; The Richest Woman in the World, an Isabelle Huppert comedy-drama; and Primavera, about a young violinist mentored by Vivaldi.

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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 Friday night, and here's what's caught his eye this week.

Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Susana Lei'ataua to review

IN CINEMAS

The Odyssey (directed by Christopher Nolan). Oppenheimer Oscar-winner Nolan turns to the classics for inspiration as Matt Damon plays the famous hero Odysseus, trying to find his way back to Ithaca and his wife Penelope (Anne Hathaway) and son Telemachus (Tom Holland), 20 years after leaving to fight the Trojan War.

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Propeller One-Way Night Coach (directed by John Travolta). 60-minute family film inspired by Travolta’s own love of flying. In 1962, eight-year-old Jeff (Clark Shotwell) is going on his first plane journey - New York to Los Angeles on the cheapest flight there is, the overnight “milk run” on a TWA Lockheed Constellation. A love letter to the golden age of air travel, based on Travolta’s 1996 children’s book.

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The Day Shall Come (directed by Chris Morris, 2019). An ambitious FBI agent (Anna Kendrick) tries to use a naive preacher as a dupe to create a fake terrorist plot. Written by Jesse Armstrong (Succession) and directed by Chris Morris (Four Lions).

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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.

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