Kate Rodger reviews Primetime, starring Robert Pattinson in an unauthorised biopic of Chris Hansen; Pressure, with Brendan Fraser as Eisenhower and Andrew Scott as meteorologist James Stagg; and Black Sheeps, the sequel to 2006’s Black Sheep.
Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details (https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/atthemovies?share=1d096c8e-dc18-49a5-9af8-4ca7642874f6)
30 Oct 2026
Short-Cuts on Nights: British and Irish Film Festival, The Frighteners and Gnomes
Nights' Dan Slevin, is one of the best film reviewers in any medium, consistently convincing, insightful, unpretentious, perceptive, thoughtful and articulate. He joins Emile Donovan on Nights every Thursday, and here's what's caught his eye this week.
Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin (https://funeralsandsnakes.net/) joins Emile Donovan to review
IN CINEMAS
The 2026 British and Irish Film Festival started yesterday across the country
Dan previews three of the 25 titles in the programme: WICKER (https://youtu.be/HP0BWBWn14I?si=6jNgLfsglRiKFM5o) ; THE THREE URNS (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcHYv9klzzc) and DEREK VS DEREK (https://youtu.be/DZAt0mJaAQc?si=hwLXnQNI8FN0RiUs)
PAID STREAMING - Digital rental
The Frighteners. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FBZxkNSmTs) This week is the 30th anniversary of one of the first big international movies to come out Wellington and one of the best comedy horrors of all time.
FREE STREAMING - TVNZ+
Gnomes (https://www.tvnz.co.nz/tvseries/gnomes) Australian six-part comedy horror TV series starring Asa Butterfield as a small-town cop dealing with an army of murderous gnomes led by Tess Haubrich as the Gnome Queen.
Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details (https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/atthemovies?share=0b13bc26-2248-422a-8bc0-38a44a948af3)
25 Oct 2026
Culture 101: Don't Look Back In Anger, Norm and Animals with Michelle Langstone
Michelle Langstone reviews Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger, a moving Disney+ documentary on the Gallagher brothers’ reunion; Norm: The Tale of Norm MacDonald, Judd Apatow’s melancholy portrait of the comedian; and Animals, Ben Affleck’s gripping kidnap thriller on Netflix.
Don’t Look Back In Anger TRAILER (https://youtu.be/X9sIYLtgc_s?si=ErgQEWBvO1DvUqEy)
Norm: The Tale Of Norm MacDonald TRAILER (https://youtu.be/dIBNCBAzBos?si=0iuB2n3XzkqUwd7s)
Animals TRAILER (https://youtu.be/mlBfQJ8oxB0?si=PH_DQLRYPRaSvndw)
Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details (https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/atthemovies?share=06f10af2-185b-4256-846a-41eefaae08d0)
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