Rnz: At The Movies

The Iron Claw is based on the real-life story of a family of superstar wrestlers, the Von Erichs, and the astonishing run of tragedy that stalked them. Stars Zac Efron (The greatest showman), Lily James (Pam and Tommy) and Jeremy Allen White (TV's The Bear).

Tony-winning musical of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel The colour purple returns to the big screen. Produced (but not directed) by Steven Spielberg, it features Oscar nominee Danielle Brooks.

Perfect Days is a sweet Japanese character study, directed by German auteur Wim Wenders (Paris Texas), about a middle aged man content to clean Tokyo's famous public toilets. Starring Koji Yakusho (Shall We Dance, Babel).

Dan Slevin looks at what you may have missed over summer and two other films: The Holdovers, a boarding school teacher is stuck babysiting kids who can't go home for christmas and All Of Us Strangers, a lonely English writer returns to his family home for much-needed inspiration.

A boarding school history teacher has to babysit the kids who can't go home for Christmas.

A lonely English writer returns to his family home for some much-needed inspiration.

If you spent the last month on a beach and not in a cinema, what did you miss?

On At the Movies, Dan Slevin reviews WONKA, the origin story of the magical musical confectionery maker, starring Timothée Chalamet; CHICKEN RUN: DAWN OF THE NUGGET, the long-awaited sequel to the 2000 fowl animated classic from Aardman Studios, streaming on Netflix; and SHOWING UP, the new film from director Kelly Reichardt and actor Michelle Williams about a struggling sculptor who finds that life keeps getting in the way of her work.

Dan Slevin reviews the origin story of the magical musical confectionery maker, starring Timothée Chalamet.

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Dan Slevin reviews the long-awaited sequel to the 2000 fowl animated classic from Aardman Studios, streaming on Netflix.

Dan Slevin reviews the new film from director Kelly Reichardt and actor Michelle Williams about a struggling sculptor who finds that life keeps getting in the way of her work.

Simon Morris looks back on 2023, and notices two big changes. A lot of long-running series and franchises are coming to a close, and the biggest movies of the year are individual and rule-breaking.

The Old Oak, 87-year-old director Ken Loach's latest film about a clash of cultures in an English village.

On At the Movies, Dan Slevin reviews The Old Oak, 87-year-old director Ken Loach's latest film about a clash of cultures in an English village; Godzilla Minus One, the famous Japanese radioactive lizard reimagined for post-war Japan; and Trolls Band Together and Renaisance: A Film By Beyonce - two very different films about the music business.

Godzilla Minus One, the famous Japanese radioactive lizard reimagined for post-war Japan.

Trolls Band Together and Renaisance: A Film By Beyonce - two very different films about the music business.

Simon Morris reviews a trio of films "based on real life". They may be historically suspect, but their subjects were all equally unreliable when they told their own stories - the most famous leader of the 19th century, the reputed wealthiest pirate in history, and an athlete whose Guinness World Record was taken from her.

Nyad tells the (mostly) true of long-distance swimmer Diane Nyad who failed to swim from Cuba to Florida, then decided to try again 30 years later at the age of 60. Starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster, it's directed by the couple who made the award-winning documentary The Rescue.

Sir Ridley Scott's Napoleon is a spectacular attempt to portray the enigmatic Corsican soldier who ended up ruling most of Europe. Starring Joaquin Phoenix (Joker) as Bonaparte and Vanessa Kirby (The Crown) as Josephine.

Jack Mimoun and the secrets of Val Verde is a romp about a fake survival-expert who's hired to find the lost treasure of the pirate known as The Buzzard. Written, directed and starring French movie star Malik Bentalha, it's another comedy from the recent French Film Festival.