Cinematica
50 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 10 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsDan Slevin, Simon Werry and Kailey Carruthers host a weekly guide to what's on at the movies - in New Zealand and around the world. Featuring reviews of all the latest releases and festivals, plus news and interviews, giveaways and competitions, we are also the home of the "two-word review".
We love going to the pictures, so this podcast is all about the flicks. You won't find anything here here about DVD, home video, on demand or anything like that. Cinematica is all about going out and sharing the big screen experience with others.
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Episodes
Cinematica 5/14: Kailey's Last Show
January 29, 2014 08:47 - 41 minutes - 20.5 MBWe do the American Hustle with David O. Russell and his cast of Oscar-nominees, take a trip to Burma with The Railway Man, ask whether it's true that there's no fool like an old fool in Last Vegas and say goodbye to Kailey after two and a half years.
Cinematica 5/13: Family Matters
January 22, 2014 08:30 - 51 minutes - 25.1 MBSimon is still on holiday so Kailey and Dan review Bruce Dern's Cannes-winning performance in Nebraska and Justin Bieber's Believe then special guest Blair Collie helps fact check Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit.
Cinematica 5/12: The one where we finally talk about the Golden Globes
January 15, 2014 19:51 - 51 minutes - 25.1 MBSimon is on holiday so Dan and Kailey talk about 47 Ronin, The Book Thief and - yes - the Golden Globes, even though we swore we never would.
Cinematica 5/11: Trigger Warnings
January 09, 2014 07:50 - 51 minutes - 25.1 MBWhat we did on our holidays - The Wolf of Wall Street, August: Osage County, Short Term 12, Philomena and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
Cinematica 5/10b: 2013 Judged! Part Two
December 23, 2013 02:14 - 1 hour - 51.4 MBPart two of the epic summing up of cinema in 2013 - featuring Graeme Tuckett, Liam Maguren, Marie O'Sullivan, David Larsen, Sarah Watt and Glenn Kenny.
Cinematica 5/10a: 2013 Judged! Part One
December 19, 2013 08:50 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBSimon, Kailey and Dan (plus guests Graeme Tuckett, Sam McCosh, Darren Bevan, Rachel Taylor and Andrew Todd) look at the year in cinema - their top films, worst experiences, trends and what they are looking forward to in 2014.
Cinematica 5/09: A Cinematic Smaugasbord
December 12, 2013 10:12 - 1 hour - 34.8 MBWith Liam Maguren from Flicks we take the Night Train to Lisbon, hang out with Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, play Ender's Game, forecast Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 and later on in the show Dan and Darren Bevan give you the verdict on The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.
Cinematica 5/08: 6.096 metres from Stardom
December 04, 2013 09:52 - 49 minutes - 24 MBVince Vaughan remakes the Canadian hit Starbuck as Delivery Man, the late James Gandolfini stars with Julia-Louis Dreyfuss in Enough Said and the backing singers get the spotlight in 20 Feet from Stardom.
Cinematica 5/07: Down & Dirty
November 27, 2013 07:40 - 1 hour - 31.2 MBThis week we get dirty. Really dirty. (Not The Counselor-dirty – we're not animals) No, we get stuck in to Mud and Filth and, of course, we also run the ruler over the new Hunger Games movie - Catching Fire.
Cinematica 5/06: "Carrie doesn't live here, anymore."
November 20, 2013 11:12 - 52 minutes - 25.5 MBChloe Grace Moretz is Carrie in the new remake from Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don't Cry), Benedict Cumberbatch is Julian Assange in The Fifth Estate and we do a quick run-down of a few recent releases you might have missed.
Cinematica 5/05: "We have no tolerance for politics at the White House."
November 13, 2013 05:11 - 1 hour - 29.2 MBLee Daniels' The Butler is a Black history lesson set in the White House, novelist Cormac McCarthy teams up with Ridley Scott to make a conundrum called The Counselor and we visit Kashmir to see the Valley of Saints.
Cinematica 5/04: Australia Turning
November 06, 2013 09:31 - 56 minutes - 26.9 MBDarren Bevan (@geekboy73) joins us for a classic Aussie book turning into a classic Aussie film in Tim Winton's The Turning – we also interview one of the producers - and the Marvel Universe gets even more complicated with Thor: The Dark World.
Cinematica Extra: Graeme Mason from the New Zealand Film Commission
October 30, 2013 08:07 - 23 minutes - 10.9 MBShortly before he leaves for Screen Australia, NZFC CEO Graeme Mason called in to Cinematica to talk about the state of the industry - and the organisation - he leaves behind.
Cinematica 5/03: On the Ocean Wave
October 30, 2013 07:59 - 50 minutes - 24.1 MBTom Hanks fights off Somali pirates in Captain Phillips, Keri Russell searches for Mr. Darcy in Austenland and Domnhall Gleeson and Bill Nighy travel in time in Richard Curtis's new rom-com About Time. Dan interviews outgoing NZFC CEO Graeme Mason.
Cinematica 5/02: Knocking the Bastard Off
October 23, 2013 10:25 - 56 minutes - 26.9 MBIn this week's episode Dan and Kailey climb Everest in 3D (Beyond the Edge), try and break the bank of an internet casino (Runner Runner) and solve the mystery of two missing children (Prisoners).
Cinematica 5/01: Queen of Hearts
October 16, 2013 22:14 - 56 minutes - 26.5 MBKailey is on holiday and Simon is sick so Dan is joined by Sarah Watt from the Sunday Star-Times to discuss Naomi Watts in Diana, Danny Trejo as Machete in Machete Kills and Wahlberg and Washington in the comedy thriller 2 Guns.
Cinematica 4/26: Sky-High Suspense
October 09, 2013 20:42 - 54 minutes - 25.8 MBSandra Bullock and George Clooney are lost in space in Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity while Hugh Laurie teaches the kids of Bougainville about Charles Dickens in Andrew Adamson's Mr. Pip.
Cinematica 4/25: School Holiday Roundup
October 02, 2013 09:37 - 1 hour - 30.5 MBLet Cinematica guide you towards the most age-appropriate entertainment for your little ones (with the help of the Dominion-Post's Graeme Tuckett). Also featuring an extract from the special Light House Cinema Q&A with Lloyd Jones, author of the novel that inspired MR. PIP.
Cinematica Extra: Lloyd Jones on Mr. Pip
October 02, 2013 08:59 - 37 minutes - 18.9 MBRecorded in front of an audience at the Light House Cuba, author Lloyd Jones talks to Dan Slevin about his novel Mister Pip and the film that is based on it, Andrew Adamson's MR. PIP.
Cinematica 4/24: Lauda and Louder
September 25, 2013 07:10 - 1 hour - 38.2 MBDriving around in circles in Rush; what's behind the locked door in The Best Offer and what the flip is going on in Mood Indigo? We also interview Tony Lambert, the director of the 18th Italian Film Festival.
Cinematica 4/23: Snow White and the Bullfighter
September 18, 2013 05:25 - 45 minutes - 22 MBShakespeare sounds good in the Kiwi Romeo and Juliet: A Love Song, there's a silent movie twist on Snow White in Blancanieves and Vin Diesel brings back his anti-hero Riddick for another episode.
Cinematica 4/22: Tiny Heartbreaker
September 11, 2013 08:39 - 1 hour - 34.4 MBThe new Woody Allen film Blue Jasmine, What Maisie Knew, White House Down and François Ozon’s In the House. Plus, a clip from our special Q&A with the women behind Gardening with Soul.
Cinematica Extra: Gardening with Soul
September 11, 2013 08:13 - 42 minutes - 25.2 MBThe full Q&A for Gardening with Soul, recorded at the Light House Petone on 8 Sept 2013. Featuring director Jess Feast, producer Vicky Pope, editor Annie Collins, the star of the film Sister Loyola Galvin and hosted by Cinematica's Dan Slevin.
Cinematica 4/21: Carry That Weight
September 04, 2013 09:15 - 53 minutes - 26 MBAshton Kutcher impersonates Steve Jobs in Jobs, Bruce Willis impersonates an action hero in Red 2 and Denmark/NZ co-production The Weight of Elephants slips quietly into theatres.
Cinematica 4/20: Much Ado, Indeed
August 28, 2013 08:21 - 1 hour - 30 MBGuest reviewer Liam from flicks.co.nz (@AManof100Words) helps out on The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones and Kick-Ass 2, Shakespeare is sexy again in Joss Whedon's LA version of Much Ado About Nothing and Greta Gerwig’s Frances Ha hits local screens.
Cinematica 4/19: The Man from Elysium Fields
August 21, 2013 23:49 - 54 minutes - 26.6 MBReviews and news but no interviews: Matt Damon in Neill Blomkamp's Elysium, Park Chan-wook’s Stoker plus coming-of-age comedy The Way, Way Back. Listen for ticket giveaways, too.
Cinematica 4/18: Pumped and Stoked
August 15, 2013 00:27 - 1 hour - 33 MBTwo director interviews this week: Neil Jordan (Byzantium) and Park Chan-wook (Stoker), plus reviews of The Wolverine and Pain & Gain as well as the usual news and comment.
Cinematica 4/17: Wanna Fight?
August 07, 2013 22:25 - 1 hour - 29.6 MBIn which Dan forgets everyone's name, Simon is back and Kailey is away sick: The Gos stars in Only God Forgives and magic tricks star in Now You See Me, plus we interview Cannes Grand prix winner Matteo Garrone about Reality.
Cinematica 4/16: On the Road Again!
July 31, 2013 12:26 - 59 minutes - 28.8 MBLive at the Paramount, Wellington - Nick Ward reviews The Heat; we interview mother and daughter Gaylene Preston and Chelsie Preston-Crayford who both have films in the New Zealand International Film Festival, Sean Baker, director of the LA indie Starlet and Anthony Powell (Antarctica: A Year on Ice).
Cinematica 4/15: Cinematica Comes Alive!
July 24, 2013 10:47 - 1 hour - 32.1 MBRecorded in front of an audience at Auckland's Wintergarden: @rudysix reviews Behind the Candelabra; we interview Curtis Vowell and Sophie Henderson from the New Zealand feature Fantail; Shirley Horrocks, director of the documentary Venus: A Quest ; Ant Timpson and director Evan Katz tell us about Cheap Thrills and we meet the people behind flicks.co.nz.
Cinematica Extra: Valley of Saints
July 18, 2013 22:21 - 16 minutes - 8.44 MBDan talks to Musa Syeed, writer-director of the Kashmiri film VALLEY OF SAINTS, playing in the New Zealand International Film Festival, 2013.
Cinematica Extra: NZFF 2013 Preview
July 17, 2013 11:46 - 1 hour - 30.7 MBDan takes a look behind the curtain at how the biggest movie event on the New Zealand calendar is produced. Featuring interviews with Director Bill Gosden and his team in Wellington and Auckland.
Cinematica 4/14: Until the End of the World
July 17, 2013 09:51 - 57 minutes - 28 MBCinematica interviews our first superstar – Nick Frost from THE WORLD'S END which we also review, plus Del Toro's PACIFIC RIM and all the animated school holiday specials, MONSTERS U, EPIC and DESPICABLE ME.
Cinematica 4/13: Posting a Century
July 10, 2013 10:49 - 1 hour - 32.9 MBOur 100th episode! Another small screen legend gets the big screen treatment – The Lone Ranger; Steve Coogan plays porn king Paul Raymond in The Look of Love, Simon dissects a 20 year relationship in Before Midnight.
Cinematica Extra: White Lies Q&A
July 05, 2013 03:45 - 46 minutes - 22.6 MBA live recording of the Q&A after the special screening of WHITE LIES at the Light House Cuba cinema, fetauring Dana Rotberg, John Psathas, Antonia Prebble and Witi Ihimaera.
Cinematica 4/12: Steel Trap
July 03, 2013 08:08 - 1 hour - 31.7 MBIs the Man of Steel going to fly? What's going on in The Place Beyond the Pines? Plus, highlights from the White Lies live Q&A featuring Dana Rotberg, John Psathas & Antonia Prebble.
Cinematica 4/11: Entitled Hollywood Idlers Propose Dubious Theology for Laffs
June 26, 2013 08:16 - 59 minutes - 29 MBThe New Zealand International Film Festival was launched in Auckland and Dan was there. Back at the multiplex, Seth Rogen, James Franco and Jay Baruchel play themselves at the end of the world in This Is the End. Viggo Mortensen shows off his Spanish in Everybody has a Plan and James Cromwell has a plan for a house in Canadian drama Still Mine.
Cinematica 4/10: Rabid Excitement
June 19, 2013 21:15 - 1 hour - 34 MBBrad Pitt is chased all over the planet by zombies in World War Z, Will Smith's son Jaden chases all over the planet looking for a beacon disguised as a pizza cutter in After Earth, Remembrance and Camille Rewinds are the arthouse reviews, and @sakura59 sums up the Sydney Film Festival.
Cinematica 4/09: Hunted
June 13, 2013 09:12 - 52 minutes - 25.3 MBMads Mikkelsen plays an ordinary bloke under extraordinary pressure in The Hunt and Jesper Christensen is an extraordinary bloke trying to change the course of history in The Last Sentence.
Cinematica 4/08: Boats Against the Current
June 06, 2013 11:51 - 50 minutes - 24.4 MBBaz Luhrman's THE GREAT GATSBY; our verdict on SHOPPING; BEKAS is about two cute kids from Kurdistan and FAST & FURIOUS 6 is about a bunch of blue collar car criminals catching a super-criminal on the world’s longest runway.
Cinematica 4/07: Make it Stop!
May 29, 2013 13:10 - 1 hour - 29.4 MBLast week’s interview with Andy Miller from @academycinemas in Auckland and THIS week's interview with Louis and Mark from new Kiwi feature SHOPPING. We return to Vegas with the Wolf Pack in THE HANGOVER PART III and check out THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST.
Cinematica 4/06: Boy's Own Adventure
May 23, 2013 22:10 - 55 minutes - 27.1 MBKON-TIKI is an real-life adventure on the high seas, BROKEN isn't broken at all, The Rock goes undercover to bring down some drug dealers in SNITCH and we get a report from a Kiwi on the Croisette at Cannes – Sarah Reese from the French Film Festival.
Cinematica 4/05: Clingonto Yourseats
May 15, 2013 20:54 - 1 hour - 34.5 MBStar Trek goes boldly Into Darkness, Colin Firth tries comedy in Gambit, Harmony Korine's confrontational Spring Breakers hits cinemas and we speak to Espen Sandberg, one of the directors of the true life adventure Kon-Tiki. Guest reviewer: Andrew Todd (@mistertodd).
Cinematica 4/04: Young at Heart
May 08, 2013 12:17 - 1 hour - 32.3 MBRobert Redford is back in the world of political thrillers in The Company You Keep, Beth Brash from eatandgreet.co.nz helps review Haute Cuisine and Dan i/v's Pietra Brettkelly, director of the New Zealand doco Maori Boy Genius.
Cinematica 4/03: Feeding Off Celebrity
May 02, 2013 03:07 - 55 minutes - 27 MBIs Brandon Cronenberg a chip off the old block? We look at ANTIVIRAL to find out, ballet hopefuls put themselves through hell in FIRST POSITION and guest host Sarah Watt gives us the lowdown on JURASSIC PARK 3D and what it’s like to go on a star-studded STAR TREK junket.
Cinematica 4/02: Man of Iron and a Mandarin
April 24, 2013 10:45 - 1 hour - 29.1 MBThe hottest ticket in town is Robert Downey Jr. in IRON MAN 3; the hottest ticket in America two weeks ago was EVIL DEAD, the dreaded Gerard Butler tries to save the White House from terrorists in OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN – yes, it's the school holidays.
Cinematica 4/01: Back in the G.D.R.
April 17, 2013 08:46 - 56 minutes - 27.5 MBThe former East Germany is the setting for Christian Petzold’s BARBARA; Tom Cruise tempts fate with the daringly titled OBLIVION; zombies are brought back to life by love in WARM BODIES and we preview our i/v with Espen Sandberg, co-director of KON-TIKI.
Cinematica 3/26: The Perks of Being a Neanderthal
April 10, 2013 08:45 - 1 hour - 32.2 MBThis week we argue the pros and cons of being a WALLFLOWER, examine the Stone Age comedy THE CROODS plus the star-studded drama set in the world of classical music, PERFORMANCE. Dan interviews Leandro Cavalcanti from the Reel Brazil film festival.
Cinematica 3/25: Smoke & Mirrors
April 03, 2013 09:47 - 59 minutes - 28.7 MBNZFF Director Bill Gosden joins us for the whole show, Simon goes into a TRANCE watching the new Danny Boyle, Kailey reports back from the land of romance-obsessed teenage girls (THE HOST) and Dan enlists in Hasbro's own special forces - the G.I. JOES.
Cinematica 3/24: Fire Works
March 27, 2013 10:06 - 1 hour - 34.1 MBMarion Cotillard plays a killer whale trainer in RUST AND BONE, Bill Murray plays FDR in HYDE PARK ON HUDSON and Gael Garcia Bernal plays an adman in NO. Chris Hormann (@TheMyrka) tells us about this year’s Film Society programme.