Afternoons film critic Kate Rodger joins Jesse to give her hot takes on The Devil Wears Prada 2 and Apex.

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On Short-Cuts Dan Slevin reviews: Exit 8 Japanese film where a man is stuck in a looping subway puzzle, Greyhound & Finch – Tom Hanks in WWII naval thriller + post-apocalyptic road trip with a robot and One Life staring Anthony Hopkins as Nicholas Winton who saved hundreds of Jewish children.

On this week's edition of Short-Cuts Nights resident screen critic Dan Slevin reviews:

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Exit 8 - A Japanese man on his way to work is trapped in a mysterious loop while trying to escape the subway. Solving the puzzles will lead him to Exit 8 but any failure takes him all the way back to Exit 0.

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Greyhound (2020) & Finch (2021) - Two Tom Hanks-led films: Greyhound is a tense World War II naval drama following a rookie commander navigating U-boat attacks in the Atlantic, while Finch is a post-apocalyptic road story about a dying inventor building a robot to care for his dog as they journey across a ravaged America.

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One Life - the superb drama starring Anthony Hopkins as Nicholas Winton, who - as a younger man played by Johnny Flynn - saved hundreds of Jews from Nazi-occupied Prague.

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Michael, the Jackson biopic starring his nephew Jaafar; The Time Traveller's Guide to Hamilton Gardens, opening the Resene Architecture & Design Film Festival; and Sgt. Haane, Tearepa Kahi's 28th Māori Battalion ANZAC story.

Michael Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-YAcjaLuSI

The Time Traveller's Guide To Hamilton Gardens Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At3PQESNEwY

Sgt. Haane Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ-qino7ZNg

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Afternoons Critic Dominic Corry on whether 'Michael' really is the worst bio-pic of all time.

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Three new films: The President's Cake, an Iraqi Cannes winner set during the Gulf War; The North, a quiet Scottish Highlands reunion story; and Thrash, Netflix's hurricane shark film with Phoebe Dynevor.

The President's Cake Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIhlE3lfu6w

Thrash Trailer: https://youtu.be/hzyOsNyDkbM?si=enPHvbm9g-xaNzmF

The North Trailer: https://youtu.be/-SG46PKUCfQ?si=pB6YT76CZaADXVAU

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Nights resident screen critic Dan Slevin reviews: Fuze, a WWII bomb evacuation in London that masks a diamond heist; Blind Panic, a New Zealand thriller about a blind woman and an ex-con, both targeted by a crime lord; and the 90s classic crime thriller Heat, starring Robert De Niro.

On this week's edition of Short-Cuts Nights resident screen critic Dan Slevin reviews:

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Fuze, an unexploded World War II bomb in central London sparks an evacuation that turns out to be cover for a diamond heist staring Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Theo James, directed by David Mackenzie.

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Blind Panic, a NZ thriller about a blind woman and an ex-con on home detention whose paths are crossed by a local crime lord.

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Heat, Michael Mann’s 1995 masterpiece featuring Robert De Niro as Neil McCauley.

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Afternoons critic Dominic Corry joins Jesse Mulligan to discuss Fuze and The Mummy, both are in theatres next week.

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Film critic Dan Slevin reviews three new films: Undertone, a Canadian horror about a podcast host driven to paranoia by eerie recordings; You, Me & Tuscany, a rom-com with Halle Bailey and Regé-Jean Page; and Solo Mio, about a groom honeymooning alone in Italy.

Undertone Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6uDeBYDHu4

You, Me & Tuscany Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09kuFgvohIU

Solo Mio Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvTpQDdZY0k

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Nights resident screen critic Dan Slevin reviews last year’s Caméra d’Or winner at Cannes, the Iraqi Oscar entry The President’s Cake, the Paul McCartney documentary Man on the Run, and MTV Rewind, a site recreating the experience of endless music videos.

Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan with his picks for the weekend.

Tonight, Winner of the Caméra d’Or at Cannes last year, as well as the Iraqi entry in the Best international Feature category of the Oscars, The President’s Cake; the documentary about Paul McCartney rebuilding his life and music in the immediate aftermath of leaving the Beatles in 1970, Man on the Run and MTV Rewind, a website that recreates what it was like to watch an endless stream of music videos.

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Critic Kate Rodger shares the best picks for the school holidays, her take on The Drama and reacts to the Emmy nods for Prime Minister.

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