Cinematica

Last 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.

KON-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.

Star 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).

Robert 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.

Is 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.

The 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.

The 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.

This 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.

NZFF 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.

Marion 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.