Simon Morris

London

Editor and Producer at CGTN

Worried. Welsh Australian. This is my personal account.

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Barbie Ferreira shines in tearjerker Bob Trevino Likes It | Review by Simon Morris in Screens

1 week ago | rnz.co.nz | Simon Morris

From when Barbie Ferreira first appears on screen, she grabs it with both hands and never lets go. As I say, I had no idea. I just know that when she appeared on screen she grabbed it with both hands and never let go. So, after a particularly bad time with Dad… he doesn’t want to talk to her and blames her for everything in his life, Lily finds herself on the internet, browsing through the various Bob Trevinos. And she gets a reply.
Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning is 'a gigantic waste of everyone's money' | Review by Simon Morris in Screens

2 weeks ago | rnz.co.nz | Simon Morris

Is it really the 'final reckoning'? We can but hope, writes film critic Simon Morris. Years later, at the height of the remake-of-old-TV-shows craze – and so on – Tom Cruise, then and now the biggest star in the world, thought could be a good excuse to do a few death-defying stunts. And he hired Brian de Palma to direct it. Here’s the good news.
'Flashy gunfire ballet' not enough to save 'Havoc' | Review by Simon Morris in Screens

1 month ago | rnz.co.nz | Simon Morris

If you like the John Wick genre of movie-making, new Netflix offering Havoc might spark joy, says Simon Morris. One for the crowd, it’s full of – I quote – “flashy gunfire ballet” and “rustic hand-to-hand explosions of violence” by the master of this sort thing, Welshman Gareth Evans. Evans is all about getting his violence up-close and personal. He’s best known for a couple of spectacularly bloody martial-arts films, both called The Raid and set in Indonesia.
Bank Street Active Transportation and Transit Priority Feasibility Study

1 month ago | glebereport.ca | Simon Morris

Bank Street Active Transportation and Transit Priority Feasibility StudyOptionsBy Simon MorrisThe City of Ottawa conducted a feasibility study in June 2024 focused on enhancing Bank Street’s active transportation and transit (https://engage.ottawa.ca/bank-street-active-transportation-and-transit-priority-feasibility-study).
Review: Is Snow White as awful as everyone says? | Review by Simon Morris in Screens

2 months ago | rnz.co.nz | Simon Morris

The Kiwi actor was in a Liverpool cafe when she found out the drama series was in the running for a BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) award for Best International Show.
Ortus Energy and SSE Energy Solutions drive solar adoption at KIA Stockton

2 months ago | sunderlandecho.com | Simon Morris

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowOrtus Energy, in partnership with SSE Energy Solutions, is pleased to announce the development of a signiﬁcant solar energy project at the Kia Stockton dealership located in Stockton-On-Tees. This initiative reinforces both companies’ commitment to supporting businesses in their transition to clean energy solutions.
Review: Despite star cast, William Tell a 'damp squib'

Mar 8, 2025 | rnz.co.nz | Simon Morris

A new movie about legendary Swiss hero William Tell took me back to my yesteryears and a creaky TV series of the same name. I remember very little of it, apart from having a crush on a pretty actress called Jennifer Jayne, who played Mrs Tell, the forgettable Conrad Phillips as William and an immense actor called Willoughby Goddard, who played the evil Gessler - but I do remember the theme song.
Review: Nickel Boys 'quite simply breathtaking'

Mar 6, 2025 | rnz.co.nz | Simon Morris

Nickel Boys was the darkhorse of this year's Oscars, although it was enthusiastically praised by the few people who actually got to see it - critics and academy members mostly. It never made the cinemas and streaming service Amazon Prime has only now finally released it. Nickel Boys was clearly not an easy sell - on paper.
Review: Tinā a film for the whole, national family

Feb 27, 2025 | rnz.co.nz | Simon Morris

New Zealand films do occasionally try the patience of their supporters. Yes, we've made some terrific movies, but out in the general Cinema of Unease, there's a tendency towards the glum and the grumpy. With one glorious exception.
Review: Bird: A 'staggeringly brilliant blend of Ken Loach and a Grimm fairy tale'

Feb 22, 2025 | rnz.co.nz | Simon Morris

Writer-director Andrea Arnold is a one-off. She seems to be rooted in British urban realism - films like Fish Tank and this week's Bird. But she also directs hit TV series like Big Little Lies, and surreal features like Cow - I quote - "a close-up portrait of the daily life of two cows." It's an hour and a half long. My favourite quote of Arnold's is: "I went to film school; you'd just never know it".

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