At The Movies RNZ Radio

Atlas is a new scifi thriller on Netflix, starring Jennifer Lopez as a genius scientist on the hunt for her family robot, whose gone rogue and plans to destroy the Earth. Believe it or not, it went straight to Number One on the streaming service.

The Garfield movie sees the big screen return of the sarcastic, overweight marmalade tabby. Now voiced by Chris Pratt (The Lego movie) with Samuel L Jackson as his long-lost father and Snoop Dogg as a cat.

Unsung hero is the mostly true story of Australia's Smallbone family, who emigrated to America and ended up spawning two leading Christian music acts - Rebecca St James and pop duo For King and Country. Starring Josh Smallbone as his father David and popular Australian actress Daisy Betts (Last resort) as his mother.

Simon Morris finds it hard to get much sympathy when he complains about the regular mixed bag of movies currently on display at the cinema!

Simon Morris wonders why prequels are so much rarer than sequels - and reviews three films, all in their way, backstories of later events.

Copa 71 is a documentary of the first, unofficial Women's Football World Cup in Mexico City 1971. Football organisers FIFA did all they could to close it down, and later hush it up. Produced by Venus and Serena Williams.