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Thursday new releases: 30 October 2025

Pike River and Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere are in cinemas, Frankenstein is in cinemas for a short while before landing on Netflix and A House of Dynamite is now streaming on Netflix.

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Oct 30, 2025
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Stills from recent new release films, Pike River, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, Frankenstein and A House of Dynamite.Stills from recent new release films, Pike River, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, Frankenstein and A House of Dynamite.
Stills from recent new release films, Pike River, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, Frankenstein and A House of Dynamite.Stills from recent new release films, Pike River, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, Frankenstein and A House of Dynamite.

Once again, a busy week sees me resorting to linking to RNZ pieces rather than writing anything fresh. But it’s all gold, so there’s that.

You can hear the whole episode of this week’s At the Movies online here or on air on Sunday afternoon.

Pike River (Sarkies, 2025)

Is it a perfect film? No, it’s not. It is excellent on its own terms but to be perfect it…

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