Wednesday new release: 17 December 2025

Avatar: Fire and Ash (Cameron, 2025) is playing in cinemas.

Before I start on Avatar: Fire and Ash, I want to acknowledge a sad milestone.

Today, my RNZ film reviewing colleague Simon Morris records his final ever episode of At the Movies. He took over the slot when Jonathan Dennis passed away in 2002 and he’s produced and presented over 1000 shows since then. (He was meticulously keeping count until a change to …