7.4 /10 1 Votes
6.6/10 TV Original language(s) English Producer(s) Claude Gonzalez First episode date 1 July 2004 Number of seasons 11 Language English | 8.2/10 IMDb Country of origin Australia No. of seasons 11 Running time 26 minutes per episode Final episode date 9 December 2014 Genre Talk show | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Starring Margaret Pomeranz
David Stratton Writers Geoffrey Rush, Judith Lucy Similar The Chaser's War on E, First Tuesday Book Club, The Late Show, Judith Lucy Is All Woman, Rove | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
At the Movies is an Australian television program on ABC hosted by film critics Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton, where they discussed the films opening in theatres that week.
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History
The program, which began in mid-2004, is a continuation of the pair's earlier program The Movie Show, which aired on SBS One from 1986 to 2004. The pair left SBS after expressing dissatisfaction with high-level decisions.
The weekly half-hour program consists of film reviews and discussions as well as interviews with cast and crew members. The hosts also occasionally broadcast from film events such as the Cannes Film Festival.
The pair's 25 years of presenting film reviews on television was celebrated in a special show on 26 October 2011, filmed before an audience and special guests, hosted by Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush.
On 16 September 2014, Stratton and Pomeranz announced they would be retiring at the end of the 2014 series. The final episode aired on 9 December 2014 and Stratton and Pomeranz said farewell to over 700,000 viewers, making it one of the most watched season finales on the ABC in the history of the station.
5 star films
Only seven films have achieved a "5 star" rating by both Pomeranz and Stratton.
In the previous SBS format, several films achieved 5 stars from both Margaret and David, including films such as Goodfellas, The Thin Red Line, Schindler's List, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Aliens, Eyes Wide Shut. and Russian Ark,
In other media
Pomeranz and Stratton both appeared in a parody of themselves and At the Movies in the fourth episode of the ABC show Lawrence Leung's Choose Your Own Adventure. They have also appeared in the ABC shows The Chaser's War on Everything, Review with Myles Barlow and Good Game.