School Holiday Movie Survival Guide

About this episode

The episode provides a guide for parents on which movies to see during the school holidays, including discussions on box office predictions and family-friendly films.

School holidays don’t just test your patience, they test your planning. We kick things off by settling our Oscars scorecard and checking how our New Zealand box office predictions stacked up, then we jump straight into the real question parents are asking: what’s actually worth seeing at the cinema over the break? We walk through a lineup built for families and kids, including The Magic Faraway Tree and why nostalgia is driving interest, the Super Mario Galaxy movie as the likely blockbuster...

People in this episode

Hosts: Brent Harbour, Ross Churchouse

Topics covered

• school holidays
• movie recommendations
• family films
• nostalgia
• box office predictions

Keywords

• school holiday movies
• family cinema
• movie survival guide
• Oscars scorecard
• New Zealand box office

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Magic Faraway Tree, Super Mario Galaxy

Places: New Zealand

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