My Movie DNA

27/07/2025

The latest episode of My Movie DNA is now up featuring New Zealand actress Helena Murphy-Reid.

We talk Tarantino, Kubrick, Nicole Kidman, and Larry Clark’s Kids, and the trials and tribulations of being an actress in the 21st century.

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06/07/2025

The latest episode of My Movie DNA is now available, featuring one of the leading lights of the Darwin comedy scene, Mahi Maïmou.

Our chat covers the gamut of Hollywood from Mae West and Bette Davis to Adam Sandler and Kermit the Frog, Mahi gives us a whistlestop tour of every glorious independent cinema in New Zealand, and we talk about whether Pinhead and the Cenobites would make good babysitters for a five-year-old…

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08/06/2025

The latest episode of My Movie DNA is now up featuring one third of Cinema in Context William Chen.

Lots of nerding out over Star Wars, animated movies, Wes Anderson, Brad Bird, Jackie Chan and Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning’s flaws!🍿

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04/05/2025

The latest episode of My Movie DNA is now up featuring record collecting groove queen Helen Howcroft.

Listen to us harp on about Scorsese, Greenaway, the Beastie Boys, odd saloon doors in NZ video store and much, much more!🍿

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23/03/2025

The latest episode of My Movie DNA is now up featuring soundtrack nut, Aliens fan, and all-round good guy from Iowa, Joe Foster.

Listen to us harp on about James Horner, Ed Zwick, Michael Biehn, and lots and lots of talk about Aliens!🍿

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01/03/2025

The latest episode of My Movie DNA is now up featuring Cinema in Context podcaster and all-round Alien superfan Jeremy Downing!

Listen to us harp on about the Oscars (and *that* film), Lost, Disney, and lots and lots of talk about Alien!🍿

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24/02/2025

With just a week to go to the Academy Awards, Johnny is joined by Jasher Drake and Daíbhid MacCann for the annual My Movie DNA Oscars special. It’s all here - The Substance, The Brutalist, Wicked, A Complete Unknown, Anora and Emilia Pèrez!🍿

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03/01/2025

A bonus episode of My Movie DNA this week as Jasher Drake and I discuss , specifically the films of Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton.

Also plenty of chat about Moonraker, Moonraker, Moonraker, Moonraker, Moonraker and Moonraker. 🚀

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09/12/2024

A bonus episode of My Movie DNA this week as Jasher Drake and I discuss , specifically the films of Sean Connery & George Lazenby.

Roll out the overused Aston Martin DB5 and strap in. This one’s got it all - gadgets, guns & b***s.

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02/12/2024

https://www.times.co.nz/art-entertainment/podcast-review-my-movie-dna/

My Movie DNA is a film-based audio podcast produced right here in east Auckland, by Howick man and movie addict Johnny Andrews. The podcast was originally started in 2022 to hear from movies lovers across New Zealand, but quickly extended to feature international guests from the United Kingdom and t...

29/11/2024

Nice little write-up in the local paper this week. 🗞️

24/11/2024

Absolutely honoured last night to host the Q&A for Gut Instinct with the film’s director Doug Dillaman and its star Sarah Watt at the Hollywood Avondale. A fantastic night, and a fantastic film. A truly weird modern-day masterpiece. 🍿