In episode six, Johnny talks to Dominic Corry, one of New Zealand’s leading film journalists. Dom is the film critic for the New Zealand Herald, editor-at-large for Letterboxd and regularly contributes to Flicks and Radio New Zealand, among other places. This conversation was recorded face-to-face in early November of 2022. We talk about the experience of growing up as a film nerd in New Zealand, discuss the works of Hitchcock, Verhoeven, and De Palma, and we ask the question of where comic...

In episode five, Johnny talks to David Lowbridge-Ellis, editor and commander-in-chief of LicenceToQueer.com, a fantastic online community that looks at the James Bond universe from an LGBTQ perspective. As well as being a James Bond obsessive, David is also an avid film fan and his background as a secondary school teacher and headmaster turns this into possibly the most eloquent and articulate My Movie DNA discussion so far. And, not surprisingly, we touch on the Bond universe despite every...

In episode four, Johnny talks to Cameo England. One of New Zealand's last working cinema projectionists, Cameo is the Film & Technical Manager at the glorious Hollywood Avondale, where she regularly projects 35mm prints of movie classics. Cameo has worked in cinemas since the mid-2000s, where she learnt to project film in the pre-digital era, and now shares that skill with cinema audiences in Auckland. Our horror-heavy conversation was recorded in October 2022 - just in time for...

In episode three, Johnny talks to Karen O'Leary. One of New Zealand's national treasures, Karen stars opposite Mike Minogue in Wellington Paranormal, one of several offshoots of Taika Waititi's What We Do In The Shadows universe. Based in Wellington, New Zealand, Karen is also an educator and a musician. In addition to What We Do In The Shadows, her acting credits include the films The Breaker Upperers and the recently released Nude Tuesday. Our conversation was recorded at the end of...

In episode two, Johnny talks to Karl Lock. A former record company insider for EMI and Universal, Karl is currently a movie buyer for JB Hi-Fi, the largest Entertainment retailer in Australia and New Zealand. Karl has an encyclopaedic knowledge of both music and movies, and is a constant treasure trove of information. Our conversation was recorded in early July of 2022 and includes mild spoilers for the film Top Gun: Maverick. We also cover topics such as The Rocky Horror Picture Show, James...

In the first episode, Johnny talks to Billie Rogers. A bit of a local legend, as the kick-ass bass player in the New Zealand band Street Chant, Billie is one of a select few who has won the prestigious Taite Music Prize. This was awarded to the band in 2017 for their second album, Hauora. These days, Billie can be found at Auckland's glorious Hollywood Avondale, where she is the venue manager, dealing with all their many film screenings and also their music concerts. Our conversation was...

The movies we watch are part of the building blocks of who we are. You could say it’s in our DNA. Welcome to the MY MOVIE DNA podcast. My name is Johnny Andrews and I’m a movie-loving Englishman living in New Zealand. I’m on a mission to speak to New Zealand’s biggest movie-lovers to find out what makes them tick. So if you want to hear indecipherable Kiwi accents talking about their love of movies, this is the podcast for you. Search for MY MOVIE DNA wherever you get your podcasts.