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Everest industry a 'circus'
Tenzing Norgay's son has called the Everest industry a "circus" ahead of the release of a new documentary about worker's rights on Mt Everest.

When Anika met Taika
We let Anika Moa loose on the green carpet at the Hunt for the Wilderpeople premiere.

Actress punches Tarzan during sex scene
It was crucial to the director of the new Tarzan film that Margot Robbie's Jane was a modern woman, so he asked her to punch actor Alexander Skarsgard in a sex scene.

Petition wants Batman director banned from Justice League duties
A petition requesting Batman v Superman director Zack Snyder be banned from directing future DC comic book movies already has 7000 signatures.

Celebs rave about Hunt for the Wilderpeople
A host of New Zealand celebs have taken to social media with rave reviews for Taika Waititi's Hunt for the Wilderpeople after it premiered last night in Auckland.

Spartacus star's cancer fight to open film festival
The film follows the fight of Andy and wife Vashti after the Welsh actor was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, which eventually took his life.

Deadpool becomes top grossing R-rated film
Deadpool has become the top grossing R-rated movie of all time, taking US$746 million (NZ$1088.18 million) at the global box office.

Review: Waititi's new film right on target
The runaway local success of Boy sure made it a hard act to follow. Could a local film ever hope to find as big an audience again? Could its creator, Taika Waititi, ever hope to tap a nation's funnybone with such precision in another film?

Viewers hang cape expectations on Wonder Woman
Before Warner Bros gets too carried away with the record-breaking box office take of Batman v Superman, the studio might want to take a breath.

Why Batman v Superman could be one of the biggest blockbuster bombs of all time
In today's superhero Hollywood, you must build a franchise, so that your heroes can keep making cameos, pairing off and dying for many lucrative years to come.

Movie review: London Has Fallen
Nothing can stop Butler from cracking jokes in the midst of global chaos.

Look out for Pork Pie
The original 1981 road movie was the biggest Kiwi film of a generation - and the Wellington chase scene, being shot today and tomorrow, was its most famous.

What to watch, eat, do this Easter weekend
Whether it's inside, outside or somewhere in between, we have your long weekend covered.

In the ring with the heroes
Who is the stronger hero? Michael Cavna and David Betancourt weigh up the odds.

Watch: My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 trailer
Fourteen years after My Big Fat Greek Wedding was released and surprisingly went on to become the biggest grossing romantic comedy of all time (allowing for inflation), Nia Vardalos and most of the cast from the original film return to stage another big, fat Greek wedding.

Movie Review: Kung Fu Panda 3
Third time around and you may think the gag about a bumbling panda being a Kung Fu master is wearing thin, but no, Po is as entertaining as ever.

Taika Waititi talks going bush for new film
Taika Waititi and Sam Neill talk about going bush in the director's latest childhood adventure, The Hunt for the Wilderpeople.

Warning: Batman v Superman contains a really big spoiler
Viewers at early screenings of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice have been warned multiple times not to spoil the film for others.

In defence of Pee-wee Herman
COMMENT: Pee-wee Herman is back in a brand new movie for Netflix which hilariously demonstrates that the character still has plenty to offer audiences thirty years after his iconic first film.

Bridget Jones is back with new film's first trailer
It's been 14 long years, but finally everybody's favourite singleton Bridget Jones is set to return to our movie screens in the third instalment of the popular series - Bridget Jones's Baby.

Are we finally sick of young-adult dystopian movies?
Have we reached the saturation level with dystopian young adult movies?

Get into China, film-makers urged
The Film Commission is pushing film-makers to use a co-production treaty with China as way to improve access to the burgeoning Chinese box office.

Our review of Batman v Superman
Before seeing a preview of this superhero superclash, reviewers were advised multiple times not to put spoilers out into world ...

Batman v Superman: The super battle begins
Michele Manelis talks to the stars, and to director Zack Snyder about the new adventure with Batman V Superman.

Batfleck praised but film is 'not fun'
Critics have praised Ben Affleck's portrayal of the Dark Knight in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but slammed the film for being too bleak.