Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg were hilarious together when they teamed up in 2010 for cop movie spoof The Other Guys. While the set-up in Daddy's Home is different, their roles are similar.

James Cameron has given fans of his hit movie Avatar a boost by confirming plans to start filming in January.

The Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper and David O. Russell show rolls back into town with family drama Joy, an offbeat and quietly entertaining yarn about the rags-to-riches true story of Joy Mangano, the inventor of the Miracle Mop, and her crazy family.

If Episode VII of the Star Wars saga points toward anything about the episodes to follow, it is that Kylo Ren is becoming the new Darth Vader.

The Critics' Choice Awards have added Star Wars: The Force Awakens as an 11th best-picture nominee.

Whether or not Bryan Cranston wins the Best Actor Oscar in February, this biopic will surely prompt a stream of sanctimonious recollection in Tinseltown about Dalton Trumbo.

The hero of The Good Dinosaur, the latest offering from Pixar animations, isn't the adorable apatosaurus, Arlo, his unlikely human companion, Spot, or the red neck T-Rex cowboy voiced by Western film actor Sam Elliott.

Surmounting the not considerable obstacle that French pop music makes John Denver sound like AC/DC, this Christmas crowdpleaser breathes new life into the girl-becomes-woman genre.

Charlie brown's return to the big screen, 25 years after the last Peanuts feature, is sure to charm and delight both newcomers and fans of Charles M. Schulz's iconic comic strip.

It's been a big year for movies, one of the biggest ever. Here are some of the movies, moments and performances we found to be the most memorable.

Warning: This article contains major plot spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

These are Hollywood's most overrated actors, according to Herald readers.

Boutique theatre company's opening Kiwi musical Daffodils is to be made into a movie

J.K. Rowling has said she "loves" the fact that Hermione Granger will be played by a black actress in the highly anticipated new Harry Potter play.

Filming on Star Wars: Episode VIII will start within weeks in London, The Force Awakens actor John Boyega told fans as he surprised them after a screening of the latest film in the capital.

South African stuntwoman who appeared in Star Wars: The Force Awakens suffers horrific injury on set of new zombie film.

Everything we want know about Star Wars Episode VIII. WARNING: Spoilers.

The star may be staying at one of Peter Jackson's many homes on Seatoun's Worser Bay

For the perfect Christmas you will need; a massive tree, a dangerous amount of lights, cheese-ball movies and songs so bad you wouldn't listen to them any other time, writes Matt Heath.

Disney producers were so determined to get the 73-year-old to reprise his role as Han Solo for The Force Awakens that they agreed to a $37 million fee.

A heroine steps up to the plate in the latest in the franchise.

Actor Jeremy Renner is heading into the ring to play legendary boxer Rocky Marciano in an upcoming biopic.

The pop star told the Supreme Court of New York that the suggestion Penn was violent towards her was completely "outrageous, malicious, reckless and false".

Daniel Craig did have a cameo in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it has been claimed.

Adam Driver kept the identity of his Star Wars character from his wife for three years.

John Cleese talks about bringing Monty Python to New Zealand and the formative experiences the country gave him as a young man

The fear of technology are not helped by a continuing epidemic of artificial intelligence (AI) and robophobic screenplays emanating from Hollywood.

The force may be strong with Star Wars: The Force Awakens but as the old saying goes, 'haters gonna hate'. So join Karl Puschmann on the dark side as he fulfils his destiny with a spoileriffic list of the Top 15 WTF moments in the new film.

A documentary about tickling made by TV3 journalist David Farrier will debut at the Sundance Film Festival in January.

It's been a great year for film, but there's no denying that some movies fell far short of their potential. Here's Dominic Corry's list.