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The Big Read: How movie dramatises deaths of Kiwi mountaineers
Bringing you our favourite features from 2015. If you missed them the first time around, now's the perfect time to catch up.

Best of the Blogs: Cinema's cringiest sex scenes
We're looking back at our columnists' most popular pieces from 2015. Today, the highly anticipated film Fifty Shades of Grey has been unleashed on New Zealand. Dominic Corry takes a peek at some of the cringiest sex scenes shown on the big screen.

George Lucas calls Disney 'white slavers'
Star Wars creator takes swipe at studio over their treatment of his space opera.

Lessons from 10 box office failures
We all mess up sometimes, that's life, what's important is to learn from our mistakes. Looking back on 2015, Hollywood could do the same.

The Great Family Film Poll: The Neverending Story
The Herald and Flicks.co.nz are on the hunt to discover New Zealand's favourite family film. Today Leonie Hayden tells us why she chooses The Neverending Story.

The Great Family Film Poll: Wall-E
The Herald and Flicks.co.nz are on the hunt to discover New Zealand's favourite family film. Today TV presenter Matt Gibb tells us why he loves Wall-E.

The Star Wars showdown that can't come soon enough
Warning: This article contains major plot spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Pixar 'mascot' adapts for directorial debut
Apart from famously loud-shirted chief executive John Lasseter, the Pixar bunch remains mostly unseen, staying behind the scenes and letting their work do their talking.

Good Grief, Sparky
Schulz died in 2000 aged 77 and Jim a year later at a very youthful 92, both leaving a fabulous legacy for the next generation of scribblers.

Movies to see and avoid with your family
Is there a film appropriate for your parents, siblings and grandpa?

Star Wars-like bots far, far away from reality
The latest episode of Star Wars is now upon us and has unleashed a new era of science fantasy robots, or "droids" as they are known.

Signs Han Solo was never right for Leia
With everybody talking about The Force Awakens, here are eight signs these star-crossed lovers were never right for each other.

The Big Read: Does Harrison Ford really want to be here?
Bringing you our favourite features from 2015. If you missed them the first time around, now's the perfect time to catch up.

Star unsure about Guardians of the Galaxy role
Kurt Russell has no idea what Guardians of the Galaxy is about, despite receiving an offer to portray Chris Pratt's father in a planned sequel.

2015 was a year for ...
TimeOut takes a look back at the year that was, here are the entertainment highlights from 2015.

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

Why Kylo Ren is the perfect Star Wars villain
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.

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

Review: Bryan Cranston flick 'enlightening'
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.

Review: New Pixar film beautiful but predictable
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.

Review: Growing up through music
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.

Review: Fresh Peanuts retains tradition
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.

Family First launches streaming website
Family First has started its own streaming TV and movie site, akin to Netflix or Lightbox.

Star Wars villains 'too mild'
L'Osservatore Romano weighed in on J.J. Abrams' new Star Wars movie, The Force Awaken and thought the film's villains just weren't evil enough.

2015's best movie moments
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.

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

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