An exceptional cast of three Oscar nominees, with some wins between them, work hard to elevate a plodding script to more than a TV movie of the week, but it's a tough ask.

The Star Wars team has unveiled stunning new character posters for The Force Awakens new heroes and villains.

Any film about Malala Yousafzai, the courageous Pakistani girl shot by the Taleban in 2012, would be inspiring.

Hollywood studios have shut down a huge piracy website run out of house in suburban Auckland.

The first fruit of a co-production agreement between Australia and India, this cross-cultural love story follows a formulaic and predictable path.

Jennifer Lawrence is bidding farewell to The Hunger Games, the wildly popular fantasy franchise that made her a megastar and rare Hollywood action heroine.

Hunger Games fans will soon be able to feel, live and breathe the action.

A Texas man's dying wish is to see the new Star Wars film but he's worried he won't live long enough to see his dream come true.

Robert De Niro and spring break aren't exactly a match made in heaven.

Sandra Bullock's political satire Our Brand Is Crisis and chef drama Burnt starring Bradley Cooper added to a pile of films that failed to please.

Her Star Wars character is hidden behind a suit of armour, but Gwendoline Christie says Captain Phasma is "a very progressive female character."

A huge blaze has broken out on the set of Tom Cruise's new movie, engulfing a trailer with Tom Cruise standing just metres away.

A comedy starring Robert DeNiro and Zac Efron

Cinemas look to smash records as two blockbuster franchises battle for supremacy in the pre-Christmas showdown.

Hollywood heartthrob Bradley Cooper loved getting creative in the kitchen for his new film.

The former manager of pioneering rap group N.W.A has filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit over the movie Straight Outta Compton.

Not sure what to wear this Halloween? Here are 10 great costume ideas that are totally 2015.

The polarising 3D format is coming into its own just in time for Halloween, writes Karl Puschmann.

Dominic Corry picks out some of the best classic scary flicks to watch this Halloween.

As Charlie Brown celebrates his 65th birthday, Lucy Davies learns how his creator, Charles M Schulz, reinvented comics for the modern world.

The movie isn't out until next year, but Margot Robbie's role as Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad is proving to be a hot ticket this Halloween.

The NZ Herald entertainment team reveals some of their scariest movie experiences.

The reboot of the crime comedy is being produced by star of the original remake George Clooney.

Dynamic and passionate, thrumming with barely suppressed anger, this sleek American indie has the brains of a documentary, the soul of a moral fable and the beating pulse of a thriller.

Calling this latest collaboration, by director Noah Baumbach and star and co-writer Greta Gerwig a whirlwind of witty observations about the entitled middle class, is an understatement; it's a tornado.

A new trailer for Adam Sandler's latest movie The Rediculous Six shows no sign of the racist jokes which caused extras to walk off set.

Starring Carey Mulligan, Meryl Streep and Helena Bonham Carter.

The movie is a comedic, western ensemble starring Adam Sandler, Terry Crews, Jorge Garcia, Taylor Lautner, Rob Schneider, Luke Wilson and Nick Nolte.