The film generating Oscar buzz for Netflix, Beasts Of No Nation, will debut on the streaming service on Friday in New Zealand, at the exact same time as the rest of the world.

New reports suggest Taika Waititi has been hired to lighten up superhero movie Thor: Ragnarok

Emma Watson and Mark Ruffalo are among stars backing Jennifer Lawrence for addressing the Hollywood gender pay gap in a hard-hitting article.

Director Robert Zemeckis made Forrest Gump run and sent Marty McFly back to the future. Why does he hope his new film will make you sick? Robbie Collin reports.

In the new version of the Kray twins story, the notorious gangsters spring to life fully formed.

Haunting photos of abandoned Kiwi set from Disney's 1988 teen war drama The Rescue.

French writer-director Oelhoffen parlays a 1957 short story by Albert Camus into a quietly riveting quasi-Western, set in the sere rocky uplands of Algeria in the 1954, at the start of the bloody war against the French colonisers.

The presence of Sharma (from Ang Lee's The Life of Pi) and Revolori, the bellboy stuck on fast-forward in Wes Anderson's mystifyingly popular The Grand Budapest Hotel, may improve the fortunes of this straightforward family drama.

Director says he wants 73-year-old Harrison Ford to return as whip-cracking archaeologist.

A Kiwi-made film has hit the big time - but for all the wrong reasons.

Kiwi producer Ant Timpson says Turbo Kid's makers would be rich if they made just $1 from every illegal download.

The Hugh Jackman vehicle had a budget of $224 million but brought in under $30m in its opening weekend after suffering poor reviews.

Each of her memorable characters contains a little bit of irrepressible Aussie. Toni Collette talks to Helen Barlow.

Towering film franchises are more than seasonal tentpoles. So often planned in multiple instalments, of course, they can function like big tops unto themselves.

Karl Puschmann paid good money to see a bad film. And he's happy about it.

Depp's intense, quietly disturbing portrayal of cold-blooded killer Jimmy "Whitey" Bulger proves the actor is back on form.

Break-up made me focus on my job, says actress, but admits winning an Oscar did not heal her loneliness.

The Martian is a movie about a botanist stranded when his crew accidentally leave him behind on Mars. Sadly, some people think it's real.

After hundreds of try-outs across the Pacific the voice of Moana has been found.

Daniel Craig is set to bank $89.85 million for Spectre.

My heart is racing, I am starting to feel breathless, and light-headedness is threatening to overwhelm me.

The director of a new film starring Tom Hardy as notorious Brit gangsters the Krays talks to Russell Baillie about his double vision.

Kirsten Dunst's guilelessness has set her apart from the A-list - and won her work in everything from superhero franchises to the new second season of Fargo. She talks to Elizabeth Day.

Johnny Depp talks to Helen Barlow about taking on the role of Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger in the movie Black Mass.

US federal officials are investigating Hollywood movie studios over allegations of widespread gender discrimination.

Featuring Toni Collette and Drew Barrymore

The sobbing and sniffing in the theatre would indicate this emotionally manipulative story about lifelong friends dealing with one of them having cancer hits the mark - but it's a close-run thing.

Mark Wahlberg is set to return to the Transformers film franchise for at least one more movie as studio bosses plan the next four instalments in the blockbuster series.