The author of a book about a 1996 climbing disaster that claimed eight lives says a recent movie about the incident is "total bull".

The theme song to the new James Bond movie Spectre, was unveiled today and fans reactions are mixed.

He's the franchise's biggest star, but it seems Will Smith is set to miss out on another outing as Agent J.

Filmmaker Nancy Meyers has produced a catalogue of lighthearted, fun films, with mature actors and made for mature audiences; think Something's Gotta Give and It's Complicated.

He may have been sporting a greasy man bun but Matt Damon was in good form when he sat down to chat with Herald film writer Dominic Corry in Hong Kong.

Director Geoff Murphy talks to Greg Dixon about fighting bureaucrats, making a film industry, the madness of Hollywood and why he doesn't rate Peter Jackson.

Karl Puschmann was once a fan of Adam Sandler but no longer. He counts down his five biggest crimes against comedy.

Sir Peter Jackson's value to New Zealand cinema has been challenged by one of Kiwi film's founding fathers.

Born to Dance star Kherington Payne dropped the C-bomb live on air after she was set up by her co-stars, including Stan Walker.

Watch the first look at The Angry Birds Movie.

The acting legend refuses to talk of retirement as he demonstrates yet another side of his talent in The Intern.

Occupying the most improbable of genres, the musical thriller, this feature-film version of a 2011 National Theatre hit takes an unusual angle of view to explore the effect on the small Ipswich street of the title of a wave of murders in 2006.

Star Wars fans are now able to immerse themselves in a scene from the franchise's upcoming film in a promotional 360 video released by Facebook.

It sounds like a scene from a James Bond film itself, full of mystery, intrigue and suspicion.

She's the sole American import in Born To Dance, the Kiwi hip-hop dance film which opens at local cinemas today - meet Kherington Payne, who plays North Shore resident Sasha, a dancer and the love interest of the film's leading man, Tu.

Internationally acclaimed South Auckland hip-hop superstar Parris Goebel turns this classic follow-your-dreams dance story into something special, thanks to her electrifying, unique style of choreography and incredible troupe of dancers.

Actor Daniel Craig says he became embroiled in a number of bust-ups with director Sam Mendes while filming new James Bond movie Spectre.

It's a story beloved by many but it seems the tale of Peter Pan is one which has now been told too many times.

Original Ghostbusters stars Ernie Hudson and Annie Potts have reportedly signed on to make cameos in the upcoming reboot of the beloved film.

Matt Damon's new movie The Martian has been given the thumbs up by astronauts on the International Space Station after it was screened for the crew over the weekend.

Hugh Jackman described the experience of playing Blackbeard in Neverland as "just awesome" as he joined co-stars Rooney Mara, Garrett Hedlund and Levi Miller in London's Leicester Square for the film's world premiere.

When Sienna found out she was only being paid half what the man was being paid, she walked away - this earned her the title of "badass" online.

Sicario is less a typical FBI thriller than something akin to Michael Mann's Heat or a Zero Dark Thirty substituting the War on Terror for the War on Drugs.

Johnny Depp has revealed he felt a tremendous amount of responsibility to portray real-life gangster James "Whitey" Bulger.

Matt Damon has apologised for comments regarding diversity in filmmaking that sparked widespread backlash online.

By all accounts he's a strange guy. You might pick up on this by his movie roles or his talk show appearances or that time he crashed a random kickball game.

Since his breakthrough in The Usual Suspects (1995), Puerto Rico-born Benicio Del Toro has established his career playing characters in drug-drenched stories.

Matt Damon talks to Dominic Corry about why playing yet another stranded astronaut isn't giving him complex - just a chance to put some science back into sci-fi.

As slight in scope as it is modest in subject matter, the second-to-last film by Albert Maysles, who died in March, is a charming if occasionally too-reverential portrait of New York identity and self-described "geriatric starlet" Iris Apfel.

If you see only one film this year shot on an iPhone 5s and focusing on transgender hookers in LA, make it this one.