The film version of a well-regarded stage play, which was itself based on a true story, was always going to be at high risk of being a weepie of cloying sentimentality.

Leaving the theatre after watching this documentary about Carl Boenish, father of the base-jumping movement, I couldn't help but think how far skydivers have pushed the sport.

If Professor Stephen Hawking is correct, Interstellar was right: Falling into a black hole is not the end.

Meryl Streep and her actress daughter Mamie Gummer were sent to opposite ends of the house while filming scenes for their movie, Ricki and the Flash.

A love for an endangered New Zealand shore bird has won a budding film-maker an international award in Japan.

New Zealand hip-hop film Born to Dance will step out for the first time at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Former Dannevirke farm girl turned Summer Bay beach babe Jessica Grace Smith is returning home for a new project to be filmed in New Zealand.

They're not the best films in the world but by god, there's something about these films that has us hooked.

Dominic Corry celebrates the release of Hitman: Agent 47, by looking at some of cinema's coolest hitmen.

The trailer for the new Frankenstein film has been released, promising to be an entertaining ride for mad scientists and monster enthusiasts.

He's become a real glutton for punishment has Jake Gyllenhaal; whether it's the pounds he dropped for Nightcrawler, the muscle he packed on for this, or the cold he endured to play Scott Fischer in the forthcoming Everest.

The title sequence of this reboot of 1983's National Lampoon's Vacation includes holiday snapshots of butt cracks, animals humping and peeing, vomiting and an erection.

Director and screenwriter Peter Bogdanovich has often looked to the past for inspiration; this time he revives the screwball comedy genre he enjoyed success with in the early 70s.

Wordless as it is, this debut feature by a Ukrainian filmmaker makes no allowances for its audience's need for dialogue, expository or otherwise.

Disney recently announced it will soon be launching one of its biggest theme-park expansions in history.

Japan's All Nippon Airways is adding two new Star Wars-inspired Boeing aircrafts to its fleet.

Former N.W.A. bandmates Ice Cube and Dr. Dre have filed court papers demanding they be released from a lawsuit over the death of a bystander on the set of their biopic Straight Outta Compton.

Rupert Friend shot himself in the head while filming Hitman: Agent 47 - and the accident made it into the movie.

English actor Maisie Williams says shooting her first sex scene was "extremely awkward."

Lenny B. Robinson, a viral sensation who dressed as a superhero to visit sick children in hospitals, struck by passing car.

Homeland star Rupert Friend has revealed he was constantly pestered for spoilers about the hit show while filming his latest movie.

A lack of nominees has seen this year's local movie awards postponed until next year.

The latest Hunger Games marketing strategy has accidentally printed the C-word across actress Jennifer Lawrence's face.

Jemaine Clement has criticised local television networks, telling a US newspaper they have "no interest in making television comedy in New Zealand at all".

As Disney unveils plans for two huge Star Wars theme parks alongside its existing sites in Florida and California, here are some other travel options for fans.

So here we have a British director reviving an American Cold War show that was the small-screen answer to Bond.

Rachel McAdams shines as a boxer's wife, writes Leena Tailor.

Young singing sensation Thomston was given a year by his parents to make his mark in music or go to university. Today, he is making an impact globally with his own brand of pop-R&B-alt-electronic, writes Lydia Jenkin.

Veteran actor Michael Caton talks to Russell Baillie about his new movie which takes the road less travelled.