Dominic Corry takes a look at five films that beat the bad buzz and five films that weren't so lucky.

The new trailer for local hip-hop dance movie starring Stan Walker expands on the forthcoming film’s storyline and gets in a few Auckland jokes among the fast-cut choreography.

Jake Gyllenhaal has revealed he didn't use a body double for his boxing scenes in his new movie.

Puerto Rican actor Benicio Del Toro is in talks to play the villain in the eighth Star Wars film.

Jennifer Lawrence says she was put off working on X-Men movies because of the overwhelming fumes from the paint required to transform her into Mystique.

The Revenant is an immersive and visceral cinematic experience capturing one man’s epic adventure of survival and the extraordinary power of the human spirit.

British director Sam Mendes says he probably won't work on any more James Bond films after the latest installment of the long-running film series, Spectre, which opens in London in October.

In Grandma, Lily Tomlin, takes a rare lead film role as a foul-mouthed hippy lesbian poet and yes, grandmother.

Ian McKellen has hung up his wizard staff to take on the cloak of literature’s greatest man of mystery.

British character actor Aubrey Morris who is best known for his role as Mr Deltoid in A Clockwork Orange has died aged 89.

Paul Walker's brother Cody Walker has landed his first major film role.

Dinner and a movie is the best way to spend a wintery evening during the film festval, writes Dionne Christian.

Our reviewer Russell Baillie discovers there's big fun to be found in Ant-Man's small-scale thrills.

Rachelstarring in one of the year’s biggest TV shows, True Detective, and a new box office hit alongside Jake Gyllenhaal

Dan Aykroyd will appear briefly as a taxi driver in the new Ghostbusters revamp, according to multiple reports.

British acting icon Ian McKellen has taken a swipe at has dismissed the Superman franchise as "a joke" and branded superspy James Bond a "silly twit".

Dominic Corry talks to actor Michael Ironside about starring in Kiwi film, Turbo Kid.

It has been 50 years, but 75-year-old Amoe McGrath still remembers the day she shared the screen with rock legend.

Meet the cast of 90s punk/hip-hop caper comedy Dope.

Director of new film on Amy Winehouse says: "Everyone thought they knew everything about her."

The New Zealand International Film Festival is upon us. Dominic Corry sifts out some of the best movies to see.

Revenge, served at various temperatures, is the unifying theme of this Oscar-nominated Argentinian compendium of six blackly comic short films making a welcome return from last year's festival.

The writer and director of the brilliant AI film, Ex Machina, talks to Michael O'Sullivan.

The festival's opening night film stars some familiar faces but it's remarkably original writes Helen Barlow.

Jason Lei Howden's blood-soaked horror movie Deathgasm will make its NZ debut at the festival. The first time director chats to Chris Schulz about filming gore on the fly.

Peter Calder examines the local docos delving deep into Maori stories.

The cast has been announced for a live script read of a late 90s Kiwi classic that captures Gen-X Auckland.

Following last year's The Fault In Our Stars comes Paper Towns, the second (and probably not the last) adaptation of a John Green novel.

We were a bit worried about that being a distraction. But she was discreet to the point where sometimes we forgot that she was there.