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Doco goes under Daft Punk helmets
The mystery surrounding Daft Punk, the star French musical duo who usually keep their identities hidden under full-face robot helmets, will be lifted a little more in a new TV documentary to premiere next week.

Photos from Ghostbusters set
Melissa McCarthy looks like she has seen a ghost, Kate McKinnon has been slimed and Kristen Wiig is sporting a dowdy suit in the first pictures to emerge from the Ghostbusters set.

The movie every pet owner needs to see
If you've ever wondered what your pets get up to when you're not home, a new animated movie has some theories.

Trailer: The Secret Life of Pets
Taking place in a Manhattan apartment building, Max's life as a favorite pet is turned upside down, when his owner brings home a sloppy mongrel named Duke. They have to put their quarrels behind when they find out that an adorable white bunny named Snowball is building an army of abandoned pets determined to take revenge on all happy-owned pets and their owners.

Why zookeepers are recreating this Jurassic World scene
It's not often zookeepers start trending on social media - but thanks to Chris Pratt's hit new film Jurassic World, that's exactly what's happened.

Capturing the genius of the Beach Boys on screen
The film switches between the Beach Boys’ rise to pop stardom in the 1960s and Wilson’s breakdown and recovery in the 1980s.

We rank every Pixar movie ever made
So many great Pixar movies, but which is best? And where will the studio's latest feature, Inside Out, sit? Dominic Corry ranks all of Pixar's movies.

True Detective star to play US president
Woody Harrelson has been cast as former US president Lyndon Baines Johnson in director Rob Reiner's new biopic LBJ.

Actress insists on female director for biopic
Actress Natalie Portman reportedly held up development on the Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic after insisting on working with a female director.

Star won't film outside the US
Jurassic World star Chris Pratt is single-handedly keeping the US film industry all-American by refusing to leave the country to make movies.

Freeman, Keaton light up film
Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton are well cast as a couple married for 40-plus years agonising over whether to sell their home for a more age-appropriate dwelling.

Rupert Wyatt to direct X-Men spin-off
Filmmaker Rupert Wyatt has reportedly signed on to direct Channing Tatum in the much-anticipated film adaptation of Gambit.

From Shortland Street to Grey's Anatomy: Kiwi star's key roles
Martin Henderson has come a long way since his days as Stuart Neilson on New Zealand's national soap, Shortland Street in 1992.

Eight unrealistic Jurassic World scenes
Jurassic World is not Selma. We don't need to debate how realistic it is because, well, it's about a theme park filled with dinosaurs. And yet, there are still moments in Jurassic World that are so overtly fake, they become impossible to ignore.

Point Break remake is 'stupid'
Point Break actress Lori Petty has criticised the film's upcoming remake, branding the new movie "stupid".

Film fans flock to New Zealand
New Zealand is the third most popular destination for film buffs wanting to follow in their favourite character's footsteps.

Clooney delivers year's flop
Tomorrowland, starring George Clooney, is one of the worst flops of the year and is set to cost Disney Studios between US$120 million and US$140 million (NZ$170.95 million - NZ$199.44 million), according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The serial killer thriller critics are raving about
The new Spanish thriller Marshland opened in New Zealand this week following a raft of international acclaim and awards.

Peter Jackson pays tribute to Lee
Lord of the Rings star Christopher Lee died today aged 93. Here's how friends and fellow actors have paid tribute to him.

Prince of Darkness to knight of realm
From Dracula to Saruman, Bond villain to Jedi master, Christopher Lee was a master of wickedness.

Ready for Jurassic Kiwi?
Off to see Jurassic World this weekend? Canvas columnist James Griffin pens his own NZ dino-rampage blockbuster.

Hollywood starlets' hilarious spoof
Bryce Dallas Howard has teamed up with her The Help co-star and fellow redhead Jessica Chastain to poke fun at comparisons between the two stars.

Movie review: Behind The Beautiful Forevers
The acclaimed non-fiction book by New Yorker staff writer Katherine Boo is the raw material of this energetic and often spellbinding production of an adaptation by David Hare, the first National Theatre show with an entirely Asian cast.

Here's the first footage of Ratchet & Clank on PS4
Insomniac has shown off the first gameplay from upcoming PlayStation 4 platformer Ratchet & Clank.

Movie review: Marshland
It’s the early 80s and the country is emerging uncertainly from the Franco era. Old loyalties are dying hard — the area, we gather, was a fascist stronghold — and widespread industrial unrest lends a simmering sense of disquiet.

50 Shades screenwriter won't watch film
Fifty Shades Of Grey screenwriter Kelly Marcel still hasn't seen the raunchy movie because the creative struggles with EL James throughout the process “broke her heart”.

'Sexiest man alive' joins Ghostbusters
The girls in the new Ghostbusters film will have some decent eye candy to look at when they tire from fighting all the nasties.