Even Anna Kendrick knows that female-led franchise reboots could lead somewhere silly. Here she spoofs Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

Simon Pegg has slammed superhero movies as "childish" and suggested the genre is "dumbing down" the film industry.

Apfel looks like a cross between a peacock and an owl. She has a plume of white hair, a slender physique and above-average height.

Jane Hawking tells Celia Walden how she remains good friends with her physicist ex-husband.

The first official teaser trailer for the Danny Boyle-directed Steve Jobs biopic has been released.

A Matthew McConaughey film about two men who find each other in a Japanese "suicide forest" has been loudly booed after its initial screenings at Cannes.

Chances are you've seen Mike Edward's face on television in the past 15 years. And if you've seen his face, you've probably seen his chest, too.

With the release of Mad Max: Fury Road this week, Dominic Corry counts down the ten coolest movie cars.

He was the action hero who was cast into the Hollywood wilderness. Now 50, Keanu Reeves is ready for his comeback — with a whopping eight films underway. Robbie Collin meets him.

A Kiwi stuntman has won a prestigious international award for his work on a Hollywood blockbuster starring Brad Pitt.

Director Taika Waititi has cast Sam Neill in his long-awaited screen adaptation of a book by Barry Crump.

Actor Samuel L Jackson has been cast in the remake of cult classic The Blob.

Scottish director John Maclean talks about why he filmed his awarding winning off-kilter Western in the South Island

Who knows what happened on May 8, 1945 when Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen, and sister Princess Margaret went on to the streets of London to celebrate Victory in Europe (VE) Day.

The latest Mad Max movie is an "incredibly feminist action film" according to Charlize Theron who's talking down her chances of an Oscar nomination for her role as Imperator Furiosa.

From the packed line-up in the Documentary Edge festival, Peter Calder picks five of the best he's previewed.

Johnny Depp's dog groomer says she feels sorry for the Hollywood star after the Australian government ordered Pistol and Boo to "bugger off" or be put down.

Actor Michael Fassbender has refused to let screenwriter Aaron Sorkin’s criticism sour his experience on the set of his upcoming Steve Jobs biopic.

Hugh Jackman has joined the 1000 pound club, proving that he is incredibly buff and may in fact be Wolverine.

A hiker in Oregon has found the boot Reese Witherspoon tossed into the wilderness while filming Wild.

A post-apocalyptic procession of tricked-out desert vehicles has caused a three-hour shut-down of Sydney’s busy Cahill Expressway.

British star Simon Pegg loves hanging out with Tom Cruise and is adamant his Mission: Impossible co-star doesn’t preach about Scientology.

Reviewers can't get enough of the new Mad Max film, calling the post-apocalyptic action-adventure "a modern classic" and "a "stone-cold action master class".

Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence is bridging the Hollywood pay gap by earning double what her male co-star Chris Pratt will take in her next movie.

Kiwi vampire flick What We Do in the Shadows has earned more than $600,000 through digital downloads during its first week of release in America.

They sent hearts pulsing in 2012's Magic Mike.

The stars and creator of the new Mad Max reboot talk to Michele Manelis about the extremes they went to for the new movie.