Looking for light, cheerful entertainment for the littlies these holidays? Meet Home, the latest animated family film from DreamWorks Animation.

A loss of focus turns this small English feature from an excellent film into a routine and mediocre one about half-way through, but its opening reels have touches of understated genius about them and it is full of undeniably moving moments.

Liam Neeson sure is making the most of his late career run as an action hero.

From Downton to Disney, Lily James' role as cinema's new Cinderella is about to send her into orbit. She talks to Michele Manelis.

Whether it's a blockbuster or an indie slow-burner, Mark Ruffalo believes in bringing the same principles and work ethic to every film. He talks to Dominic Corry.

Bringing Cinderella to the screen required Kenneth Branagh and his designers to work some magic, reports Helen Barlow.

Robert Redford, 78, who is in the region filming for the Disney remake of Pete's Dragon, has been spotted around Rotorua recently.

If you have something that somebody else has already imagined, then without a doubt Tim Burton is the go-to-guy to get that shiz reimagined, Karl Puschmann. It won't be any good, of course.

The live return of the Backstreet Boys comes with a movie opening act. Leena Tailor reports.

Hollywood star Johnny Depp is renowned for not wasting his beer, but it was a spill of a very different kind that saw him flying back to America.

The robot-addicted minds at Weta Workshop helped design the star of Neill Blomkamp's new sci-fi romp. Chappie's makers tells Chris Schulz the five steps essential for building a great big-screen bot.

A trailer gives Nirvana fans a sneak peek at the acclaimed Kurt Cobain documentary Montage of Heck. Here's the story behind the film...

Kiwi Rose McIver relishes her new lead role as a zombie with a conscience - even the brains for breakfast, writes Leena Tailor.

Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson are expected to negotiate seven-figure pay rises for the two Fifty Shades of Grey sequels.

Chameleon character actor Marsan has a long list of supporting-role credits in big films (Sherlock Holmes; Mission Impossible III) and small (X+Y), which releases here next week.

Free of the Harry Potter juggernaut, British actor and director Alan Rickman has finally returned to the director's chair, almost two decades after his directing debut with The Winter Guest.

A good kidnapping requires clever design, meticulous planning and a magician's sense of timing; so does a good kidnapping film. This isn't one.

Johnny Depp has been forced to return to America to have surgery after he was injured on location for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, according to

For George Clooney every "second that ticks by the future is running out". At least according to his character in Disney's Tomorrowland, where he plays a former boy-genius on a mission to save the world.

Hollywood legend Robert Redford set tongues wagging after touching down in Auckland en route to his next film set - the central North Island town of Tokoroa.

To celebrate International Women's Day, we look at the important waves that female characters, both fictional and based on real life women, have made in the 21st century so far.