The Angry Birds Movie exists because the video game franchise has been a phenomenal success since its release in 2010.

Whatever Elba is doing in Bastille Day, at least he does it well, which is more than can be said for many others involved, who struggle with the lacklustre script.

The Avengers are back brighter than ever - squabbling, kicking ass and cracking jokes.

This new movie by Torchlight Films is technically more ambitious than the previous, but something has been lost in the attempt to up the production ante.

Only a really good singer can sing as badly as Meryl Streep does in this charming if conventional biopic of the New York socialite, writes Peter Calder.

Fans of this comedy sub-genre will know what to expect; a formulaic series of interlinking stories led by a formidable cast of affable A-listers.

It might be the third Captain America movie but this isn't a stand-alone affair like his previous two, writes Russell Baillie.

In a better world a film about Mavis Staples should represent her prime time, however in this inspiring documentary she is 76.

Evocative animated account gives us a new way to commemorate Gallipoli.

This movies has a satirical take on life as a war correspondent and requires Fey to move through gears from serious to funny and absurd.

Any concern that Disney has messed with Rudyard Kipling's classic tale with this live action remake are dispelled just by the trailer.

But to the extent that Deschamps' film tells us anything about the food, it does so only in the style of a corporate video that seems close to a puff piece.

Latest Disney offering is important, intellectual and hilarious and should be seen by young and old.

A lack of tension and a cyclical plot does little to draw you into this lacklustre third outing, and leaves you wondering if you even care about the fate of Tris and her mates.

The technical accomplishment on show delivers something watchable that goes a long way towards compensating for an ending that's non-existent.

When you watch Sherpa you have an advantage over the documentary film-makers who shot it: they never knew what was coming.

Snow White and the Huntsman from 2012 was a visually stunning but ponderous fantasy drama, best known for the real-life adulterous tryst between director Rupert Sanders and his Snow White, Kristen Stewart.

This may be yet another animated animal movie, but, though it has its share of adorable furry characters, there's a lot more to this cartoon crime caper.

'Wilderpeople' is a truly unique film that could only be made in New Zealand, and may be our best yet.

The runaway local success of Boy sure made it a hard act to follow. Could a local film ever hope to find as big an audience again? Could its creator, Taika Waititi, ever hope to tap a nation's funnybone with such precision in another film?

Third time around and you may think the gag about a bumbling panda being a Kung Fu master is wearing thin, but no, Po is as entertaining as ever.

Before seeing a preview of this superhero superclash, reviewers were advised multiple times not to put spoilers out into world ...

This American film starts off as as swords and sandals detective story, with Jesus the missing person, before defaulting to a hollow gospel drama.

Producer J.J. Abrams sure knows how to release a film. In 2007, he launched a mysterious trailer for an unnamed sci-fi film at a Transformers screening, creating a buzz that saw Cloverfield, as it was soon to be known, collect just over US$170 million.