Peter Calder reviews new movie The Admiral...

The Karena family dynamics are captured on film.

The dancing sequences are sublime in Mao's Last Dancer.

Twilight star Robert Pattinson proves he's more than just every teenage girl's favourite vampire.

It's not just because of fancy 3D computer graphics that Tim Burton's Alice and Wonderland is the closest to what Lewis Carroll saw when he wrote the book.

On paper, it's hard to imagine Travolta and Rhys Meyers together, but on screen they have a nice thing going.

Peter Calder reviews new movie Shutter Island...

Given the horrendous events it documents, this viscerally gripping Australian drama is remarkably understated.

A disappointingly bland romantic comedy, Valentine's Day boasts an ensemble cast.

Peter Calder reviews new movie Bright Star...

Peter Calder reviews new movie Silent Wedding...

Director Chris Columbus, responsible for the first two Harry Potter films, returns to the world of teenage fantasy adventures.

Sparks do not fly between Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker.

Sidibe is utterly convincing in her role as a troubled teenager.

Mel Gibson, in hero mode again.

The title of this film is a clue that it's a homage to John Cassavetes' 1980 film Gloria.

Director Rob Marshall, who was behind the Oscar-winning musical Chicago, knows how to recreate big, bold musical numbers of energetic choreography, glitz and glamour.

Herald film reviewer Russell Baillie rates Invictus three stars and, unfortunately, we still lose the World Cup.

A delightful rom com that is actually funny.

In 2004's Kaikohe Demolition, German-born New Zealand-bred filmmaker Habicht got to know the stars of a dodgems-to-the-death demolition derby in the Northland town of the title and then filmed the hilarious showdown.

Good old 2D hand-drawn animation isn't very fashionable these days.

Director Jason Reitman is yet to put a foot wrong.

The debut feature of its writer-director, this disarmingly deadpan comedy can scarcely avoid comparison with (and even accusations of ripping off) 1999's Being John Malkovich.

Law Abiding Citizen stars Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler, and that's probably the best that can be said about what is an overly violent thriller.

Modest in both scale and ambition, this indie offering may include one complication too many among its ingredients.

Larry David has long been a sun-bleached Woody Allen.

High-pitched animated fun best left for those aged under 12.