COMMENT: The following five remakes were all highly ill-advised, and should never have progressed beyond the idea stage.

COMMENT: Moana will feel fresh to many moviegoers as a mainstream animated film features voice actors who represent the culture being depicted.

Bad Moms is essentially your average frat-house party flick, starring hot Hollywood mums in place of Zac Efron - or at least it's trying to be.

The new X-Men TV series starring Downton Abbey actor Dan Stevens will relate to future movies in the franchise, the writer and director of the superhero films has confirmed.

There have been three previous Ben-Hur movies, as well as an animated version, a mini-series and a famous homage - Star Wars: The Phantom Menace - that ripped off its chariot race.

Dwayne Johnson has topped a Forbes magazine list of the world's highest-paid actors. Yes, The Rock is No. 1.

Film fans, here's a curly one for your Friday: Pick the greatest film of all time. Just the one.

Krasinski was really excited about the role, but one look at Chris Hemsworth as Thor and he was out the door.

More than a decade after the last outing, a new instalment in The Ring franchise will hit cinemas later this year. There's just one problem ...

Wondering why film remakes keep popping up even when no one wants them? There's actually a logical reason.

COMMENT: The BBC reached out to a couple hundred critics to see what we thought were the best movies to come out thus far in the still relatively new century.

Hemsworth and Hiddelston went straight from filming in city streets to paying a surprise visit to sick children in the nearby Lady Cilento Children's Hospital

The Dark Knight was nominated for eight Oscars, made more than $NZ1.3 billion worldwide and is considered one of the best superhero movies ever made.

Forbes says the highest paid actress earned $63 million - but that's 11 per cent down on her previous haul.

A poster for upcoming alien movie Arrival features a pretty big mistake and fans are not happy.

Even an epic chariot race made with today's computer technology couldn't redeem Ben-Hur.

The Kiwi director turned the middle of Brisbane into New York, sending fans into a frenzy over his "muscular" Thor stars.

Ron Weasley's "patronus" is a Jack Russell terrier. Moaning Myrtle's full name is Myrtle Elizabeth Warren. Harry Potter's uncle loves Top Gear. Fluffy the three-headed dog was repatriated to Greece. Tuition at Hogwarts is free.

Turns out Peter Jackson is the biggest film memorabilia collector of all the big directors.

Sir Ian McKellen was offered one million pounds to dress as his Lord Of The Rings character Gandalf and officiate at the wedding of

Here are some little-known facts from who stripped down to get the role to who got banned from set.

Alex Casey reviews The Shallows.

The new LOTR boxset has a lot of LOTR. Over 80 hours of Hobbity action. Here's five alternative ways to use that time.

It is a movie with some particularly Miami vices. Guns, drugs, flash cars, prostitutes, tanning clinics, and rich dudes requiring

Lord of the Rings has just gotten longer. Much longer. Yippee! Thanks Peter Jackson.

What happened to this year's summer movie season? This is the time when the world craves a bombastic blockbuster that not only rakes in a gazillion dollars but has the cultural impact to keep people talking. This year, all possible contenders fell short.

Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous creation has had dozens of re-inventions over the years, including a recent resurgence that has seen Benedict Cumberbatch, Robert Downey Jr and Johnny Lee Miller step into Sherlock Holmes' mystery-solving shoes.

A fantasy adventure filled with heart and soul, and beautiful animation.

The 12th and latest film to be based on a novel by the austere doyen of espionage fiction, John le Carre, may be the least satisfying ever.

Nathan Morris' self-funded movie At Dawn won a Director's Choice award at a US film festival and he hopes this will lead to bigger things.