A stellar line-up of A-list actors including Timothy Spall and Melanie Lynskey will arrive in Christchurch this week to begin filming on The Changeover.

Our favourite loveable ditz is back, and this time she's got herself up the duff and people are loving it.

Sarah Michelle Gellar just shared a mind-blowing fan theory about the hit film Grease.

A few words with actor, writer, director Alice Englert.

A new trailer for Amanda Knox, a forthcoming documentary about the killing of Meredith Kercher, sees Knox address the camera directly.

With Mel Gisbon starring in the film Bad Blood and directing Hacksaw Ridge, will audiences embrace his long standing comeback?

Basically Sausage Party is a sniggering, dirty spin on the typical Pixar film, with the one big joke being its cartoons dropping f-bombs.

Moana's creators purposefully made her not to be "wasp-thin", but rather "an action hero".

Bridget's had a tough run but it seems the critics are back on board and there may even be a fourth film.

Blood Father heads towards an anaemic finish, but it offers plenty of pulp excitement along the way.

After filming Pete's Dragon in New Zealand, Bryce Dallas Howard says she's seriously considering a permanent move.

Tom Hanks sure suits the rank of captain. He was one in Saving Private Ryan and high-seas thriller Captain Phillips.

Mel Gisbon is apparently not a fan of big budget superhero films, describing Batman v Superman as as "a piece of s***".

COMMENT: Individually the films stand as heartwarming and often deeply poignant testaments to kindness, patience and compassion.

The plaudits keep rolling in for Hunt For the Wilderpeople - the Kiwi film has just been named "a mini-masterpiece" by an American publication.

Lindsay Lohan has been getting serious with the man who "saved her" from her ex Egor Tarabasov.

Mel Gibson may finally have found redemption with his new film Hacksaw Ridge - the critics love it.

Many men - and women too, for that matter - would love to play James Bond. Most of us would also love US$150 million (NZ$205 million).

Some people find shells and old coins on the beach. In The Light Between Oceans, Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander find a baby and finders keepers.

A cautionary tale about a high school teenager working out who she is and the dangers of being hardwired to the internet.

Bad Moms follows a group of frazzled moms in suburban Chicago who decide to throw away "having it all" in exchange for having fun and making time for themselves.

One put on too much weight, one wasn't old enough, others hated the costume - for whatever reason, they all got the sack.

COMMENT: Although it's an undeniably old-fashioned trope, there will aways be plenty of cinematic drama to mine from the father/son dynamic.

COMMENT: If Romeo were around today, he would be heavily scarred on his back or chest. Juliet would wax poetic about signs of his strength and bravery.

Well, it could have been worse. Like Absolutely Fabulous the movie bad or Mrs Browns Boys D' Movie bad.

Amy Schumer swiftly and brutally dealt with a sexist heckler during a recent stand-up show in Sweden.

Speaking in 2013, Gene Wilder was blunt when asked for his opinion of the Willy Wonka remake.

Jackie Chan is to receive an honorary Oscar.

Emma Stone never fails to look flawless on the red carpet, but at the Venice Film Festival, the actress looked particularly heavenly.

Like father, like son ... Arnold Schwarzenegger's love child has recreated one of his dad's most famous movie scenes.