One side says Maui's size stereotypes Polynesian people, the other side says he's merely strong, and haters are bodyshaming Polynesians.

The Independence Day sequel is jam-packed with special effects, explosions and cameos - but you might have noticed that one key ingredient is missing.

Independence Day: Resurgence may have sucked, but its marketing team has given us this cool opportunity to see any location under alien attack.

Everything from how the cast really felt about each other to what haunts that house to this day.

Billy Zane, who played Cal Hockley in the 1997 Titanic, thinks that his character was "misunderstood" and deserved to end up with Rose.

Rihanna has unveiled her latest single, and it's out of this world.

Even if you missed The Night Manager (where were you?), you won't - you can't - have missed the Tom Hiddleston hype.

Two sponsors have saved the "vital" film festival which was struggling with funds, and it will go ahead next year.

A live-action version of Dahl's 1982 book The BFG makes its way to the screen next month, directed by Steven Spielberg.

Labyrinth of Lies dramatises the campaign that led to the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials of 1963-1965 in which 750 of 789 SS officers charged were convicted.

It takes 7,000 calories per day to build a body like Tarzan's.

An overweight character in the new Disney film Moana perpetuates negative stereotypes and is unacceptable, a Labour MP says.

Like dracula, Tarzan is one of those screen characters who is almost as old as movies themselves. He's also one of the most recycled.

Ant Timpson's film Turbo Kid has won the Saturn Award for best international film.

The house on Ocean Avenue in Amityville was darkened in 1974 by a gruesome mass murder that claimed every family member there - except one.

The length of time between films might be good for Finding Dory, as it has a sameness to the original.

How did the world's most successful African-American screen star find being in a Tarzan movie? Dominic Corry reports.

The general consensus about Finding Dory is: That was cute, even if it wasn't quite as good as Finding Nemo. But the response to Piper, the animated short that precedes Pixar's latest, has been positively rapturous.

He might be busy making a superhero movie for Marvel, but Taika Waititi hasn't forgotten about his What We Do In the Shadows sequel.

Will Smith has finally admitted what everyone already knew: Wild Wild West was a little bit rubbish.

It's the big alien invasion blockbuster that's flying into cinemas this week, but the sequel to 1996's Independence Day isn't a hit with critics.

Finding Dory brings back a lot of familiar faces from Finding Nemo - but some of the newer characters steal the show.

Things went a bit crazy for the creators of Tickled over the weekend. Dylan Reeve explains what happened.

Dominic Corry looks back on five key film performances by the late Anton Yelchin.

A screening of a new film starring Anton Yelchin is going ahead as planned in Auckland tonight, after the actor's sudden death in a car accident.

This year's NZ International Film Festival comes out swinging with a doco about Kiwi pop hit Poi E.

A man has died while watching The Conjuring 2 - he's not the only one spooked after watching this horror film.

Several of the subjects of Tickled showed up at a screening in Los Angeles, hosted by filmmaker Dylan Reeve. Source: Magnolia Pictures

Skarsgard came away from the scene with bruises and scratches after being punched and clawed at by his co-star.

Both films are based on Ed and Lorraine Warren, a real-life American husband and wife famous for their work as paranormal investigators.