Ex-Downton Abbey actor plays the Queen in Spielberg's BFG.

Kate Beckinsale gets wicked in a Jane Austen screen debut, writes Helen Barlow.

Auckland film-maker Christian Nicolson's four-year 'labour of love' is winning plaudits overseas

Margot Robbie may have the lead role in blockbuster Tarzan, but the actress shares a flat in the London suburb of Clapham with four roommates.

A cinema full of kids and parents waiting to watch Finding Dory were shocked when a trailer for an R-rated movie played beforehand.

Taika Waititi's Hunt For the Wilderpeople was a box office smash at home - but it's not just connecting with a local audience.

Steven Spielberg talks about adapting kids' book The BFG, and his Wellywood connections, with Helen Barlow.

The original Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory movie turns 45 years old today. Here are seven things you never knew about the film.

Cliff Curtis and Taika Waititi have been invited to join The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as the Oscars try to diversify.

Steven Spielberg's studio has greenlit the next project by the Lord of the Rings director - but the film's name and subject is still a mystery.

A petition is calling for producers of a film about Rumi to look for someone else other than Leonardo DiCaprio to play the famed Persian poet.

The father of Kiwi acting legend Jemaine Clement has spoken publicly for the first time about his "strong and loving" relationship with his son.

Daniel Radcliffe has refused to rule out reprising his role as Harry Potter, saying 'look what happened with Harrison Ford and Han Solo'.

It's no secret that some actors are "difficult" to work with. But a handful are such pains that directors have confirmed they'll never work with them again.

The latest Bridget Jones's Baby trailer has dropped - along with a new love triangle.

We now know what the houses are, who they're for, and how you get in - plus the history of how the US school got started.

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

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.

An ocean of opportunity awaits in the sequel to Finding Nemo.

In the Legend Of Tarzan, Australian star Margot Robbie plays a very different version of Jane than the stereotypical "damsel in distress".

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.