It was crucial to the director of the new Tarzan film that Margot Robbie's Jane was a modern woman, so he asked her to punch actor Alexander Skarsgard in a sex scene.

A petition requesting Batman v Superman director Zack Snyder be banned from directing future DC comic book movies already has 7000 signatures.

A host of New Zealand celebs have taken to social media with rave reviews for Taika Waititi's Hunt for the Wilderpeople after it premiered last night in Auckland.

The film follows the fight of Andy and wife Vashti after the Welsh actor was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, which eventually took his life.

Deadpool has become the top grossing R-rated movie of all time, taking US$746 million (NZ$1088.18 million) at the global box office.

The runaway local success of Boy sure made it a hard act to follow. Could a local film ever hope to find as big an audience again? Could its creator, Taika Waititi, ever hope to tap a nation's funnybone with such precision in another film?

The Dark Horse is getting rave reviews for a second time after its limited release in theaters in the US.

The narrative in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice might change course as quirkily as the East River, but at least it isn't lazy. The same cannot be said, however, for the simplistic narrative about critics-vs.-superhero films that again rears its head.

Before Warner Bros gets too carried away with the record-breaking box office take of Batman v Superman, the studio might want to take a breath.

Nothing can stop Butler from cracking jokes in the midst of global chaos.

The original 1981 road movie was the biggest Kiwi film of a generation - and the Wellington chase scene, being shot today and tomorrow, was its most famous.

Whether it's inside, outside or somewhere in between, we have your long weekend covered.

Who is the stronger hero? Michael Cavna and David Betancourt weigh up the odds.

Third time around and you may think the gag about a bumbling panda being a Kung Fu master is wearing thin, but no, Po is as entertaining and adorable as ever

Fourteen years after My Big Fat Greek Wedding was released and surprisingly went on to become the biggest grossing romantic comedy of all time (allowing for inflation), Nia Vardalos and most of the cast from the original film return to stage another big, fat Greek wedding.

Taika Waititi and Sam Neill talk about going bush in the director's latest childhood adventure, The Hunt for the Wilderpeople.

Viewers at early screenings of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice have been warned multiple times not to spoil the film for others.

COMMENT: Pee-wee Herman is back in a brand new movie for Netflix which hilariously demonstrates that the character still has plenty to offer audiences thirty years after his iconic first film.

It's been 14 long years, but finally everybody's favourite singleton Bridget Jones is set to return to our movie screens in the third instalment of the popular series - Bridget Jones's Baby.

Have we reached the saturation level with dystopian young adult movies?

The Film Commission is pushing film-makers to use a co-production treaty with China as way to improve access to the burgeoning Chinese box office.

Before seeing a preview of this superhero superclash, reviewers were advised multiple times not to put spoilers out into world ...

Michele Manelis talks to the stars, and to director Zack Snyder about the new adventure with Batman V Superman.

Critics have praised Ben Affleck's portrayal of the Dark Knight in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but slammed the film for being too bleak.

Fans have had their first look at Tickled, David Farrier's documentary that received rave reviews after debuting at Sundance earlier this year.

Jesse Eisenberg has assured fans his casting as supervillain Lex Luthor will all make sense once they see Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

Emma Stone has been tapped to play the mentally-disabled sister of US President John F Kennedy in a new film entitled Letters From Rosemary.