A Kiwi-made film has hit the big time - but for all the wrong reasons.

Kiwi producer Ant Timpson says Turbo Kid's makers would be rich if they made just $1 from every illegal download.

The Hugh Jackman vehicle had a budget of $224 million but brought in under $30m in its opening weekend after suffering poor reviews.

Each of her memorable characters contains a little bit of irrepressible Aussie. Toni Collette talks to Helen Barlow.

Towering film franchises are more than seasonal tentpoles. So often planned in multiple instalments, of course, they can function like big tops unto themselves.

Karl Puschmann paid good money to see a bad film. And he's happy about it.

Depp's intense, quietly disturbing portrayal of cold-blooded killer Jimmy "Whitey" Bulger proves the actor is back on form.

Break-up made me focus on my job, says actress, but admits winning an Oscar did not heal her loneliness.

The Martian is a movie about a botanist stranded when his crew accidentally leave him behind on Mars. Sadly, some people think it's real.

After hundreds of try-outs across the Pacific the voice of Moana has been found.

Daniel Craig is set to bank $89.85 million for Spectre.

My heart is racing, I am starting to feel breathless, and light-headedness is threatening to overwhelm me.

The director of a new film starring Tom Hardy as notorious Brit gangsters the Krays talks to Russell Baillie about his double vision.

Kirsten Dunst's guilelessness has set her apart from the A-list - and won her work in everything from superhero franchises to the new second season of Fargo. She talks to Elizabeth Day.

Johnny Depp talks to Helen Barlow about taking on the role of Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger in the movie Black Mass.

US federal officials are investigating Hollywood movie studios over allegations of widespread gender discrimination.

Featuring Toni Collette and Drew Barrymore

Tom Hard stars in the crime thriller, Legend.

Auckland University's Professor Richard Easther, one of the world's leading cosmologists, gives his scientific verdict on the movie of the moment.

James Bond actor Daniel Craig can't understand his selfie-hunters.

If you saw The Martian over the weekend, which opened No. 1 at the box office with $55 million, you probably didn't expect to leave the theater with I Will Survive stuck in your head.

Taika Waititi is staying tight lipped on his links to Thor 3, but happy to talk about the upcoming Disney film Moana.

Universal Pictures has released a trailer for a fictitious movie 'Jaws 19' - as advertised in the second Back to the Future film. Source: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment/YouTube

A few years ago Mexican filmmaker and amateur ghost hunter Guillermo Del Toro was in New Zealand scouting locations for The Hobbit trilogy when he convinced the owners of the Waitomo Caves Hotel to open their doors.

Featuring Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska and Jessica Chastain

The actor was a danger to others at school because of rage issues.

James Bond actor Daniel Craig has said he cannot understand why he is bombarded by selfie hunters, warning they might "get thumped" if they take photos without asking.

A New Zealand reviewer who wrote a film critique that repeatedly uses the word n****r says he used the taboo term intentionally but is not racist.