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![Movie review: Rugby doco The Ground We Won](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Movie review: Rugby doco The Ground We Won
Documentary that captures small-town, rugby-mad culture enthrals.
![Movie review: Paper Planes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Movie review: Paper Planes
Australian film-maker Robert Connolly, known for Balibo and Underground: The Julian Assange Story, enters new territory with this sweet family drama about a 12-year-old boy from rural Western Australia.
![Actress objectified by Hollywood from the start](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Actress objectified by Hollywood from the start
Charlize Theron stepped away from acting for almost two years early in her career because she felt Hollywood was objectifying her.
![Soraya Nadia McDonald: Female-led movie remakes: Progress or pandering?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Soraya Nadia McDonald: Female-led movie remakes: Progress or pandering?
Last week, we learned that Sony Pictures is making a female version of 21 Jump Street on top of their all-female remake of Ghostbusters.
![Hobbit star's Marvel debut](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hobbit star's Marvel debut
Hobbit star Martin Freeman will make his superhero film debut in Captain America: Civil War.
![Star Wars revelations come forth](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Star Wars revelations come forth
Star Wars Day has been celebrated with the release of plenty of juicy tantalisers about the latest addition to the movie franchise.
![Actress told to apologise for sex act in car](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Actress told to apologise for sex act in car
The Django Unchained actress accused of having sex in a car in public last year has pleaded no contest to disturbing the peace, and has been ordered to apologise to police officers.
![Duo shine in bard's comedy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Duo shine in bard's comedy
The second instalment of a two-parter, this play proposes a solution to the mystery of what happened to the play that matched Love's Labour's Lost by assuming it was (and then delivering) Much Ado About Nothing.
!['Rebel, don't lose weight'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Rebel, don't lose weight'
Australian Pitch Perfect star Rebel Wilson wanted a role in just one Hollywood movie when she landed in LA — now she has more than a dozen to her credit, has a home in the ‘Hills’ and is chased by paparazzi, writes Leena Tailor.
![Michele Hewitson interview: Peter Elliott](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Michele Hewitson interview: Peter Elliott
Actor Peter Elliott shares eclectic details of his ‘funny old life’, including his worries and nerves - and a tale about an awful actress.
![Tatum to star in sci-fi film](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Tatum to star in sci-fi film
Actor Channing Tatum has signed on to star in a movie adaptation of author Joe Haldeman's critically-acclaimed sci-fi novel Forever War.
![The Gunman is not a hit, man](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The Gunman is not a hit, man
One of the later sequences in this heavily armed action flick takes place in a bullfighting ring. Yes, we're now in Spain. No kidding.
![2015's most exciting blockbusters](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
2015's most exciting blockbusters
There are a lot of big movies coming to NZ cinema screens soon. Dominic Corry lists off the films we should be geting excited about.
!['Most epic sex scene'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Most epic sex scene'
Kristen Stewart agonised over her sex scene with former boyfriend Robert Pattinson in the Twilight franchise because she wanted it to be “so good”.
![Zombie film creator admits Sir Peter's influence](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Zombie film creator admits Sir Peter's influence
Kiah Roache-Turner shot his gruesome zombie thriller Wyrmwood over weekends, taking his inspiration from Peter Jackson's first film Bad Taste.
![Paint by numbers film a fail](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Paint by numbers film a fail
The wonderful choristers of the American Boychoir School (is "boychoir" even a word?) in Princeton, New Jersey, are the heart and soul of this production. But all the star power at the top of the bill cannot save a sentimental paint-by-numbers film.
![Is Sean Penn the new Liam Neeson?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Is Sean Penn the new Liam Neeson?
Sean Penn makes a rare foray into action movies in The Gunman. He tells Russell Baillie why.
![James Cameron is trying to cram four Avatar films into three](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
James Cameron is trying to cram four Avatar films into three
Moviemaker James Cameron is busy with the hard task of turning four Avatar screenplays into three movies.
![21 Jump Street set for female spin-off](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
21 Jump Street set for female spin-off
The popular bromance, 21 Jump Street, is about to get a female spin-off.
![Jackson's touching tribute](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Jackson's touching tribute
Sir Peter Jackson has paid a touching personal tribute to Andrew Lesnie, the Oscar-winning cinematographer who was behind the camera on eight of his films.
![Invasion of the superheroes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Invasion of the superheroes
Marvel’s film adaptations of comic book action adventures are expanding into a cosmos of their own.
![Andrey Zvyagintsev: For Russia with love](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Andrey Zvyagintsev: For Russia with love
Andrey Zvyagintsev's latest film has stirred considerable controversy in its mother country, writes Peter Calder.