Many have tried, but few actors have nailed the Kiwi accent. Dominic Corry looks at the successful ones, and some of the failures.

US actor Zac Efron lost the tan - and nearly 10kg - to play an aspiring DJ in We Are Your Friends.

Stephen Fry is packing his bags for a quickfire December visit, the English comedian planning a one-off Auckland show at The Civic on December 2.

The film version of a well-regarded stage play, which was itself based on a true story, was always going to be at high risk of being a weepie of cloying sentimentality.

Leaving the theatre after watching this documentary about Carl Boenish, father of the base-jumping movement, I couldn't help but think how far skydivers have pushed the sport.

If Professor Stephen Hawking is correct, Interstellar was right: Falling into a black hole is not the end.

New Zealand hip-hop film Born to Dance will step out for the first time at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Former Dannevirke farm girl turned Summer Bay beach babe Jessica Grace Smith is returning home for a new project to be filmed in New Zealand.

They're not the best films in the world but by god, there's something about these films that has us hooked.

NZ On Screen's Nicky Harrop looks back at how public service announcements have been portrayed on Kiwi TV screens and in films.

Dominic Corry celebrates the release of Hitman: Agent 47, by looking at some of cinema's coolest hitmen.

The trailer for the new Frankenstein film has been released, promising to be an entertaining ride for mad scientists and monster enthusiasts.

He's become a real glutton for punishment has Jake Gyllenhaal; whether it's the pounds he dropped for Nightcrawler, the muscle he packed on for this, or the cold he endured to play Scott Fischer in the forthcoming Everest.

The title sequence of this reboot of 1983's National Lampoon's Vacation includes holiday snapshots of butt cracks, animals humping and peeing, vomiting and an erection.

Disney recently announced it will soon be launching one of its biggest theme-park expansions in history.

Japan's All Nippon Airways is adding two new Star Wars-inspired Boeing aircrafts to its fleet.

Former N.W.A. bandmates Ice Cube and Dr. Dre have filed court papers demanding they be released from a lawsuit over the death of a bystander on the set of their biopic Straight Outta Compton.

Kevin Costner is standing by his much-derided blockbuster Waterworld, claiming it was "a joy" to make.

N.W.A, the originators of gangsta rap, is best known for their extremely angry, ultra-violent and frequently misogynistic rap lyrics.

Rupert Friend shot himself in the head while filming Hitman: Agent 47 - and the accident made it into the movie.

English actor Maisie Williams says shooting her first sex scene was "extremely awkward."

Lenny B. Robinson, a viral sensation who dressed as a superhero to visit sick children in hospitals, struck by passing car.

Homeland star Rupert Friend has revealed he was constantly pestered for spoilers about the hit show while filming his latest movie.

A lack of nominees has seen this year's local movie awards postponed until next year.

The latest Hunger Games marketing strategy has accidentally printed the C-word across actress Jennifer Lawrence's face.

Jemaine Clement has criticised local television networks, telling a US newspaper they have "no interest in making television comedy in New Zealand at all".