Concussion is supposed to be a serious Oscar contender. But will audiences be able to get past Will Smith's terrible accent? The verdict appears to be 'no'.

Director unleashed Freddy Krueger on the world with Nightmare on Elm Street series and found new fans with Scream.

The latest movie starring wonderboy Zac Efron has bombed over the weekend, becoming one of the worst releases in American box office history.

Ten stories above Manhattan, Zachary Quinto leans back in a chair, inches away from a massive plate-glass window.

Boy Star James Rolleston and Youtube sensation Jamie Curry among a star-studded cast for movie of the debut novel by Eleanor Catton.

Kyle Jean-Baptiste, the first African-American and youngest person to ever play the role of Jean Valjean in Les Miserables on Broadway has died after falling from a fire escape.

Australian actress Margot Robbie has given her Suicide Squad co-star Cara Delevingne a wrap present she'll never forget, by tattooing her foot.

A controversial movie executive produced by Angelina Jolie has finally been granted a US release date a year after an injunction banning its broadcast was lifted.

Meryl Streep's rock'n'roll dysfunctional family drama makes Mamma Mia look authentic.

Video posted on Instagram shows angry John Boyega wielding a blue lightsaber.

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.

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

Meryl Streep and her actress daughter Mamie Gummer were sent to opposite ends of the house while filming scenes for their movie, Ricki and the Flash.

A love for an endangered New Zealand shore bird has won a budding film-maker an international award in Japan.

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.