As much as the camera has always loved Lake Bell, she has now stepped behind it to write and direct, while still starring as the thinking woman’s Bridget Jones in a new rom-com.

At a time when the debate over race and racism is raging in the real world, it is perhaps no shock that the same discussion is also swirling in the alternate universe of comics.

American actor Scott Patterson has unleashed on executives road blocking a Gilmore Girls movie, saying it borders on "abuse" that fans of the TV series have been denied a resolution to the story.

There have been plenty of declarations of Brian Wilson's pop genius. This is both explanation and exploration of it.

Chris Hemsworth swaps Thor's hammer for a computer keyboard to save the world in Blackhat.

Danish director Vinterberg (The Celebration; The Hunt), might have been expected to turn in a challenging reading of the Thomas Hardy novel, one to loosen the grip of John Schlesinger’s 1967 version starring Julie Christie and Terence Stamp.

Adrian Grenier has shrugged off the poor reviews of the Entourage movie by insisting he would be on board for a sequel.

Hollywood heartthrob Channing Tatum admits his daughter will probably need therapy once she's old enough to watch his Magic Mike films.

A dinner table bust up between Harry Potter's parents and his aunt and uncle sparked the Dursley's animosity towards the young wizard.

Ben Affleck's professional life has long been inextricably intertwined with his love life.

Arnold Schwarzenegger says the new Terminator film harks back to the franchise's glory days. But critics don't agree, calling it a tired retread of previous glories.

Guinness World Records says the Dinosaur drama has smashed records by becoming the fastest film to make US$1 billion.

Did you know Minions have been around since the dawn of time? That's just one of many interesting facts you'll learn about Minions in Geoffrey Rush's amusing narration that begins this Despicable Me spin-off.

The comedian is keeping busy by voicing the character Fear in the new animated film Inside Out.

Channing Tatum has slammed his film GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra .

Fast & Furious star Michelle Rodriguez has remained coy about rumours Eva Mendes will return to the wildly successful franchise.

The new Peter Parker has been found: British actor Tom Holland will don the Spidey suit in Captain America: Civil War, and again in Sony's rebooted Spider-Man series.

With the comedy veteran set to star in the new series of True Detective, Karl Puschmann believes we could be in for a new dawn of Vince Vaughn.

The mystery surrounding Daft Punk, the star French musical duo who usually keep their identities hidden under full-face robot helmets, will be lifted a little more in a new TV documentary to premiere next week.

Melissa McCarthy looks like she has seen a ghost, Kate McKinnon has been slimed and Kristen Wiig is sporting a dowdy suit in the first pictures to emerge from the Ghostbusters set.

If you've ever wondered what your pets get up to when you're not home, a new animated movie has some theories.

Taking place in a Manhattan apartment building, Max's life as a favorite pet is turned upside down, when his owner brings home a sloppy mongrel named Duke. They have to put their quarrels behind when they find out that an adorable white bunny named Snowball is building an army of abandoned pets determined to take revenge on all happy-owned pets and their owners.

It's not often zookeepers start trending on social media - but thanks to Chris Pratt's hit new film Jurassic World, that's exactly what's happened.

The film switches between the Beach Boys’ rise to pop stardom in the 1960s and Wilson’s breakdown and recovery in the 1980s.

So many great Pixar movies, but which is best? And where will the studio's latest feature, Inside Out, sit? Dominic Corry ranks all of Pixar's movies.

With the New Zealand International Film Festival programme due to hit streets next week, organisers have announced yet more titles to be included in next month’s event including a raft of movies which were contenders at last month’s Cannes Film Festival.