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Chewbacca in hospital with pneumonia
The actor who played Chewbacca in the Star Wars films has been taken to hospital suffering from pneumonia.
The actor who played Chewbacca in the Star Wars films has been taken to hospital suffering from pneumonia.
As writers, actors and directors jostle for favour following the Oscar and Bafta award nominations, scientists have discovered the true measure of a film's worth is not how many gongs it wins, but how many times later film-makers reference it.
It is just another grim, terrifying day for US troops in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, and Chris Kyle, a rookie sniper perched on an empty building, has the unenviable task of watching his comrades' backs.
Everyone's favourite besties - Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen - won't reprise their mutant roles in the upcoming X-Men: Apocalypse.
It's nominated for six Oscars but American Sniper has become a laughing stock for its use of a fake baby.
It feels like every big-name actor out there has been fitted out with super-snug spandex and played a superhero.
A petition has been created calling for Scarlett Johansson to be replaced by an Asian actress for the big-screen adaptation of Japanese comic series Ghost in the Shell.
A lost documentary Alfred Hitchcock made about the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps during World War Two has finally reached screens thanks to movie mogul Brett Ratner.
Moviemaker George Lucas has blasted the Academy Awards as a political campaign which does not recognise real artistic talent after Selma star David Oyelowo and director Ava Duvernay were shut out of the Oscars nominations.
I've been trying hard to resist the feel-bad urges of outrage, particularly when they come from a predicable source.
Outspoken newsman Piers Morgan and actor Alec Baldwin have clashed on Twitter over Oscar nominated movie Birdman.
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon inserted a spoof gay sex scene into the script for their breakthrough movie Good Will Hunting to test whether Hollywood producers had read it.
Reese Witherspoon is back in awards contention having put the perky romcoms behind her -- and reinvented herself as a Hollywood mogul, writes Kate Bussmann.
An American substitute teacher could face jail time after showing teenage high school students the New Zealand-produced horror film, The ABCs of Death.
Film and television incentives have lifted the screen production industry out of the doldrums, prompting the Auckland Council to back new studios in West Auckland.
It's been a while since Kiwis have been up for Oscars for something other than technical or musical work.
As Michael Keaton becomes the toast of the town for his comeback turn in Birdman, Dominic Corry looks back at the best Hollywood comebacks.
An Auckland toymaker has produced the ultimate plaything for young Jedi knights. Steve Coupe of Steve's Wooden Toys has hand-crafted a wooden X-wing starfighter rocker.
The story of Chris Kyle - the "Most Lethal Sniper in US Military History" as his autobiography described him - might have been another kind of movie.
Given the backstory of the main character in this film, it's hard to avoid thinking of Icarus, who, became the epitome of ambition thwarted by hubris.
The nominations for the 2015 Academy Awards will be announced in the wee small hours tomorrow, New Zealand time. Here's 10 points to look out for ...
A film project dramatising the "Black Widow" murder case of Helen Milner, who poisoned her husband, has received taxpayer funding.
Film director James Cameron has revealed that the first of his NZ-made Avatar sequels is running a year behind schedule because of delays in completing the scripts.
The silver screen is set to sizzle with reports Hollywood hunks Brad Pitt, Christian Bale and Ryan Gosling have signed-on for a new flick.
American Sniper, based on the graphic memoir of Chris Kyle - the deadliest sniper in US military history - is Clint Eastwood's latest war saga.
Coming-of-age drama Boyhood may have earned top honours at the Golden Globes, but industry watchers say everything is still up for grabs in the all-important Oscars race.
Golden Globe winner Patricia Arquette has come clean about her salary for Richard Linklater's labour of love movie, Boyhood.
Our team of fashion and entertainment experts bring you all the action from the red carpet and beyond at the 2015 Golden Globe Awards.
Actor makes powerful speech on love for new wife and Je Suis Charlie as he accepts lifetime achievement award at Golden Globes. Plus full list of winners.