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Ford making Indian Jones return?
Harrison Ford could star in a fifth Indiana Jones film.

Kurt Cobain: Behind the reluctant rock star
A new documentary about Kurt Cobain may change the way you think about the troubled Nirvana frontman. Director Brett Morgen tells Chris Schulz about his labour of love.

Movie review: That Sugar Film
I enjoyed Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me, even as I shrank from its outrageous contrivance.

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.

Movie review: Rugby doco The Ground We Won
Documentary that captures small-town, rugby-mad culture enthrals.

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?
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.

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.

The photos Star Wars fans need to see
Photos revealing the characters that Lupita Nyong'o, Adam Driver and Gwendoline Christie have been cast as were revealed overnight.

First look at Margot Robbie in Suicide Squad
Australian screen siren Margot Robbie looks stunning as Harley Quinn, the Joker's psychotic partner in crime in the new film Suicide Squad.

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'
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.

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
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.

Amy Winehouse's fiance cut from biopic
Amy Winehouse's fiance Reg Traviss is furious after being cut from the biopic of her life.

The new Fifty Shades trailer
With the release date of the sequel to Fifty Shades Of Grey confirmed, fans have been given a sneak peek at what's in store in the next installment.

'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
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
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?
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
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
The popular bromance, 21 Jump Street, is about to get a female spin-off.

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.