More than a decade after the third installment of Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park franchise was released, the dinosaurs are back for a fresh slice of action in Jurassic World.

Steven Spielberg returns to executive produce the long-awaited next installment of his groundbreaking Jurassic Park series, Jurassic World.

Angelina Jolie has confirmed she is retiring from acting to concentrate on writing and directing.

Oscar-winning New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson is saying goodbye to Middle-earth, but he'll always have a place in Hollywood.

Star Wars: Episode VII actor Oscar Isaac will be bringing the Apocalypse to X-Men.

The film won't be released until December 2015 but already a trailer is going to be presented.

Hold on to your hats, says NZ film industry veteran Dave Gibson, because 2015 is going to be huge.

Rose Matafeo spent $30 to see the new Hunger Games film, Mockingjay, so you don't have to.

Christian Bale felt "jealous" when it was announced Ben Affleck would play Batman.

Matt Heath writes: My parents loved manners and as a result I get angry when friends don't place their cutlery with the handles at 5 o'clock pointing toward 11 o'clock.

Paul Little writes: The sci-fi blockbuster Interstellar is one of those movies that has got everyone talking - jam-packed with conversation-starters about humanity.

Australian director Damon Gameua was a fit man before he took on a task many probably thought would have increased his health and wellbeing.

This film's director had a hand in 2007's The White Planet, a visually sublime documentary about the Arctic that was burdened with a teeth-grindingly banal commentary.

Orange Mocha Frappucino! Zoolander fans get celebrating because the long, looong awaited sequel seems to be moving forward, with Penelope Cruz signing on board.

Director who gave the world Mrs Robinson and propelled Dustin Hoffman to stardom dies suddenly after suffering a heart attack.

The trailer for Pitch Perfect 2 starring Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson and Skylar Astin, directed by Elizabeth Banks.

The Hunger Games star Josh Hutcherson has wanted to act since the age of 4, but fame hasn't changed his down-to-earth nature, writes Kaleem Aftab.

No matter what your favourite is of films based on Elmore Leonard books (and I'm for Out of Sight ahead of Jackie Brown), this crime comedy will deliver a surprise.

Twice garlanded with Cannes' Palme d'Or, the Belgian brothers who are Europe's modern masters of naturalism lost this year to Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Winter Sleep.

Director Ken Loach, now 78, announced during the making of this modest but moving historical drama that it would be his last film, though there have been later suggestions of a change of heart.

Time has taken tragically little toll on David Hare's 1995 play. The pungent one-liners amuse, but the real sting is that references to inequality and the erosion of social conscience have become more pointed.

Marking the release of the new Jake Gyllenhaal thriller, Nightcrawler, Dominic Corry cites his five favourite lead characters who skulk about at night.

Movie bosses are planning to continue the Fast & Furious movies without late star Paul Walker and hope to extend the franchise to 10 films.

Anticipation for the 2015 theatrical release of The Peanuts Movie may have gotten a big jolt with the early release of the film's first full trailer.

Check out the first trailer for The Peanuts Movie, due for release in November, 2015.