Dominic Corry looks ahead to the most anticipated films of 2015.

Robert Downey Jr and Jennifer Lawrence emerged the biggest movie star winners at the People's Choice awards Wednesday, while on the small screen The Big Bang Theory won the coveted top TV show.

In his latest role Michael Keaton plays washed-up movie star Riggan Thomson, haunted by his role as superhero Birdman.

If you thought the lovable penguins were out of control in 2012's zany third instalment of the Madagascar franchise, Europe's Most Wanted, then think again.

An all-star cast brings Disney's adaptation of the James Lapine/Stephen Sondheim musical to life on the big screen, and it's hard not to get wrapped up in their obvious enthusiasm.

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Five times honoured at Cannes, Turkish writer-director Nuri Bilge Ceylan won the festival's supreme Palme d'Or last year with this film.

Actor Liam Neeson admits it's somewhat contradictory that he's a vocal critic of the United States' gun culture but continues playing gun-toting action heroes in Hollywood films.

Jennifer Saunders has finally finished the first draft of the Absolutely Fabulous movie script.

Meryl Streep sings. Her fans know this. Meryl Streep sang in Postcards From the Edge, in Ironweed, on the children's album Philadelphia Chickens and, of course, in Mamma Mia.

New Zealanders made their mark overseas last year, most publicly in the entertainment world and the sporting arena.

It was nicknamed the Year of God: the 12 months when Biblical epics swept the box office and brought Hollywood heavenly rewards.

A survey conducted by the online ticketing company Fandango suggests Star Wars: The Force Awakens is 2015's most awaited movie.

Sometimes it is fun to rag on a bad movie, especially a big stupid one. Here's what Dominic Corry considers to be the ten worst films of 2014.

The film industry is mourning the death of an influential member. Location scout Dave Comer, 58, of Queenstown, died on Christmas Day from a rare form of cancer.

North Korea has blasted US President Obama as a "monkey" encouraging cinemas to screen a comedy featuring a fictional plot to kill its leader, and threatened "inescapable deadly blows".

In an ideal world, the story of Alan Turing would have made it into the multiplexes in 2012, the centenary year of his birth. But Hollywood has shown a marked disinclination to tell it.

2014 served up more than its fair share of major entertainment stories. From tragic deaths to celebrity scandals, the entertainment industry often dominated the headlines.