There has been some controversy leading up to this year's Academy Awards. Dominic Corry notes ten instances where the Oscars got it wrong.

Sigourney Weaver has revealed the news every Alien fan has wanted to hear for years - she is in talks to reprise her role as warrant officer Ripley in a sequel.

On the eve of the fourth anniversary of the fatal Christchurch earthquake, NZ On Screen Content Director Irene Gardiner looks at some of the documentaries that have been made about the disaster.

With the Academy Awards ceremony on Monday, it's worth reflecting on some of the criticism triggered by the Oscar nominations.

District 9 director Neill Blomkamp will make a new Alien film.

Dominic Corry talks to French film director Eric Lartigau ahead of his film The Bélier Family's debut at the French Film Festival.

Will it be Boyhood or Birdman? That seems to be the only question left when it comes to the Oscars on Monday, as the two films battle it out for the Best Picture prize.

The 87th Academy Awards are coming this weekend, and the military blockbuster American Sniper has been nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Bradley Cooper's role as Navy SEAL sharpshooter Chris Kyle.

The Wachowski siblings will always be known as the masterminds behind The Matrix series, and with Jupiter Ascending they deliver another ambitious and elaborate science fiction adventure.

Grounded is a superb example of how a play can challenge you to think more deeply.

This excellent one-man show from Britain is an intriguing tale, well told.

For all its success, Still Alice is a shameful anomaly as well as a triumph, simply by dint of the fact that at its heart is a middle-aged woman.

Peter Jackson inspires Asian migrants to make movies for release here and overseas, and that could mean more tourists visiting this country, says a professor of diversity.

A new documentary about Kurt Cobain's hard life has left fans in tears.

Producers of the latest James Bond movie have been denied permission to film at a graveyard in Rome.

The film adaptation of EL James' Fifty Shades of Grey hauled in $1.407 million on its first weekend at New Zealand's box offices, according to Paramount Pictures.

He gained a legion of admirers in 2013 when he became the Man Of Steel.

Sick of over-rated lovey-dovey films? Jess Denham lists some amazing romantic movies to watch this Valentine's Day, without all the cheesey cliches.

Acclaimed New Zealand horror comedy Housebound is set for a Hollywood remake.

Snippets from the new James Bond movie have been released in a behind the scenes video.

Kiwi fans got their first look at the much-hyped Fifty Shades of Grey film this week, when ZM hosted the New Zealand premiere on Wednesday night.

Injection of new life, rather than spider venom, desperately needed, writes Karl Puschman.

Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer star in The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Watch the first behind the scenes footage from the Austrian set of Spectre, with Daniel Craig, plus Léa Seydoux, Dave Bautista and director Sam Mendes.

Dakota Johnson brings her plucky mix of self-confidence and sheer bravery to 2015's most anticipated erotic thriller. But she's adamant her parents Don and Melanie won't be seeing it. She and co-star Jamie Dornan chat to Michele Manelis.

About 20 minutes into this electrifying, often terrifying documentary, the film-maker shows for the first time the man we have come to know as Edward Snowden.

If hype, 'likes' and advanced ticket sales are any indication of success, box offices around the world will get a boost this weekend with the release of the much anticipated adaptation of author EL James' "mummy porn" phenomenon, Fifty Shades of Grey.