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.

Two technicians have been seriously injured in a failed stunt on the set of the James Bond film Spectre.

A major original Star Wars character could be about to meet his maker, if rumours about JJ Abrams’ upcoming movie prove true.

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

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.

Dominic Corry speaks to a natural hypochondriac.

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

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.

For five films and almost 15 years, Spider-Man has spun a solitary web, without a superhero sidekick to share his on-screen adventures.

Female characters comprised just 12 per cent of protagonists in the top 100 grossing films of 2014, the lowest figure for more than a decade, according to a new study.

The highly anticipated film Fifty Shades of Grey is being unleashed on New Zealand this week. Dominic Corry takes a peek at some of the cringiest sex scenes shown on the big screen.