The New Zealand Dance Company's first full-length work is now in rehearsals. This webisode showcases the work in progress with a brief introduction from Artistic Director Shona McCullagh. A unique production, Rotunda features the powerful collision of a live brass band with the raw beauty of contemporary dance. Created by the company's Artistic Director, Shona McCullagh in collaboration with the NZDC dancers, musician Chris O'Connor and celebrated singer, songwriter and composer Don McGlashan as Musical Director, Rotunda brings to life the world of the band rotunda as an iconic symbol of New Zealand community. For more information visit: http://www.nzdc.org.nz/node/rotunda-2013-premiere-season/

Watch the new video from The Datsuns, Bullseye, from their album Death Rattle Boogie.

Directed by Jason Bock and Anita Ward of Fish 'n' Clips.

Check out the new trailer for Batman: Arkham Origins, due for release on PS3, Xbox 360, the Wii U and on PC on October 25.

Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson cannot be tamed -- just ask their stylists.

The Make My Movie competition has returned, but this time it's Make My Horror Movie.

Watch creator Ant Timpson and co-producer Andrew Beattie talk about this second instalment of the successful feature film competition.

Then visit Make My Movie to enter.

New Emotion. New Tools. New Sims. Come to life in The Sims 4. Courtesy: The Sims

With blockbuster exclusives, brand new franchises and games that will have exclusive or early access downloadable content, the best games are on Xbox One. Courtesy: XBOX

A mysterious new trailer from JJ Abrams' production house Bad Robot has appeared online. Called Stranger, no one seems to know what it's for. Video courtesy of YouTube.

Stoker is the English language debut for South-Korean director Park Chan-wook, starring Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska and Matthew Goode.

This behind-the-scenes feature explores Park Chan-wook's vision for the film.

Click here to watch NZ Herald Online's interview with Park Chan-wook.

Watch the trailer for Stoker, South Korean director Park Chan-wook's English language debut, starring Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska and Matthew Goode.

Click here to watch NZ Herald Online's interview with Park Chan-wook.

Stoker is the English language debut for South-Korean director Park Chan-wook, starring Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska and Matthew Goode.

This behind-the-scenes feature explores the film's production design.

Click here to watch NZ Herald Online's interview with Park Chan-wook.

Stoker is the English language debut for South-Korean director Park Chan-wook, starring Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska and Matthew Goode.

This behind-the-scenes feature explores the three main charachters.

Click here to watch NZ Herald Online's interview with Park Chan-wook.

Director Park Chan-wook was in Auckland for the Big Screen Symposium, he spoke to Hugh Sundae about his new film, Stoker.

A small mountain community is in a state of shock when the dead begin to return home. They have not aged and are unaware of their own death. Determined to reclaim their lives and start over, they slowly come to realise they are not the only ones to have been brought back from the dead. Screening on Rialto on Wednesday from 8.30pm. Courtesy: YouTube/FrenchInstituteUK

This year's line up for Rhythm and Vines 2013 has been announced and features some big names. Courtesy: YouTube/rhythmvines

Homeland returns for its third season next month, and a new trailer shows hints of the future.

Guillermo Arriaga (Babel, 21 Grams, Amores Perros) is in New Zealand to deliver the Keynote Address at this weekend's Big Screen Symposium.

Ahead of the event, he spoke to Hugh Sundae about the his non-linear style of storytelling, and the transition from film to digital.

For more information about the Big Screen Symposium, click here.

Writer/director Rolf de Heer (Bad Boy Bubby, The Tracker, Ten Canoes) is in New Zealand to speak at this weekend's Big Screen Symposium.

Ahead of the event, he spoke to Hugh Sundae about the benefits of smaller budgets and cinema in general.

For more information about the Big Screen Symposium, click here.

The Auckland Art Fair is on now at The Cloud, watch this timelapse photography of the event's creation.

Based on a true story, "Pain & Gain" follows a group of bodybuilders who engaged in a campaign of kidnapping, extortion and murder in Florida. First told in an article from the "Miami New Times," "Pain and Gain" will be directed by Bay and will star Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Courtesy: Paramount

Watch a selection of artists and their works from this week's Auckland Art Fair.

The Auckland Art Fair runs from Wednesday to Sunday at The Cloud. More details here.

Teen Beach Movie and The Fosters star Maia Mitchell sat down with nzherald.co.nz to talk about her rapid rise to fame and how she went from a small town in Australia to teen stardom. Film excerpts are all courtesy of Disney Channel & ABC Family

Michael Winslow is instantly recognisable for his role as Sgt Larvelle ‘Motor Mouth’ Jones in Police Academy. Winslow has been noted as the man with 10,000 voices. He also provided the voice for Stripe in Stephen Spielberg’s Gremlins. You can also hear him on Family Guy, King Of The Hill, Robot Chicken and many more. Winslow will be performing six shows in New Zealand. Tickets are on sale now at www.michaelwinslow.net. Follow him on Twitter: @Michael_Winslow www.michaelwinslow.net / TWITTER: @Michael_Winslow

Watch the trailer for Giselle, in cinemas from August 15.

Giselle tells the story of two star-crossed lovers; Giselle, a delicate village beauty and a prince, disguised as a commoner, who woos her away from her devoted suitor.

Giselle was filmed in October and November 2012, in the lead up to the ballet's seven-centre New Zealand tour and three-week tour of China. Featuring a score by the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra, the film departs occasionally from the stage setting and places the lovers within a real-world frame in New York & Shanghai

While Andy Ellis wrote the words, strongly inspired by the strength of the people of Canterbury after the earthquakes and the closeness of the Crusaders as a team, the other band members came up with the rap. Acclaimed musician Jason Kerrison collaborated with the band and wrote original music for the song. “It would be incredible if our song made it to number one on the charts, the boys would be stoked,” says Andy. “A lot of people have helped the band and we want to thank them for the time they have given up. We really want this single to be a success and raise a lot of money for the Cystic Fibrosis Association.”

Crusaders stars Andy Ellis, Israel Dagg, Willi Heinz, Telusa Veainu and Robbie Fruean have formed a boy band and released their first single. Never Walk Away is available on iTunes from today.

Fox have released a trailer for the upcoming and much anticipated Marvel film "X-Men: Days of Future Past" which will hit the cinemas next May. The video plays as an company advertisement for Trask Industries, who build the Sentinels in the new X-Men movie, based on the popular cartoon. "Join Trask Industries as we celebrate 50 years of the Sentinel program and look forward to an even brighter future" says the ad. In the film the X-Men send Wolverine to the past to change a major historical event that could globally impact man and mutant kind.

Watch the new video from Carnivorous Plant Society, featuring trumpet/keyboard player (and video creator) Finn Scholes.

The five-piece band - whose music has been described as "cinematic jazz", has a wide variety of influences from Mariachi music to the stories of Stephen King.

Misty Magic Land is a musical adventure story, visualised as a comic about a man's journey through another universe. His journey starts as a mere stroll down the road. But, after touching a magic star, our comic hero is teleported to a world of fantasy and horror where anything is possible.

The Carnivorous Plant's self-titled album is due to be released on the 16th November at Auckland's Wammy Bar. It is also rumoured that more fearfully imaginative videos will follow.

A teaser for the final episodes of Breaking Bad.

Pull out your plaid shirt and get ready to rock out like it's the '90's - veteran acts Pearl Jam, Blur and Snoop Dogg are set to headline the revived Auckland leg of the Big Day Out.