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The Great Gatsby's stunning new trailer
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The Great Gatsby's stunning new trailer

A new trailer for Baz Luhrmann's $127 million 3D adaptation of The Great Gatsby has been released. It boasts new music from Beyonce and Andre 3000 singing her cover of the late Amy Winehouse's Back to Black, as well as Lana Del Rey's Will You Still Love Me and Florence + The Machine's Over the Love. Alongside the soaring music, the trailer elaborates on what we've already seen, featuring the same extravagant roaring '20s-style parties, but showing more of the darker elements of F Scott Fitzgerald's classic story.

Trailer: The Bling Ring
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Trailer: The Bling Ring

Inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the Internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their homes. Courtesy: A24 Films

 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug with Peter Jackson
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug with Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson has tackled a series of questions about his upcoming film The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. The Oscar-winning director held a Hobbit live event over the weekend and has since released a clip where he answered a number of queries directly from fans. courtesy Warner Bros/PeterJackson/YouTube

New trailer: The Wolverine
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New trailer: The Wolverine

Based on the celebrated comic book arc, this epic action-adventure takes Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), the most iconic character of the X-Men universe, to modern day Japan.

Trailer: World War Z
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Trailer: World War Z

United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments, and threatening to decimate humanity itself. Courtesy: Paramount Pictures

Trailer: Kiwi film Shopping
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Trailer: Kiwi film Shopping

New Zealand, 1981: seduced by a charismatic career criminal, teenage Willie must choose whether his loyalty lies with a family of shoplifters or his own blood.

Shopping is the debut feature from the makers of award-wining short film The Six Dollar Fifty Man, Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland. Released on May 30.

Trailer: Despicable Me 2
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Trailer: Despicable Me 2

The trailer for the sequel to Despicable Me shows the return of the supervillain Gru, as he is kidnapped by the 'Anti-Villain League' and sent on a quest to save the world. Despicable Me 2 stars Steve Carrell, Al Pacino, Kirsten Wiig and Russell Brand. The original film entertained audiences around the globe in 2010, grossing more than $540 million and becoming the 10th-biggest animated motion picture in US history.

Watch: New Star Trek trailer
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Watch: New Star Trek trailer

The full international trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness shows Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise confronting a terror that has detonated Starfleet and left the world in a state of crisis. Benedict Cumberbatch plays an adversary rumoured to be linked to the classic Star Trek villain Khan. Newly appointed Star Wars director JJ Abrams helmed the reboot, which also stars Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana and New Zealander Karl Urban.

William Shatner interview
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William Shatner interview

William Shatner talks to Newstalk ZB's Mike Hosking about his stage show, what keeps him going, his podcast 'Brown Bag Wine Tasting', and Sky TV's new channel 'Jones!'

Sugar Man's incredible story
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Sugar Man's incredible story

Lydia Jenkin talks to Sixto Rodriguez, the songwriter and subject of the Oscar-winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man, who is enjoying a renaissance more than 40 years after releasing his two and only albums. The Mexican-American artist plays the Wellington Opera House on March 16 and Auckland's Logan Campbell Centre on March 17. Better known as Rodriguez, the Detroit native recorded his tough folk rock debut Cold Fact in 1970 - which included his best-known song, Sugar Man - and follow-up Coming From Reality in 1971, but they never took off in his homeland. Following this lack of interest in his music he went back to renovation and restoration work to support his family, and even ran for the mayor of Detroit at one stage, while still continuing to perform on the side. However, Rodriguez' songs took hold in New Zealand, Australia, and especially in South Africa where they struck a chord at a time when many people were agitating against the apartheid regime.

Rita Ora's 'incredible journey'
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Rita Ora's 'incredible journey'

It’s been an incredible journey so far for Rita Ora, the 22 year old British singer whose hit singles ‘How We Do (Party)’ and ‘R.I.P’ ft. Tinie Tempah and her latest hit 'Radioactive' have stormed the radio waves. While in Auckland for her show, she took the time to talk with Time Out's Scott Kara to discuss how her journey to stardom has been so far.

Womad comes to a close
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Womad comes to a close

More from the last two days of Womad in Taranaki. Featuring music from VulgarGrad, Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni BA and AHoriBuzz. Thanks to A2Z Technologies.

Trailer: The Hangover Part III
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Trailer: The Hangover Part III

From Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures comes "The Hangover Part III," the third and final film in director Todd Phillips' record-shattering comedy franchise. Courtesy: Warner Bros

Peters condemns Argo movie
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Peters condemns Argo movie

A NZ First leader Winston Peters motion was passed in Parliament to correct the grave misrepresentation of the courageous and commendable role of New Zealand diplomats in the 1979 Tehran hostage crisis in the movie Argo.

Movie Trailer:  Amour
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Movie Trailer: Amour

Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has an attack. The couple's bond of love is severely tested.

Trailer: Star Trek Into Darkness
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Trailer: Star Trek Into Darkness

The new teaser trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness shows glimpses of hair-raising action as the crew of the Enterprise return to Earth to fight an unstoppable terror that has detonated Starfleet and left the world in a state of crisis. Newly appointed Star Wars director JJ Abrams helmed the reboot, which stars Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana, Benedict Cumberbatch and New Zealander Karl Urban.

Watch: New After Earth trailer
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Watch: New After Earth trailer

A new trailer has been released for After Earth, the M. Night Shyamalan film starring Will and Jaden Smith. It shows Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) and his legendary father Cypher (Will Smith) stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape. Father and son must learn to work together and trust one another if they want any chance of returning home.