Shortland St returned to the nation's screens with answers to some of questions posed by last year's epic cliffhanger. Video/2

The finalists for this year's Academy Awards are discussed by TimeOut editor Russell Baillie, reviewer Francesca Rudkin and film blogger Dominic Corry.

Veteran music star David Bowie has broken years of silence and speculation to release his first single and album in a decade.

The Gangster Squad is a chronicle of the LAPD's fight to keep East Coast Mafia types out of Los Angeles in the 1940s and 50s.

Directed by Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland) and starring Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Josh Brolin.

Released in New Zealand on January 17.

The trailer for the fifth Die Hard film - A Good Day to Die Hard - has been released, and shows more of the action and carnage that results when Bruce Willis' John McClane and his son take a trip to Moscow. The film is due in New Zealand cinemas on Valentine's Day.

Moulin Rouge writer/producer/director Baz Luhrmann is making the new big screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby, Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan, and Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway.

Watch Rainbows, the new video from Dunedin's Two Cartoons. Directed by Andrew Dean, Daniel Fowler and Kirk Pflaum.

Watch the new video from Bailterspace, World We Share, from their album Strobosphere.

An extended trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness has been released. It begins with a voiceover admonishing Captain Kirk for his arrogance and warning him it will one day lead to the deaths of everyone under his command before transitioning into snapshots of scenes of destruction. The trailer has increased speculation the new film will be linked to famed Star Trek film The Wrath of Khan by ending with a direct quote from the earlier movie: "Is there anything you would not do for your family?" Star Trek Into Darkness is set for release in May next year. It co-stars Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Zoe Saldana and is directed by JJ Abrams.

A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery.

While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor ... a fearsome Bengal tiger.

Directed by Ang Lee.

A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery.

While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor ... a fearsome Bengal tiger.

Directed by Ang Lee.

One of Australia's most gifted and beloved singer-songwriters Paul Kelly popped into the nzherald.co.nz studio to talk with 'TimeOut" editor Russell Baillie about his new feature length film and his new music.

Watch the brand new video from Watercolours (Chelsea Jade Metcalf) - Pazzida - directed by Alexander Gandar.

"In its entirety I see the video as an exploration of sculptural aesthetic. Each element was sculpture but rather than those elements being raw materials, they were everyday 'normal' objects. Chairs, clothes, people, Chelsea herself," says Gandar.

Metcalf continues: "I think a curious little narrative has emerged where all of the characters are witnessing something or headed somewhere that we are never privy to. I think it speaks about lateral thinking."

Producer: Tom Townley, Director of Photography: Tim Flower.

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Watch The Warning, the new video from Bulletproof featuring Silva MC, taken from Listen - Bulletproof's third album due out in February.

Directed by Anthony Plant at Fish 'n' Clips.

A new trailer for the upcoming Superman movie Man of Steel has been released. It emphasises the human side of Superman through a conversation between Clark Kent and his adoptive Earth father Jonathan Kent, played by Kevin Costner, before ending the hero taking to the skies. Man of Steel is helmed by Watchmen and 300 director Zach Snyder and produced by Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan. Henry Cavill plays Superman.

The trailer for director M Night Shyamalan's new sci-fi blockbuster After Earth has been released. It features Will Smith and his son Jaden Smith as a fictional father and son who crash land on a post-apocalyptic Earth where "everything has evolved to kill humans".

The official trailer for the sci-fi blockbuster Oblivion has been released. It has Tom Cruise as a man sent to a future post-apocalyptic Earth to repair drones who finds humans where he thought none remained. The film also features Morgan Freeman as a cigar-chomping freedom fighter.

Watch the video for The Ruby Suns' Kingfisher Call Me, directed by Frode & Marcus.

New Zealand Herald TimeOut editor Russell Baillie and film reviewer Dominic Corry have watched The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. They share their thoughts in a robust discussion in the nzherald.co.nz studio as New Zealand awaits the December 12 release.

Awards ceremonies need an intro video skit and the 2012 New Zealand Film Awards were no exception.

Watch the intro video to The Moas 2012, Geoff Houtman's Kiwi Movie Magic Tourz.

The red carpet took place in Wellington, New Zealand and was attended by key cast members including Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Elijah Wood, Andy Serkis, the Company of Dwarves and director Peter Jackson.

Newstalk ZB's Kim Savage is at The Hobbit Red Carpet and previews what's happening this afternoon along Wellington's Courtenay Place in Middle-earth.

Members of the cast have been flown into Wellington on Air New Zealand's Hobbit-inspired 777 - they had a chat to Newstalk ZB's Edward Swift mid-flight

In a shocking new video testimonial for Forerunner Chronicles posted to YouTube, Ashton Kutcher and Jon Cryer's 19-year-old Two and a Half Men costar -- better known as Jake Harper to fans -- rips his CBS series and urges viewers not to tune in. Courtesy: YouTube/TheForerunner777

Hobbits, elves, wizards and all manner of Middle-earth creatures were part of a crowd of thousands that gathered in downtown Wellington in November 2012 ahead of the world premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Hugh Sundae, Entertainment Editor was on the 500-metre red carpet to catch a glimpse of the cast & to ask some of the hard hitting questions. Shot on a Canon C300 supplied by A2Z Technologies.

The Hobbit stars met the media in a press conference before it's World Premiere, Sir Peter Jackson had press from around the world laughing as he revealed how Barry Humphries nabbed the part. Comedy is something that's more evident in JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit, which was written as a children's book, unlike the much darker tale of The Lord of the Rings. Jackson said the lightness and the comedy in The Hobbit was a joy.

Sir Peter Jackson and the Cast and crew of The Hobbit arrived at Wellington International Airport after flying on the Hobbit-themed Air NZ boeing 777 - 300ER aircraft.

Footage shot at 48fps on a Canon C300 thanks to A2Z Technologies

Imagine if every person in Africa saw the "Africa for Norway" video and this was the only information they ever got about Norway. What would they think about Norway? Courtesy: YouTube/SAIH - Norway

Artist and Illustrator Johnny Fraser-Allen has spent the last seven years developing his trilogy of Fantasy books; this is his 'world'.

The Tony award winning production War Horse showed off it's star in Auckland, with actors working the dynamic puppet of the lead horse... both the public and media got a sense of the drama and emotion created by this theatrical production. War Horse will premiere in Auckland on August 20 2013.