Whatever Elba is doing in Bastille Day, at least he does it well, which is more than can be said for many others involved, who struggle with the lacklustre script.

Courtroom drama has a peculiar capacity to grip an audience.

Bramwell Tovey's Time Tracks was a blunt, noisy launch for the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's Aotearoa Plus, its annual concert of "cutting-edge contemporary".

COMMENT: TVNZ OnDemand's scheduling has reached a new low - but it was always just a matter of time, writes Calum Henderson.

The Avengers are back brighter than ever - squabbling, kicking ass and cracking jokes.

Doris is a housewife and businesswoman taking her first steps in the corporate world; George is an accountant away from home at a conference.

You may have met British chamber choir I Fagioilini at the cinema, in John La Bouchardiere's The Full Monteverdi.

This new movie by Torchlight Films is technically more ambitious than the previous, but something has been lost in the attempt to up the production ante.

Only a really good singer can sing as badly as Meryl Streep does in this charming if conventional biopic of the New York socialite, writes Peter Calder.

Fans of this comedy sub-genre will know what to expect; a formulaic series of interlinking stories led by a formidable cast of affable A-listers.

It might be the third Captain America movie but this isn't a stand-alone affair like his previous two, writes Russell Baillie.

Aubrey Drake Graham is having some feels. "Please give me time because I'm searching for these words to say to you," he mopes on Redemption.

It's easy to forget that TV3's news division, as well as currently providing the country's best drama, also continues to function on a daily basis.

On this afternoon's NZ Herald Focus we have the latest on a Wellington daylight bank robbery and we meet Timmy and Tux - two very cool little penguins who have formed a special bond in rehab.

Guess who's back? Yes, Game of Thrones pulled a swifty on fans but at least the latest episode came with plenty to be impressed by.

Auckland gets rowdy on a Sunday night as British metal titans Iron Maiden fly into town. Chris Schulz was there.

The revived Mastermind offered the arcane, tense entertainment of the old show in its first outing hosted by Peter Williams.

Doco about a famed restaurant is as much about social dynamics as flavour dynamics.

This is a mighty, mountainous metal album, and if it really is the last we hear of Beastwars, it's a hell of a way to say goodbye.

REVIEW: You'll recognise characters and remember scenarios that long ago made you fall in love with your PS2.

British ski jumping Olympian Michael Edwards maintains little of the material is factual in this comedic biopic about his heartwarming rise to fame.

In a better world a film about Mavis Staples should represent her prime time, however in this inspiring documentary she is 76.

If there's one thing the queen of pop proves with the release of Lemonade, it's that she knows how to get people talking.

You could tell as soon he greeted the maitre d' with "hey mate" that Corbin was the Kiwi on the first episode of First Dates Australia.

This afternoon on NZ Herald Focus - Huge wins for Donald and Trump Hillary Clinton as they get a step closer to being their party's nomination for the Whitehouse. Also A body has been found in a car which crashed and submerged in a Hamilton stream and why you will no longer be issued paper speeding tickets at the roadside.

On the program today we’re with Olympic athletes at a dawn service in Auckland as they celebrate 100 days til the Rio games, our man in Wellington, Isaac Davison gives us the lowdown on John Key’s abrupt about turn on foreign buyers investing in homes here. Also we tell you why Alexander McQueen is in hot water over Kate Middleton’s wedding dress

It was distressing to see so many empty seats at the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's Spirit of Anzac concert.

With Rhys Darby calling the shots the Comedy Fest luminaries needed to bring their A game.

The industry line is that anything with actress and writer Tina Fey remotely near it turns to gold.

For a brief moment, as the crayfishers' boat bobbed on the rough waters of the Dusky Sound, I felt seasick. I wasn't even on the boat.