Jack Black has voiced his kung fu-fighting panda Po probably for the last time.

COMMENT: Since Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was published in 2007 and the second of the two-part movie adaptation of JK Rowling's final Harry Potter novels was released in 2011, the author and her creation have been in a kind of limbo.

Sir Peter Jackson has declared his support for a new movie-streaming site, which will allow viewers to watch films at home as soon as they launch in theatres.

Fan anticipation has been rewarded. Living up to expectation, Spider-Man has made his first official Marvel Cinematic Universe appearance, however briefly, in the new trailer for Captain America: Civil War.

Sacha Baron Cohen's film The Brothers Grimsby has bombed at the US box office getting a measly US$3.2 million.

In the stark, filmic landscape that lies beyond the Oscars, there is nothing but badly CGI-ed tumbleweed.

Eddie Redmayne admits he is feeling a little bit scared of the big change and responsibility.

Harry Styles has landed his first major film role opposite Tom Hardy.

Lupita Nyong'o thinks there is a "real imbalance" in Hollywood.

Rebel Wilson thinks she was drugged during a night out in Los Angeles.

In an anxiously anticipated new story, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has transported her world of magical wizarding across the Atlantic and some Native American commentators are not happy with the result, saying it exploits and distorts Native culture.

COMMENT: These days, audiences are savvier than ever to the Machiavellian machinations of the macro movie marketing machine, which has rendered genuine surprise an all-but extinct aspect of modern mainstream filmgoing.

10 Cloverfield Lane, from director and producer JJ Abrams, has sent movie critics into a frenzy.

Spider-Man has made an appearance in the new trailer for Captain America: Civil War - and fans have lost their minds.

The Star Wars actress refuses to apologise for her skinny frame.

Although it won't be released in NZ for another month, the next movie in the Divergent franchise, Allegiant, is already getting slammed by movie critics overseas.

In Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Tina Fey found a character tailor-made for her, Michael O'Sullivan reports.

Ralph Fiennes couldn't make a bigger splash if he tried, rampaging through director Luca Guadagnino's relationship drama.

The things you learn at the pictures. Had I not seen Sacha Baron Cohen's new film, I might have gone through life sublimely unaware of the word "bukkake", let alone the concept. That may have been no bad thing, of course.

Keanu Reeves' new film Exposed has flopped spectacularly by taking less than $200 in its opening weekend at the UK box-office.

The second chapter of JK Rowling's History of Magic in America includes even more revelations about the previously untold past of wizards and witches in the New World.

The 1981 road movie was the biggest Kiwi film of a generation. Now it's getting a rebore.

Two of the most anticipated docos of the year will be shown at this year's Autumn Event film festival, at the Civic and Academy Theatres.

Andy Wachowski has come out as transgender, the second Wachowski sibling of the famous filmmaking duo known for The Matrix trilogy to do so.

JK Rowling has unveiled the first of four chapters from her History of Magic in North America. Rachel Bache takes a closer look at the lessons we can learn about the wizarding world.

Straight Outta Compton. Creed. Deadpool. Jurassic World. No, these aren't just the movies that cleaned up at the box office this past year. They are four of the six nominees for best picture ... at the MTV Movie Awards.

A rumoured cross-over between the Men In Black films and comedy cop franchise 21 Jump Street is reportedly set to happen later this year.

A piano that claimed to be the star of Jane Campion's Oscar-winning film has failed to sell after receiving only one bid.