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Lessons from 10 box office failures
We all mess up sometimes, that's life, what's important is to learn from our mistakes. Looking back on 2015, Hollywood could do the same.

The Great Family Film Poll: The Neverending Story
The Herald and Flicks.co.nz are on the hunt to discover New Zealand's favourite family film. Today Leonie Hayden tells us why she chooses The Neverending Story.

The Great Family Film Poll: Wall-E
The Herald and Flicks.co.nz are on the hunt to discover New Zealand's favourite family film. Today TV presenter Matt Gibb tells us why he loves Wall-E.

The Great Family Film Poll: The Goonies
You'd be hard-pressed to find a more enduring distillation of the master film-maker's family-friendly cinematic identity than The Goonies.

The Star Wars showdown that can't come soon enough
Warning: This article contains major plot spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Pixar 'mascot' adapts for directorial debut
Apart from famously loud-shirted chief executive John Lasseter, the Pixar bunch remains mostly unseen, staying behind the scenes and letting their work do their talking.

Good Grief, Sparky
Schulz died in 2000 aged 77 and Jim a year later at a very youthful 92, both leaving a fabulous legacy for the next generation of scribblers.

Signs Han Solo was never right for Leia
With everybody talking about The Force Awakens, here are eight signs these star-crossed lovers were never right for each other.

The Big Read: Does Harrison Ford really want to be here?
Bringing you our favourite features from 2015. If you missed them the first time around, now's the perfect time to catch up.

Star unsure about Guardians of the Galaxy role
Kurt Russell has no idea what Guardians of the Galaxy is about, despite receiving an offer to portray Chris Pratt's father in a planned sequel.

2015 was a year for ...
TimeOut takes a look back at the year that was, here are the entertainment highlights from 2015.

Review: Dad vs Dad in slow-to-fire comedy
Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg were hilarious together when they teamed up in 2010 for cop movie spoof The Other Guys. While the set-up in Daddy's Home is different, their roles are similar.

Review: JLaw saves 'disjointed' Joy
The Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper and David O. Russell show rolls back into town with family drama Joy, an offbeat and quietly entertaining yarn about the rags-to-riches true story of Joy Mangano, the inventor of the Miracle Mop, and her crazy family.

Director confirms Avatar sequel
James Cameron has given fans of his hit movie Avatar a boost by confirming plans to start filming in January.

Why Kylo Ren is the perfect Star Wars villain
If Episode VII of the Star Wars saga points toward anything about the episodes to follow, it is that Kylo Ren is becoming the new Darth Vader.

Critics' Choice add Star Wars as nominee
The Critics' Choice Awards have added Star Wars: The Force Awakens as an 11th best-picture nominee.

Review: Growing up through music
Surmounting the not considerable obstacle that French pop music makes John Denver sound like AC/DC, this Christmas crowdpleaser breathes new life into the girl-becomes-woman genre.

Review: Fresh Peanuts retains tradition
Charlie brown's return to the big screen, 25 years after the last Peanuts feature, is sure to charm and delight both newcomers and fans of Charles M. Schulz's iconic comic strip.

Family First launches streaming website
Family First has started its own streaming TV and movie site, akin to Netflix or Lightbox.

Star Wars villains 'too mild'
L'Osservatore Romano weighed in on J.J. Abrams' new Star Wars movie, The Force Awaken and thought the film's villains just weren't evil enough.

2015's best movie moments
It's been a big year for movies, one of the biggest ever. Here are some of the movies, moments and performances we found to be the most memorable.

Force Awakens missed huge opportunity
Warning: This article contains major plot spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Hollywood's most overrated actors
These are Hollywood's most overrated actors, according to Herald readers.

Love story blossoms
Boutique theatre company's opening Kiwi musical Daffodils is to be made into a movie

Black Hermione fine with JK
J.K. Rowling has said she "loves" the fact that Hermione Granger will be played by a black actress in the highly anticipated new Harry Potter play.

Next Star Wars movie to begin filming
Filming on Star Wars: Episode VIII will start within weeks in London, The Force Awakens actor John Boyega told fans as he surprised them after a screening of the latest film in the capital.

Star Wars stuntwoman to lose arm
South African stuntwoman who appeared in Star Wars: The Force Awakens suffers horrific injury on set of new zombie film.

Star Wars: So what happens next?
Everything we want know about Star Wars Episode VIII. WARNING: Spoilers.