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Life too close to art for Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino has a new movie The Hateful Eight. As usual it doesn't adopt half measures.

The Great Family Film Poll: Gremlins

The movies Gremlins is a cuddly horror flick sure to scare the kids - and also delight them

The Great Family Film Poll: Ernest & Celestine

I could easily list a platoon of family films that I loved as a kid, but I'd struggle to call most of them "timeless".

Movie review: Trumbo

The life and times of a persecuted Hollywood writer.

The Big Read: How movie dramatises deaths of Kiwi mountaineers

Bringing you our favourite features from 2015. If you missed them the first time around, now's the perfect time to catch up.

Best of the Blogs: Cinema's cringiest sex scenes

We're looking back at our columnists' most popular pieces from 2015. Today, the highly anticipated film Fifty Shades of Grey has been unleashed on New Zealand. Dominic Corry takes a peek at some of the cringiest sex scenes shown on the big screen.

George Lucas calls Disney 'white slavers'

Star Wars creator takes swipe at studio over their treatment of his space opera.

The Great Family Film Poll: The Princess Bride

Movies to see and avoid with your family

Is there a film appropriate for your parents, siblings and grandpa?

Star Wars-like bots far, far away from reality

The latest episode of Star Wars is now upon us and has unleashed a new era of science fantasy robots, or "droids" as they are known.

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.