A Kiwi stuntman has won a prestigious international award for his work on a Hollywood blockbuster starring Brad Pitt.

Director Taika Waititi has cast Sam Neill in his long-awaited screen adaptation of a book by Barry Crump.

Actor Samuel L Jackson has been cast in the remake of cult classic The Blob.

Scottish director John Maclean talks about why he filmed his awarding winning off-kilter Western in the South Island

Who knows what happened on May 8, 1945 when Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen, and sister Princess Margaret went on to the streets of London to celebrate Victory in Europe (VE) Day.

The latest Mad Max movie is an "incredibly feminist action film" according to Charlize Theron who's talking down her chances of an Oscar nomination for her role as Imperator Furiosa.

From the packed line-up in the Documentary Edge festival, Peter Calder picks five of the best he's previewed.

Johnny Depp's dog groomer says she feels sorry for the Hollywood star after the Australian government ordered Pistol and Boo to "bugger off" or be put down.

If you're aching to learn which films have made the cut for the upcoming New Zealand International Film Festival, there's bad news in store: you'll have to wait until the full programme is launched on June 23.

Hugh Jackman has joined the 1000 pound club, proving that he is incredibly buff and may in fact be Wolverine.

A hiker in Oregon has found the boot Reese Witherspoon tossed into the wilderness while filming Wild.

A post-apocalyptic procession of tricked-out desert vehicles has caused a three-hour shut-down of Sydney’s busy Cahill Expressway.

British star Simon Pegg loves hanging out with Tom Cruise and is adamant his Mission: Impossible co-star doesn’t preach about Scientology.

Reviewers can't get enough of the new Mad Max film, calling the post-apocalyptic action-adventure "a modern classic" and "a "stone-cold action master class".

Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence is bridging the Hollywood pay gap by earning double what her male co-star Chris Pratt will take in her next movie.

Kiwi vampire flick What We Do in the Shadows has earned more than $600,000 through digital downloads during its first week of release in America.

Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence is bridging the Hollywood pay gap by earning double what her male co-star Chris Pratt will take in her next movie.

A new film speculates on what happened when Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret snuck out of Buckingham Palace to celebrate the end of World War II. Des Sampson talked to the young actors playing the royal sisters.

Pitch Perfect was hilarious, feel-good fun, and one of the surprise hits of 2012.

The budget is minuscule. There are no big names. Set pieces are delivered infrequently, and on a small scale. And if it's monsters you're after, there are precious few ghouls, goblins, ghosts or gremlins.

Nicholas Hoult says he lied to land a role in the new Mad Max movie.

The original Mad Max has made a surprise appearance at the Los Angeles premiere of the hell-bent film franchise's newest release.

Natalie Portman will appear as a futuristic biologist sent into an abandoned, mysterious forest in the upcoming sci-fi horror Annihilation.

New Zealand's drinking culture is examined in the new local documentary The Ground We In. Dominic Corry examines how other movies and actors handle their alcohol.

Harrison Ford could star in a fifth Indiana Jones film.

A new documentary about Kurt Cobain may change the way you think about the troubled Nirvana frontman. Director Brett Morgen tells Chris Schulz about his labour of love.

I enjoyed Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me, even as I shrank from its outrageous contrivance.