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Redford arrives in Tokoroa
Hollywood legend Robert Redford set tongues wagging after touching down in Auckland en route to his next film set - the central North Island town of Tokoroa.

Strong women rule the screen
To celebrate International Women's Day, we look at the important waves that female characters, both fictional and based on real life women, have made in the 21st century so far.

Will 'curse' of Star Wars hit again?
Actress Carrie Fisher has blamed the "curse of Star Wars" for Harrison Ford's dramatic plane crash.

The last great movie star
Dominic Corry reflects on Harrison Ford's career and how he's become the last great movie star.

Cinderella star adopted liquid diet for role
British actress Lily James stuck to a liquid diet while shooting new Disney movie Cinderella because her corset was tied too tight for her to properly digest solid foods.

Smaug hunts Bilbo Baggins in virtual reality game
Epic Games and Weta Digital have unveiled a virtual reality game demo of a scene from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.

First Ryan Reynolds' Selfless trailer released
Most men would die to have Ryan Reynold's body, a fact which appears to be the central premise of the first trailer for sci-fi thriller Selfless.

Actor to fans: Stop asking me to do the Slumdog Millionaire dance
Dev Patel wants to shoot people "in the face" when they ask him to do the dance from Slumdog Millionaire.

NZ on Screen: Five great art docos
NZ On Screen Content Director Irene Gardiner selects five great New Zealand arts documentaries, to mark the start of the 2015 Auckland Arts Festival.

Trailer: The Face Of An Angel
Thomas Lang is a film director who is offered the chance to adapt a book by American journalist Simone Ford, which recounts the controversial trial of American student Jessica Fuller for the murder of her flatmate Elizabeth Pryce. To help with his research, Simone takes Thomas to Siena, where he is disturbed by the media frenzy that has developed around the case. Starring Daniel Brühl, Kate Beckinsale and Cara Delevingne

Trailer: Selfless
In this provocative psychological science fiction thriller, an extremely wealthy man (Academy Award® Winner Ben Kingsley) dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness into the body of a healthy young man (Ryan Reynolds). But all is not as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body’s origin and the organization that will kill to protect its cause.

Will Smith's new movie a bit of a swindle
Will Smith and Aussie It Girl Margot Robbie team up in a sleek slice of escapism from directors John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, the co-writers and directors of I Love You Phillip Morris and Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Patrick Grafton-Green: It's game on for movies
In the past, game adaptations have made for poor movies. But with top directors and casts, that's about to change, says Patrick Grafton-Green.

Avengers: 'I created something terrible'
The third full-length trailer for Avengers: Age Of Ultron has been released.

Seventh Son a charmless witch flick
Even best actress Oscar winners can have a bad day at the office, and this is one of those for Julianne Moore.

Trailer: Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron
The new trailer for Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Oscar winner tackles trans role
He has just won an Oscar for his moving portrayal of one of the world’s most famous men. But this is the first photograph of Eddie Redmayne in his latest role - as a woman.

Lily Allen to join Fifty Shades sequel?
It was recently reported that she's looking for a home in Los Angeles - and it may just be because she has plans to embarked on a Hollywood acting career.

DiCaprio to play man with 24 personalities
If Leonardo DiCaprio can't land an Oscar for playing one character, maybe he can for acting 24 at once.

50 greatest movie monsters
Jabba the Hutt, The Fly, King Kong, The Terminator and Freddy Krueger have made it on to a list of the most infamous movie monsters of all time.

Trailer: Disney’s Cinderella
The trailer for Disney’s Cinderella, starring Cate Blanchett, Lily James, Richard Madden, and Helena Bonham Carter.

Alan Duff: Sniper's nation has its blind spots
Somehow the word 'American' makes it not only acceptable but epic, admirable, even glorious and certainly ordained by a Christian God, especially given that Clint Eastwood directed.

Harrison Ford will star in Blade Runner sequel
Well, this is one way to erase the vicious hangover left by Exodus: Gods and Kings: remind people of a much-beloved classic based on Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?