Wondering what to see at the International Film Festival? Here are our latest reviews from the Auckland leg of the nationwide event.

John H. Watson, MD, has much to answer for; just ask this Sherlock Holmes.

Our reviewer Russell Baillie discovers there's big fun to be found in Ant-Man's small-scale thrills.

Revenge, served at various temperatures, is the unifying theme of this Oscar-nominated Argentinian compendium of six blackly comic short films making a welcome return from last year's festival.

Following last year's The Fault In Our Stars comes Paper Towns, the second (and probably not the last) adaptation of a John Green novel.

Amalric, best known as the villain in the Bond flick Quantum of Solace and most acclaimed for his extraordinary eyes-only performance in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

The 2002 New Yorker autobiographical essay that was the source of this slight but surprisingly amiable film is really worth reading.

When it comes to sequels, I often wonder "Why?" In this case the answer is easy to find.

The 1856 novel by Gustave Flaubert about a woman whose glamorous fantasies lead her to betray and beggar her decent but unambitious doctor husband is among literature's most filmed.

Is it coincidence that the central duo in Carol Morley's film bear a striking resemblance to Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynskey in Heavenly Creatures?

If you thought pitching Ted, a film about a pot-smoking slacker with a CGI talking teddy bear, to studio executives would have been interesting, then Ted 2 takes things to a whole new level.

Emotions are at the forefront of this story, with most of the action happening inside the head of happy, young girl Riley (Kaitlyn Dias).

There have been plenty of declarations of Brian Wilson's pop genius. This is both explanation and exploration of it.

Danish director Vinterberg (The Celebration; The Hunt), might have been expected to turn in a challenging reading of the Thomas Hardy novel, one to loosen the grip of John Schlesinger’s 1967 version starring Julie Christie and Terence Stamp.

Did you know Minions have been around since the dawn of time? That's just one of many interesting facts you'll learn about Minions in Geoffrey Rush's amusing narration that begins this Despicable Me spin-off.

The acclaimed non-fiction book by New Yorker staff writer Katherine Boo is the raw material of this energetic and often spellbinding production of an adaptation by David Hare, the first National Theatre show with an entirely Asian cast.

It’s the early 80s and the country is emerging uncertainly from the Franco era. Old loyalties are dying hard — the area, we gather, was a fascist stronghold — and widespread industrial unrest lends a simmering sense of disquiet.

Our hero's preoccupation with his personal life trivialises the magnitude of the events taking place.

From Anne Fontaine, writer/director of Coco Before Chanel, comes this lighthearted and lusty modern-day interpretation of Posy Simmonds' graphic novel based on Gustave Flaubert's 19th century novel, Madame Bovary.

It would take some churlishness to deny the potency of the true story told by this biopic of Christina Noble, a Dubliner who founded homes for orphan children in Vietnam and Mongolia.

There's a lot of action, unanswered questions and convoluted science in Disney’s Tomorrowland, a film inspired by Walt’s namesake futuristic theme park, mostly to flesh out a premise that’s a little thin.

This doco, made and heavily branded by the V&A, is likely to be as close as fans here will get to it without an airfare.

Poltergeist 2015 is a faithful tribute, produced with an eye to introducing the Steven Spielberg-produced original - and the phrase "they're here" - to a new audience.

In the closing moments of this deliciously unpredictable Western, set in Colorado but shot in the South Island, the camera revisits the scenes of the various killings that have punctuated the action.

When word spread that a feature film starring Paul Henry was to premiere at an international film festival, the news was met with surprise, amusement and confusion.

Like the many, ingenious vehicles it has roaring and exploding across the screen, Mad Max: Fury Road is a giant scrapyard jalopy, says Herald entertainment editor Russell Ballie.

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.

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