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.

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

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 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 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.

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

Blockbuster revivals featured women being empowered, at last.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Whether or not Bryan Cranston wins the Best Actor Oscar in February, this biopic will surely prompt a stream of sanctimonious recollection in Tinseltown about Dalton Trumbo.

The hero of The Good Dinosaur, the latest offering from Pixar animations, isn't the adorable apatosaurus, Arlo, his unlikely human companion, Spot, or the red neck T-Rex cowboy voiced by Western film actor Sam Elliott.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.