Two great veteran actors from either side of the Atlantic do their best with frustratingly uneven material in the new film by Sorrentino, whose The Great Beauty won last year's foreign-film Oscar.

Former Shortland Street star Beulah Koale has been cast in a major Hollywood feature produced by DreamWorks and directed by Oscar nominee Jason Hall.

Star Wars star Harrison Ford has seen The Force Awakens. His verdict? "It's a wonderful movie."

Walt Disney has what could be its most formidable heroine ever in Rey, a main character in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. She could be a merchandising juggernaut, too.

James Bond boss Barbara Broccoli is determined to snag Daniel Craig for at least one more 007 movie.

The National Board of Review threw a fireball into Hollywood's awards season, naming a rollicking apocalyptic adventure the best film of 2015.

In a semi-regular feature we'll be running until The Force Awakens is unleashed on December 17, here's our wrap of all the Star Wars things that happened today.

Brutal film The Revenant is DiCaprio's latest bid for Oscar glory - but it's getting attention for all the wrong reasons.

2014 was a huge year for New Zealand film. 2015? Not so much. Liam Maguren explains why.

Tensions run high between Batman and Superman in a new preview for the upcoming DC crossover film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

There's still more than a month's-worth of movies to be released in theaters, and given the way studios tend to cluster their Oscar contenders towards the end of the calendar year, it's possible my favourite film of 2015 will be among them.

Peter Jackson's Facebook video hinted that he'd helm an episode of Doctor Who. What else did we learn? Rachel Bache takes a closer look.

The clock is ticking, Mr Spielberg: Harrison Ford is 73.

Angelina Jolie has opened up about her family life with husband Brad Pitt and their six children.

Have Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell decided to get married?

The worldwide debut of the new BatmanvSuperman: Dawn of Justice teaser trailer.

Tom Hanks has revealed he's already recording his lines for Toy Story 4 even though the film's scheduled release date is three years away.

With Creed knocking out audiences and critics alike, actor Michael B Jordan acknowledges he would love to lace up the gloves again for a sequel.

Pixar's most recent release feels different than its predecessors, because The Good Dinosaur is - is it OK to say this out loud? - totally derivative.

When Ron Howard first read the script for In The Heart of the Sea, he had no idea it was a true story, let alone the real-life inspiration for the iconic 1851 novel Moby Dick.

Featuring Gerard Butler and Brenton Thwaites.

The trailer for Disney-Pixar's latest film, The Good Dinosaur.

Sometimes movies don't work due to a bad script, poor direction or bad special effects. Sometimes they don't work because we just don't like a certain actor or actress - no matter what role they appear in. Who are your most overrated actors and actresses?

At 82, Michael Caine is one of the movie industry's most revered stars - and busier than ever.

British actor Idris Elba has revealed how he almost died while shooting Beasts Of No Nation, when he slipped near a waterfall in Ghana.

Leonardo DiCaprio's eyes froze shut when he was caught in a "brutal" windstorm while shooting his latest movie.

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Actor Harrison Ford says the relationship between Star Wars' Han Solo and Chewbacca is like that of "an old married couple".

Somehow, this next generation Rocky spin-off delivers a fresh, exciting boxing drama all its own.