Movies

Dom Corry takes his twelve-year-old niece Maddy along to check out the latest iteration of the Karate Kid franchise.

It’s another big year for women’s rugby, so it’s fitting that a documentary about its grassroots is now out.

Have you ever heard of a movie trailer so popular that it forced a studio to re-release a 23-year-old film?

Celine Song's Materialists asks can you find love if you already know all the angles?

The new local feature film Kōkā is a story "infused with aroha" says its proud Ngāti Porou director.

Materialists may star Hollywood heart-throbs, but it's not quite what it appears. Director Celine Song talks about making a rom-com that shows the reality of modern dating.

The remake of How To Train Your Dragon sticks close to the blueprint, but is missing one elusive ingredient - originality.

My list for the year thus far managed to miss a couple of great remakes of classics by Ang Lee – The Wedding Banquet – and Homer – The Return. I thought Firebrand was a good picture of a forgotten Tudor and Bird was a reminder of how good Andrea Arnold is. My biggest regret is the shortage of decent comedies. Is Sean Baker the 21st Century’s Billy Wilder? Maybe. The competition isn’t particularly fierce yet.

World-renowned mountaineer Mingma Tsiri's quest to bring back the dead from the world's highest peak is documented in a new film.

The pioneering documentarian says he made his latest film Separated was driven by a “feeling of growing horror” at the United States' government's immigration policies.

Aussie horror flick Dangerous Animals is the latest in the ever popular shark attack oeuvre, Dominic Corry looks at some of the best post-Jaws movies.

The pair, who both starred in the 2024 film It Ends with Us, have been locked in a legal battle for several months, with a trial set for next year.

Thanks to a hi-tech inflatable raft and a support crew, 'Yak' can once again paddle down a raging river.

Kōkā is a New Zealand road movie featuring two very different women, writes Simon Morris.

Pike River follows the real-life fight for justice by Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse who lost loved ones in the 2010 mining disaster.

You’ll either go to Anderson’s idea of a '30s-style thriller because of Anderson, or you’ll stay away for the same reason.

The new Lilo & Stitch's formula is simple: remove everything that could possibly offend anyone, replace the personalised hand-drawn animation with expensive, photo-realistic CGI, add in a little slapstick and a Bruno Mars song.

As a film adaptation of her best-selling memoir screens in cinemas, Raynor Winn reflects on her “gruesome” but life-changing 1,014km coastal trek with husband Moth.

A few years on from The Idol, The Weeknd's newest project seems hell-bent on ruining whatever's left of his audience goodwill.

Is it really the 'final reckoning'? We can but hope, writes film critic Simon Morris.

The NZ Film Commission says the win shows our film sector's reputation for celebrating indigenous storytelling and exceptional leaders.

As Tom Cruise's muscular action franchise reaches its ostensible conclusion – although let's face it: if this one does well, they'll totally come back – it's worth taking stock of the journey taken to get here.

First reviews are saying the movie more than lives up to its steamroller hype with one critic calling its action sequences “astonishing” and "just insane".

For her debut feature documentary about indie folk singer Marlon Williams, Ursula Grace Williams (no relation) wanted to show an artist living his real yet extraordinary life.

If you like the John Wick genre of movie-making, new Netflix offering Havoc might spark joy, says Simon Morris.

The deeply private musician pulls back the curtain on his personal life in a moving new film that tells the story of his bid to reclaim his reo.

The Black Panther director's latest film is such a fresh take on standard genre tropes that you feel like you are watching something brand new.

For once, the marketing hype is real: Warfare, the latest A24 thriller, is one of the most realistic depictions of modern military combat committed to screen.

After the first Smell-O-Vision film was dissed by critics in 1960, the idea of adding aromas to the cinematic experience seemed a bit silly - but at an upcoming screening of Nosferatu, Wellingtonians will give it a go.

The Correspondent tells the true story of an Australian journalist and the war on journalism.

A film about how cats and humans coexist at a Japanese shrine is enchanting international audiences.

‘Haumi e, hui e, SHREKIE’: Grassroots launch proves Shrek a game changer for Indigenous nations.

More than 100 films and digital works from 86 indigenous nations will be screening at the Māoriland Film Festival on the Kāpiti Coast.

Cartoonist and co-writer Tom Scott looks back on the making of one of Aotearoa's most successful films of the 1980s.

Veteran director Mike Leigh returns with his most confronting character yet.

Has any movie managed to alienate everyone like Disney’s remake of a classic children's fairytale?

Netflix spent $500m on this film, yet couldn't afford a decent wig.

Filmmaker Allan George (Ngāti Kahungunu) shares a deeply personal story with animated short Mirumiru.

The veteran English filmmaker tells Culture 101 that the world continues to offer up great stories to tell.

Despite plenty of thespian firepower, William Tell misses the mark, writes Simon Morris.

Watching movies at home on the sofa might be easy, but it's no match for watching them on the big screen, film buffs say.

The film has a stripper as the lead character. Those in the adult entertainment and sex work industries point out what the film did and didn't do well.

The 97th annual Academy Awards is here - check out who took the big awards.

Men seemed to rival women in red carpet fashion with many adventurous outfits that went far beyond the tuxedo.

Underneath all the warm fuzzies and grand gestures, romantic comedies can hide a dark truth about unrealistic expectations.

Prime Minister premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last week and the reviews are mixed.

The romantic chemistry between Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield as a young couple threatened by serious illness is off the charts.

Timothée Chalamet shines in his portrayal of the protean Bob Dylan in director James Mangold's A Complete Unknown.

Tinā takes viewers on an emotional ride through the life of Mareta Percival, played by Anapela Polataivao.

From primal screams and mystery men to Kiwi music and cows, we take a look back at some of the late auteur's weirdest happenings.

The animated film Flow is destined to be a classic that audiences will return to year after year, writes Dan Slevin.

When 130 cardinals gather in Rome to elect a new pope, intrigue and politics aren't very far behind, writes Dan Slevin.

Queer, Alien Weaponry: Kua Tupu Te Ara, and Superman - the flicks we can't wait to see in 2025.

Paddington's latest adventure doesn't quite hit the same mark that the unequivocal masterpiece Paddington 2 did, but it still tugs at the heartstrings, Dan Slevin writes.