It is rare for two genuinely creative movies to be vying so closely to win best picture at the Academy Awards. With two 'B' movies – Birdman and Boyhood – this is one such year.
The great travel movies are about more than just scenery. They tell stories that capture the spirit of travel and encourage that familiar longing to head off somewhere new.
“Was he wearing a parachute?” a colleague of Captain America's asks after he jumps from the rear cargo doors of a speeding plane.
When Dave Gibson started out, films were things you shot movies on, not something you watched. Nikki Macdonald talks to the new Film Commission boss about how far the movie business has come, and where it's going.
I love movies. I just love the experience of going out, getting greasy with some popcorn and smuggling Sno-Caps and Butterfingers in someone else’s oversized purse. It doesn’t matter if it’s the buck show (which, in this economy, is now the three-buck show) with the sticky floors or the swanky movie venue where they serve you dinner — I just love going to the movies
Christchurch is getting more movies than ever before at the New Zealand International Film Festival this year.
Everything is awesome this school holiday, with the home release of The Lego Movie. My kids couldn't wait for the arrival of this film in the cinema in April, starting a daily countdown that lasted months.
American movie box office takings may be plummeting but New Zealanders are still flocking to the flicks, with top 20 takings remaining steady over the last two years.
When the movie “Frozen†was shown last Saturday as part of the city of Aurora’s “Movies in the Park†series, officials estimated some 1,500 people.