Movies

Official Competition is a satire about the film business, in which two rival actors make their first movie together. Starring Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas and Oscar Martinez.

Magic is replaced by technical mastery in Robert Zemeckis' unoriginal remake of an 82-year-old film classic. Tom Hanks should have run for the hills from this turkey, says Simon Morris.

Punch is a New Zealand coming-of-age film about the unlikely friendship between a schoolboy boxer and a flamboyant, young Māori singer.

Police responding to reports of a racist flag being flown from a Wānaka property found the home was instead flying the colours of the Klingon Empire from Star Trek.

Muru is a thriller based on the notorious Tūhoe raids of 2007. Starring Cliff Curtis (The Dark Horse) and Simone Kessell (Obi-Wan Kenobi), it's directed by Tearepa Kahi (Poi E, Mt Zion).

The New Zealand indie film Northspur is set in a plague-torn future where roaming bandits threaten remote settlements. Starring the late Marshall Napier (Bellbird) and Josh McKenzie (Filthy Rich)…

Actors Idris Alba and Tilda Swinton and director George Miller are a dream team in this fantastical banquet.

Sir Peter Jackson's Beatles documentary, Get Back, has won all five categories it was nominated for in the 2022 Creative Arts Emmys. Video

Amazon says its Lord of the Rings prequel series was watched by more than 25 million viewers around the world on its first day, a record debut for a Prime Video series.