Movies

1. Twilight : The world's richest bloody franchise
   Have you been bitten? If you're over 20, or happen to own a Y chromosome, the answer is probably not. But if you talked to a teenage girl at the weekend, or stepped into the crowded foyer of a cinema, you'll almost certainly have...
2. Bulls injure two on Tom Cruise film set
   Filming on Tom Cruise's new movie was halted by rampaging bulls.Seven animals ran through the streets of Cadiz, Southern Spain, where the Hollywood actor's latest project Knight and Day ? which also stars Cameron Diaz ? was...
3. Watching the detective
   Along with Santa Claus and Mickey Mouse, he is one of the three best-known personalities on the planet. Orson Welles called him "the world's most famous man who never was", though to millions across the globe he was as real as...
4. Kerre Woodham : Twi-ed hard, but romance this is not
   Maybe it's an occupational hazard. Maybe after 10 years of column-writing and 12 years of talk radio, it's only natural you become a dyspeptic curmudgeon.While you're standing on the footpath, waving your stick and ranting at...
5. Jackson's The Lovely Bones has 'too little violence'
   Peter Jackson said he has had to re-edit his latest movie The Lovely Bones to "add more violence and suffering".Instead of cutting scenes to qualify for a youth-friendly PG13 rating for US audiences, Jackson found test audiences...
6. NZ still a star for Hollywood
   New Zealand's film industry is on a roll, despite fears the rising dollar may put off Hollywood producers.A string of big-budget movies are being filmed or planned, including Peter Jackson's next three projects and a big-screen...
7. New Moon at midnight keeping theatres full
   New Moon pre-sales have smashed all previous records, and the film is shaping up to be the biggest money-maker of the year.Jane Hastings, general manager of Sky City Cinemas, said the group had counted more than 30,000 pre-bookings...
8. The Mormon queen of the damned
   If you have even the most fleeting acquaintance with a prepubescent girl, chances are you've heard about the film of New Moon , the second in Stephenie Meyer's bestselling quartet of vampire novels.At a "stars meet the fans"...
9. Flame and Citron
   Rating: * * * Verdict: Stylish - almost to a fault - but gripping. The true story of two heroes of the resistance in Nazi-occupied Denmark makes for an accomplished and engrossing thriller whose cynical, if not nihilistic,...
10. Hudson to play Winnie Mandela
    Oscar-winning actor Jennifer Hudson is to play Winnie Mandela in a film charting the turbulent life and times of the ex-wife of South Africa's first black President, Nelson Mandela. Hudson told Daily Variety the film would bring...
11. Twlight: Opening day review and viewer reaction
    Fans of the Twilight saga will not be let down by the adaptation of Stephanie Meyer's second book, New Moon.Awash with vampire vs werewolf action, romance and heartbreak with some awkward displays of teenage sexual tension thrown...
12. Miley Cyrus calls Twilight fans a 'cult'
    Suck in your guts, Twi-hards, and prepare for a bombshell: Tween franchise sensation smiley Miley Cyrus is not a Twilight fan, in fact she hates it. Turns out the Disney darling, who just signed up to star in Wings , a fantasy...
13. Author wept over Vintner's Luck film
    The Vintner's Luck author Elizabeth Knox is upset by Niki Caro's film adaptation of her acclaimed book.Knox, who said she lay in bed and cried for days after seeing the film, is shocked at how much it departed from her story.The...
14. Review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
    The adaptation of the sixth book in J.K. Rowling's seven-strong Potter series doesn't let us down. Stunning special effects, performances by a who's who of British acting talent, eccentric new characters, lots of action, plenty...
15. A monster project
    Usually the problem with book-to-film adaptations is fitting it all in or knowing what to leave out. Not this time. Maurice Sendak's 1963 classic beloved children's picture book Where the Wild Things Are runs to just 338 words.At...
16. New Moon on the rise
    August 2009: A cinema full of American fans shrieks as a long-haired, dark-skinned, sculpted young man peels off his shirt to blot the blood from Bella's head. They stare into each other's eyes, and lean in."Don't do it!" cries...
17. Adam
    Herald rating: * * * Verdict: Sincere, if slightly bland. Films about characters with psychological disorders are major Oscar bait ( Rain Man, Forrest Gump, Shine ) but they risk being either mawkish or condescending. This...
18. 2012
    Herald rating: * * * Verdict: A dodgy script and lacklustre characters spoil the amazing special effects. If you were impressed by director Roland Emmerich's disaster film The Day After Tomorrow , then you'll be blown away...
19. What Just Happened?
    Herald rating: * * * Verdict: Not an insightful look into movie-making but well-acted, easy entertainment. Based on his memoir and adapted for the big screen by film producer Art Linson ( Heat, Fight Club ), What Just Happened?...
20. Wellington premiere for Lovely Bones
    Some of Hollywood's biggest names will grace the red carpet next month at the premiere of The Lovely Bones. Wellington's Embassy Theatre is hosting the premiere on December 14, and the film will be released on cinemas on Boxing...

Copyright 2009 APN HOLDINGS NZ
Updated at 7:00pm, 24 November 2009