Declan Burke provides a quick snapshot of new year movie releases.

Declan Burke provides a quick snapshot of new year movie releases.

The Interview, the Sony Pictures film about a fictional plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, opened in more than 300 cinemas across the US on Christmas Day, drawing many sellout audiences and statements by patrons that they were championing freedom of expression.

The Interview, the Sony Pictures film about a fictional plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, opened in more than 300 cinemas across the US on Christmas Day, drawing many sellout audiences and statements by patrons that they were championing freedom of expression.

Amid controversy, confusion and threats, Sony released The Interview online in an unprecedented response to hackers who spoiled the Christmas opening of the comedy depicting the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Actor-director Seth Rogen defended the choice to parody North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in raunchy comedy The Interview, the movie that sparked a real-life threat from the country and is suspected as the possible cause of a damaging cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment.

If you’ve ever wondered how Hollywood actors would fare in a real apocalyptic scenario (nope, me neither), then This is the End (16s) may well be your perfect movie.

If the end of humanity was nigh in a heavenly hail of fire foretold in the Bible, would anyone spare a passing thought for the fate of excessively overpaid Hollywood stars in their plush mansions?

As law-abiding citizens, we rely on the police to protect us from the shadier elements of society who would intentionally do our families harm.

Over the past year, sports headlines have focused as much on inspirational championship glories as shameful transgressions on and off the field of play.

‘The Green Hornet’

James McAvoy is to star in a comedy about cancer.

Nicolas Cage and Cameron Diaz are reportedly in talks to appear alongside Seth Rogen in 'The Green Hornet'.