News and Features
'Disturbing' film wins in Sydney
Nicolas Winding Refn's Only God Forgives divided critics at the Cannes Film Festival - but not in Australia where it has taken home the top prize at the 2013 Sydney Film Festival.
June 18, 2013, 9:35 am
Crowe honoured at Sicilian festival
Russell Crowe has been honoured at the Taormina Film Festival in Sicily, Italy.
June 17, 2013, 11:01 am
Stakes are high in Brad Pitt's world
A month before the release of World War Z, a sensational Vanity Fair cover story virtually declared the movie was in the same shape as the army of rampaging ghouls that is its subject.
June 13, 2013, 3:35 pm
Author furious over zombie adaptation
The firestorm of negativity that threatened to immolate Brad Pitt's film adaptation of World War Z has been fuelled by the book's author Max Brooks, who has been unusually vocal in the lead-up to the film's release.
June 13, 2013, 3:20 pm
Heath praised for 'generous nature'
When West Australian actor Heath Ledger was alive, his home in Los Angeles had an open-door policy for young Australian actors attempting to follow in his footsteps and make it big in Hollywood.
June 13, 2013, 12:14 pm
Watts, De Niro in anti-nuclear video
Australian actress Naomi Watts has joined Oscar winners Matt Damon, Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro and Christoph Waltz for a new video in which they urge US leader Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin to imagine a world without nuclear weapons.
June 13, 2013, 11:12 am
Dumb & Dumber sequel axed
Fans of Jim Carrey's and Jeff Daniels' cult comedy Dumb & Dumber have been dealt a blow after bosses at Warner Bros reportedly axed a planned sequel.
June 12, 2013, 11:30 am
Hot Fuzz stars head Down Under
Fans of Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and director Edgar Wright will get the chance to meet the comedic brains behind Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz when they visit Australia this July.
June 12, 2013, 9:33 am
Hobbit fans react to new release
Hobbit fans have finally met the trilogy's main antagonist, the mighty dragon Smaug, as the trailer for the second instalment hit computer screens around the globe.
June 12, 2013, 9:22 am-
Actor/restaurateur Harry Lewis, 93, has died
Actor-turned-restaurateur Harry Lewis has died at the age of 93.
June 11, 2013, 11:47 am 
Vin Diesel the fast action hero
With eyes closed and lips pursed, Vin Diesel, the might behind the Fast & Furious muscle cars, seems to be in a world of his own as he whistles a cheerful little tune.
June 11, 2013, 11:40 am
Spanish film fiesta begins in Perth
It's not unusual for journalists previewing festivals celebrating national cinemas to find a common thread, to tease out a theme that will tell us something about the mood of the country and the state of the art.
June 11, 2013, 9:30 am
Get set for The Hobbit
The wait is nearly over for Hobbit fans desperate for a glimpse of the second instalment of the trilogy.
June 11, 2013, 8:28 am
Australia better than it looks on TV: Pitt
On his first trip Down Under, Pitt was welcomed at the premiere of his latest movie, World War Z, in Sydney by hundreds of cheering fans at the weekend.
June 10, 2013, 8:10 am
Minchin to put bilbies into song
After taking Australia, Broadway and the West End by storm, WA entertainer Tim Minchin looks set to crack Hollywood.
June 9, 2013, 12:12 pm
Cannes winner turned book into porn: author
The French author of the book that inspired this year's Palme d'Or winner at the Cannes Film Festival has slammed the movie's director for turning her novel into a work of "porn".
June 7, 2013, 12:26 pm
Movie star, swim queen Esther Williams dead at 91
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Esther Williams, a swimming champion who went on to become a star of Hollywood's golden era in the 1940s and 1950s, died Thursday at her home in Beverly Hills, her publicist told AFP.
June 7, 2013, 2:39 am
Buff star back in shape
If Matthew McConaughey thought he was on a roll last year in Cannes, having completed five roles in prominent independent movies, he wasn't wrong.
June 6, 2013, 3:30 pm
Crowe walks in Brando's steps
Afew years after Marlon Brando's 2004 death, Russell Crowe was contacted by a woman possessing a special package.
June 6, 2013, 9:15 am
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