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Sydney destroyed in X-Men Apocalypse
KARL QUINN Sydney is under attack in the final trailer for Bryan Singer's big-budget X-Men: Apocalypse.
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Captain America: Civil War
JAKE WILSON It's baffling that the studio has so far devoted three films to the Cap and none to Scarlett Johansson's more charismatic Black Widow.
A Month of Sundays
SANDRA HALL The style of Anthony LaPaglia's new movie is fast becoming extinct in Australian cinema.
An
PAUL BYRNES When an old lady approaches a traditional Japanese snack seller for work, a story that is at once clear-eyed and sentimental begins to unfold.
Midnight Special
JAKE WILSON Director Jeff Nichols leads a talented cast in a supernatural thriller that serves as a deft display of craft and ambition.
Eddie the Eagle
CRAIG MATHIESON A biopic about the finest – and only – British ski jumper of his generation.
The Jungle Book
JAKE WILSON Floating downstream on Baloo's chest as he belts out The Bare Necessities might be a perfect vision of happiness.
The Huntsman: Winter's War
PHILIPPA HAWKER A prequel and a sequel rolled into one, The Huntsman: Winter's War is a clumsy patchwork of images, storylines and fabulous frocks
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Daniel Radcliffe's magic in Now You See Me 2
Jenny Cooney Carillo 11:45pm Daniel Radcliffe returns to magic in Now You See Me 2.
Dwayne Johnson to play Doc Savage, the 'world's first superhero'
GARRY MADDOX 1:03pm The Rock calls a new comic book superhero movie a "very cool project."
Begin Again
Director John Carney apologises to Keira Knightley for slamming her acting
GARRY MADDOX 10:55am The Begin Again filmmaker says his comments were petty, mean and hurtful.
Harry Potter and The Cursed Child first pictures revealed
GARRY MADDOX In less than a week, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child opens.
Mary Poppins Returns: Sequel to star Emily Blunt and Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda
Piya Sinha-Roy The screen's most popular nanny is set for a belated comeback, in a Disney musical sequel slated for Christmas 2018.
Vivid Sydney: Bjork calls out 'boys' club' in music as she launches into virtual reality
ANDREW TAYLOR Björk displays her attraction to technology with an exhibition of virtual reality works as she speaks out about the challenges women face in the entertainment industry.
Dear Johnny Depp: We need you back on the rails so we can enjoy your movies again
GARRY MADDOX COMMENT: As fans, we need the Pirates of the Caribbean star to get back on the rails. When movie stars stands for something, it makes us feel better about the world.
Disney movie Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is in crisis, Page Six report
AJA STYLES It appears box office smash The Force Awakens may have set the bar too high and spin-off movie Rogue One: A Star Wars Story just isn't up to snuff.
Keira Knightley
Keira Knightley defended by directors, Begin Again director John Carney slammed
Keira Knightley's former directors have come to the defence of the star after filmmaker John Carney criticised her acting.
Money Monster director Jodie Foster hooked on directing
Stefanie Menezes She's won two Oscars for acting and hasn't given up on that but says she is most excited about working behind the camera now.
Finding Dory may be first Disney movie to feature lesbian couple
The new Finding Dory trailer has sparked a heated online debate over speculation the children's film features a lesbian couple.
Money Monster movie director Jodie Foster reveals personal struggle
GARRY MADDOX The two-time Oscar winner identifies with characters who are dealing with disappointment and lack of self-worth in her latest movie.
James Bond director Sam Mendes quits with Daniel Craig expected to follow
EBONY BOWDEN James Bond director Sam Mendes has called it quits, paving the way for a reimagination of the iconic British spy series.
Director John Carney criticises Keira Knightley's acting in Begin Again
GARRY MADDOX The Irish director says he will never work with a supermodel again.
Johnny Depp's latest drama Alice Through The Looking Glass flops
GARRY MADDOX After the death of his mother and divorce from Amber Heard amid allegations of domestic violence, the actor's new movie has bombed.
Short Cuts: Neon, Is this the Real World, The American Dreamer
CRAIG MATHIESON Lawrence Johnston's latest documentary film shows how neon lit up the electric century.
Don Cheadle on becoming Miles Davis
Robert Ito Don Cheadle describes being slowly drawn into portraying jazz great Miles Davis in a new biopic.
The Nice Guys' Angourie Rice teams up with Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe
GARRY MADDOX The Nice Guys is a breakout role for a Melbourne schoolgirl who shines alongside Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe.
Why Megan Fox is not a fan of social media but obsessed with 'ancient aliens'
PAUL BYRNES Megan Fox is about to star in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows: her second role in this movie franchise which is as odd as she is.
Helena Bonham Carter through the looking glass
MICHAEL IDATO Helena Bonham-Carter talks about fairytales, motherhood, tempering Sacha Baron Cohen and the madness of the Red Queen.
Screen grabs: our pick of what's on the small screen
Various While Battleborn is cartoony and manic it doesn't quite have the zany magic of Borderlands,
Neon explores the glory days of the world's illuminated signs
PHILIPPA HAWKER Lawrence Johnston's documentary traces our love affair with neon.
Sydney Film Festival 2016: Aaron Pedersen talks about Goldstone
GARRY MADDOX The actor wants to continue an important conversation about black and white Australia that started with Mystery Road.
Eighties star Corey Feldman 'passed back and forth' by Hollywood paedophiles: report
EBONY BOWDEN They were the poster boys for their generation, but for Corey Feldman and Corey Haim life behind the scenes was traumatic and destructive for the two young men.
The Nice Guys: Why Russell Crowe loved going to work with Ryan Gosling
STEPHANIE BUNBURY He has a reputation for being difficult to work with but The Nice Guys star Russell Crowe insists he just expects everybody to be as committed as he is.
Hunt for the Wilderpeople's Sam Neill on why self-deprecation is key to Kiwi comedy
SARAH THOMAS Hunt for the Wilderpeople is the latest work by writer-director Taika Waititi. Sam Neill talks about how it's a poignant but very funny tale.
Burt Kwouk, karate-chopping manservant Cato in the Pink Panther comedies, dies at 85
Harrison Smith Burt Kwouk, a British character actor indelibly remembered for his work in the Pink Panther films as Cato, the manservant who sprang comic traps on the bumbling detective Jacques Clouseau with karate chops and nunchaku skill, died May 24. He was 85.
Martin Scorsese exhibition at ACMI highlights a career written in blood
KARL QUINN There are many themes in the work of Martin Scorsese, and they are all on display in the massive ACMI exhibition dedicated to his career.
How Angry Birds movie became an unlikely box office smash
LENNY ANN LOW Blow us up with a feather, this mobile-game-app-turned-animated-movie, is exploding in cinemas despite the reviews.
Ryan Gosling talks about The Nice Guys and upcoming films
Andrea Mandell The actor has a full year of moviemaking ahead.
There's no end in sight to Jane Austen mania
Steven Rea With Whit Stillman's Love & Friendship soon to hit the big screen only the latest in a long line, it's clear the enduring fascination with the British author will continue.
Disney sees dollar signs in Alice Through the Looking Glass
Patrick Ryan As Disney goes back down the rabbit hole, its box-office prospects get curiouser and curiouser.
Mike Myers returns to film, swapping comedy for film noir in Terminal
It's one of the weirdest combinations seen in a long time: funny men Mike Myers and Simon Pegg joining Australian star Margot Robbie in, of all things, a stylish noir thriller.
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Mel Gibson to judge at Tropfest and more Australian film news in Short Cuts
Around Australian film this week.
Are dogs or cats better actors?
There's a very good reason why dogs have had a long history in movies, writes Paul Byrnes.
Trailers
Room
Based on the best-selling novel by Emma Donoghue. A woman and her 5-year-old son are trapped inside a small space.
45 Years
As their 45th wedding anniversary approaches, a woman learns that her husband was once engaged to someone else.
The Danish Girl
Transgender artist Lili Elbe and talented wife Gerda Wegener lead a remarkable married life in 1920s Copenhagen.
Dirty Grandpa
Zac Efron and Robert De Niro star as an unlikely related duo setting out on a party-fueled road trip.
Anomalisa
From Charlie Kaufman, writer of Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, comes Anomalisa. A stop-motion film about a man crippled by the mundanity of his life.
Trumbo
Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo's successful career in 1940s Hollywood is jeopardised when he is blacklisted for his political beliefs.
Miracles From Heaven
A family fights for a cure for their daughter, only to be mystified when it arrives.
Keanu
New film from comedy duo Key and Peele. Two friends hatch a plot to retrieve their stolen kitten by posing as drug dealers for a street gang.
The Big Short
A look inside the lives of the men involved in a worldwide economic breakdown - and won bets on it.
Looking For Grace
When rebellious teenager Grace takes off, her exasperated parents enlist the help of a close-to-retirement detective and begin the long drive to the West Australian wheatbelt to try to find her.
Nasty Baby
Nasty Baby centres on a Brooklyn couple, Freddy and his boyfriend Mo, who are trying to have a baby with the help of their best friend, Polly.
The Daughter
A man returns to his hometown after a long departure and discovers the costs of uncovering deeply-buried family secrets. The Daughter opens in Australian cinemas on March 3, 2016.
A Month of Sundays
One night Frank Mollard gets a phone call from his mother. Nothing out of the ordinary. Apart from the fact that she died the year before.
