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'Crop circle counsellor' to Prince Charles, Mark Rylance also makes a superb BFG
STEPHANIE BUNBURY 12:00am Actor Mark Rylance, who performs Shakespeare "like it was written for him the night before" could not speak properly as a child, and so can well relate to the rolling muddle spoken by the BFG.
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Finding Dory
JAKE WILSON There's something missing from Finding Dory: a wildness, a sense of danger. All the same, the soothing beauty pulls you in.
Warcraft
JAKE WILSON If you can sit through this bombastic epic fantasy – and can give a coherent plot synopsis afterwards – then you surely deserve the title of nerd.
Me Before You
JAKE WILSON 12:00am To some degree it's a Serious Issue Film, and it's here that viewers may feel a certain unease.
Mustang
SANDRA HALL 12:15am Five Turkish sisters challenge cultural expectations, asserting themselves with sensual energy and optimism.
Downriver
PAUL BYRNES 1:54pm There is a preoccupation with dangerous landscapes everywhere in Australian film-making and Downriver is both beautiful and scary.
TMNT: Out of the Shadows
JAKE WILSON This is no-one's idea of a must-see movie, but if your expectations are nil you might be pleasantly surprised.
The Conjuring 2
JAKE WILSON This exorcism story spends time establishing its characters and location before getting into the flashiness.
Miles Ahead
PAUL BYRNES Jazz great Miles Davis was a musical risk-taker – and this cinematic tribute follows his experimental lead.
Money Monster
PAUL BYRNES Money Monster is engaging and current and caustic, but it works better as comedy than thriller.
Mr Right
SANDRA HALL This 'romantic hitman' fantasy follows in the steps of Prizzi's Honor and Mr and Mrs Smith.
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David Brent: Life on the Road trailer for Ricky Gervais film introduces Dom Johnson
KARL QUINN 7:30pm It's 15 years since we first met Ricky Gervais's brilliant comic creation David Brent. This new trailer suggests he's older but none the wiser.
Jackie Chan heads to Sydney to film Chinese science-fiction thriller Bleeding Steel
SARAH THOMAS 7:48pm Action-movie legend Jackie Chan is heading to Sydney next month to star in what is set to be the biggest budget Chinese production to take place in Australia.
Beam me down under, Scotty: Star Trek Beyond stars head to Australia for premiere
SARAH THOMAS 12:53pm Trekkies rejoice: the men helming the USS Enterprise, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Karl Urban are heading back down under for the premiere of Star Trek Beyond.
Finding Dory was a sequel that had to be made, says director Andrew Stanton
JENNY COONEY CARRILLO 11:45pm "I spent four years with fish, so why do it again,'' asks Finding Dory director Andrew Stanton.
Me Before You, starring GoT's Emilia Clarke, is a 'disability snuff movie', say protesters
KARL QUINN Australian screenings of the Game of Thrones star's latest film are being picketed by activists who believe it suggests the disabled are better off dead.
Why Down Under is a must-see comedy about the Cronulla Riots
GARRY MADDOX A new Australian film, which has just had its world premiere, is a provocative look at racism.
Dame Helen Mirren has announced she's joining Fast and Furious 8 'for the fun of it'
SARAH THOMAS The never-ending movie franchise that is the Fast and Furious series has a very high-calibre recruit to its eighth outing.
Manchester United players battle aliens in ridiculous Independence Day: Resurgence trailer
EBONY BOWDEN It's the superhero film no one wanted: Manchester United players saving the world from an alien invasion.
Short Cuts: Mel Gibson's Hacksaw Ridge set for Hollywood awards season run
GARRY MADDOX The wartime drama directed by the star of Mad Max and Braveheart is one of two movies shot in Australia that could vie for the Oscars next year.
Finding Dory star Ty Burrell says Disney movie's same-sex couple is unintentional
AMY CROFFEY It had been anticipated that Disney and Pixar were set to make history by featuring a same-sex couple in the sequel to Finding Nemo, Finding Dory.
Conductor John Wilson's labour of love resurrects music from Hollywood's golden age
NICK GALVIN It's rare, if ever, to hear a kind word said about James T Aubrey, the ruthless former CBS executive hired in 1969 to turn around the stuttering fortunes of the MGM movie studio.
Animal Kingdom movie adaption into US TV series should learn from Fargo: New York Times
Mike Hale The resemblance between TV series and film is barely even skin deep.
Moana, Disney's first Polynesian princess shines in trailer
EBONY BOWDEN Disney has introduced its first Polynesian princess in the trailer for new film Moana, with the brave and independent character likely to inspire a whole new generation of young girls.
Sydney Film Festival 2016: Even the most unlikely films are dripping with sex
GARRY MADDOX Even a thoughtful Brazilian drama about the indignities of ageing features plenty of raunchy scenes.
Travis Fimmel finds Warcraft and Vikings battles are easy compared with this
JENNY COONEY CARRILLO Off the screen battlefield, Travis Fimmel grew up on a Victorian beef and dairy farm.
Cosplay queen goes from geek to glam
Amy Cooper Lifelong comic book fan Rebecca Borkman, aka Ardella, has her dream job of channelling pop culture's most kick-butt women in the fast-growing world of cosplay.
Helena Bonham Carter brings her brand of formal oddity to 'Alice Through the Looking Glass'
Josh Rottenberg Helena Bonham Carter has never been afraid to let her freak flag fly, either on-screen or off.
Ellen DeGeneres bewildered by Australian backlash to reef stance
Peter Mitchell Comedian and talk show host Ellen Degeneres has defended her involvement in a campaign to raise awareness of the plight of the Great Barrier Reef after comments by MP Greg Hunt and Today show host Karl Stefanovic.
Kylie is Absolutely Fabulous on theme song for Patsy and Edina's new film
Kylie Minogue has secretly recorded the theme to the much-anticipated Absolutely Fabulous feature film.
