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Could Hacksaw Ridge be Mel Gibson's comeback? Venice thinks so
The world premiere of Australian film Hacksaw Ridge has earned positive reviews for its much-maligned director Mel Gibson at the Venice Film Festival.
The world premiere of Australian film Hacksaw Ridge has earned positive reviews for its much-maligned director Mel Gibson at the Venice Film Festival.
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Lindsay Lohan is to appeal court ruling that anorexic celebrity character in the mega selling game is not her.
Tributes flow for Hollywood character actor Jon Polito, the hot-headed gang chief Johnny Caspar in the Cohen Brother's classic Miller's Crossing.
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An Australian film likened to The Towering Inferno will recreate the horrific attacks of 2008.
A compelling adventure about an app-based game where kids take riskier and riskier dares the more they play.
It has taken Terence Davies 18 years to bring Sunset Song to the screen, but it was worth it.
Spike Jones directs Margaret Qualley in a magnificent send-up of fragrance ads.
Director Oliver Stone found the stakes were high in making a movie about US whistleblower Edward Snowden.
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A little bit Wes Anderson, a little bit Napoleon Dynamite, Rosemary Myers' award-winning first treats the topic of geeky teens with poetry and grace.
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Edward Snowden's in exile but not afraid to speak his mind about his hosts.
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Top five films screening this week
Hugo Weaving knows that acting and celebrity are poles apart. But, he tells Karl Quinn over lunch, there are plenty who lose sight of that.
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