Oliver Stone's penchant for bending the truth has been compromised this time around – making for an absorbing, rather than galvanising, film.

With camera angles and dead bodies counting more than realism, The Magnificent Seven is a very modern remake. Apart from the horse carnage.

It's a bit of a soap opera but Son Ye-jin does well as a heroine against the odds.

Too many subplots and poorly pitched humour let down this new take on an old ploy.

Curtis Hanson, who won an Oscar for the screenplay for L.A. Confidential and directed Eminem in the movie 8 Mile, has died. He was 71.

Michael Dudok de Wit's first feature is well up to the standards of Studio Ghibli, but the story line drags and is unlikely to suit younger audiences.

Author Paula Hawkins agrees with fans that Emily Blunt is 'too beautiful' to play the book's overweight, alcoholic divorcee, Rachel.

The Harry Potter actor said it was "crazy" a gender pay gap still existed in Hollywood and alleged gay actors were afraid of being typecast.

The new series is the latest in a growing list of TV dramas based on movies, not all of them terribly old.

In a move that brings together, and fuses further, Jedis Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda, Star Wars comic writer Jason Aaron is set to tell young Yoda's tale.

The acclaimed director of Mystery Road and Goldstone has shot a cathartic drama in his home town.

One of the most beloved members of the Sound of Music cast, actress Charmian Carr, has died.

Bond was back in town on Saturday for Goulburn's second Spyfest.

The Australian pentecostal church Hillsong that has come to dominate the lucrative American Christian youth music market has released a new move based on the preparations of its band, Hillsong United, for a concert.

The trailer for Red Dog: True Blue was released overnight, with a hoard of homegrown talent gathering to tell the back story of one of Australia's most lovable canines.

Malcolm, the surprise Aussie hit film of the 1980s, about a shy, retiring gadget geek-turned-bank-robber, turns 30 this year, writes Jane Freebury.

The director's debut feature, released 30 years ago, is getting the Netflix series treatment.

Australian-born dancer, choreographer and director Wade Robson claims he was groomed by the Jackson organisation from the age of five.

Batman has a new suit. And the good news is, it's a nipple-free zone.

Oliver Stone has ditched the excesses of his recent films to deliver a sharp biopic on whistleblower Edward Snowden.

The actor hoped to understand the motivations of the former NSA contractor turned whistleblower by playing him.

A film about a gay man's reconciliation with his religious family is a highlight of the Israeli Film Festival.

There's an upside to being seen as an outsider, says director Tim Burton, ahead of the release of his latest film Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

Like faded rock stars, the cinematic heroes and heroines of yesteryear keep returning to the spotlight, older, sadder, but typically no wiser than when we last saw them.