Movies
Angelina being consoled by Johnny Depp
ANGELINA Jolie is reportedly being consoled by Johnny Depp as she prepares for a bitter $510m divorce battle with Brad Pitt.
‘I want to be as equal as a man’
EVA Green was a Bond girl so devastating, Daniel Craig spent his next three 007 films getting over her. Now she’s done with playing the girlfriend.
Brad and Ange still share one thing
BRANGELINA may be headed for Splitsville but the heat around their acting careers has never been stronger, with both Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie due to release new movies on Netflix.
Who is Hollywood’s new power couple?
WITH the sudden and swift demise of Brangelina this week, a power vacuum has opened up in Hollywood. So can anyone hope to rival Tinseltown’s uber couple? Victoria Hannaford rates the contenders.
Ella Purnell’s peculiar path to fame
SHE once played a younger version of Angelina Jolie. Now, at 20, the star of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children comes into her own.
Winslet’s surprise about Hemsworth
KATE Winslet had the enviable privilege of getting up close with Liam Hemsworth during The Dressmaker. But she’s only just found out how old he was.
Backlash over ‘poor taste’ Power Rangers poster
THE big-screen Power Rangers remake has hit a snag as an unfortunately-worded tagline seems to make fun of the death of a former cast member.
What Freeman hates more than zombies
MARTIN Freeman came to South Australia expecting to survive the zombie apocalypse. However, when he came under attack, it wasn’t from the undead.
Furore over anti-vaxxer movie
A CONTROVERSIAL anti-vaccination film, banned in New York, was to be screened here. It didn’t go down well.
The Jumanji pic that’s made fans furious
FANS are up in arms over the first pictures to emerge from the new Jumanji reboot, with many already branding the movie “sexist”.
Mr & Mrs Smith: what you never knew
BRAD Pitt and Angelina Jolie fell in love on the set of Mr and Mrs Smith — but they both nearly turned down the roles.
Hugh Grant’s creepy sex scene confession
MOST actors say that filming sex scenes is anything but sexy. Hugh Grant doesn’t agree. In fact the 56-year-old finds them “quite a turn on”.
Spin Out fails to raise a laugh
REVIEW: Only two thoughts enter the mind throughout this sad experience. How did this ever get made? And when will it ever end?
Warning: Prepare for full-frontal shocks
REVIEW: New York’s 1970s and 80s art scene has been brought to gripping, grotty life in this look at the life and times of late photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.
The day I met Edward Snowden
ACTOR Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who stars as Edward Snowden in his latest film, travelled to Russia to meet with the whistleblower who he says should be embraced.
Director doesn’t do justice to Snowden
REVIEW: THE true tale of what happened to whistleblower Edward Snowden would make for one hell of a movie if Oliver Stone doesn’t direct it.
Storks settles into an average groove
REVIEW: While intermittently enjoyable Storks is charged with a needy, noisy, nervous energy that soon has it dashing off in every direction at once.
Oscar-winning director Hanson dies
CURTIS Hanson, who won an Oscar for his screenplay for 1997 film L.A. Confidential and who directed Eminem in 2002 movie 8 Mile, has died.
Oscar-winning director Curtis Hanson dies
CURTIS Hanson, the Oscar winner who directed acclaimed hits like 8 Mile and L.A. Confidential, has passed away at the age of 71.
Oscar-winning director Curtis Hanson dies
CURTIS Hanson, the Oscar winner who directed acclaimed hits like 8 Mile and L.A. Confidential, has passed away at the age of 71.
The film Renee made when she was ‘unrecognisable’
WHEN Renée Zellweger stepped onto a red carpet in 2014 after years out of the spotlight, she started a media frenzy. Now the film she made during that time is set for release.
The film you can’t afford to miss
ITS story is deceptively simple, and there’s not a word of spoken dialogue. But The Red Turtle is one of the most affecting films of the year.
Hemsworth starved himself for film role
THE Aussie actor looked like a picture of health during his shirtless scenes in last year’s The Dressmaker — but he was taking extreme measures.
Fast utes, bare bums and beer
REVIEW: Drinking competitions, portable toilet pranks, ute musters, mud wrestling and mooning — Spin Out ticks off classic B&S activities one by one.
Snowden doco a real-life cyber thriller
REVIEW: Oliver Stone digs deep for this real-life cyber thriller about NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, which doesn’t disappoint.
The Blair Witch spell is broken
REVIEW: The Blair Witch sequel might have a few solid horror sequences, but it’s lost the element of surprise. However, the locals are still scary.
Clive’s father-son comedy is great
REVIEW: Scrapes and misadventures throw father and son together in this feel-good drama where Clive Owen wears a checked flannie better than your average movie star.
Hollywood movie star comebacks
ONE good film can transform a Hollywood career. Mel Gibson and Renee Zellweger are living proof, as they are now the talk of Tinseltown.
‘Napoleon Dynamite’ is now a hunk
JON Heder, aka Napoleon Dynamite, used to be king of the nerds. But a decade after the hit film came out he has transformed into a hunky dad.
