Shooting past all competition, MGM and Sony's The Magnificent Seven took over the weekend box office, surpassing the new animated Storks, from Warner Bros.

Asian cinema showed its increasing European clout at this year's San Sebastian Film Festival, where Chinese director Xiaogang Feng's I am not Madame Bovary took two top awards.

Entertainment industry websites which publish the ages of actors will be forced to stop the practice, in the wake of new legislation in California intended to combat ageism in Hollywood.

An unexpected protest over racial casting in Miss Saigon nearly brought the curtains down permanently on the hit musical.

The latest plans to develop the massive former prison site in Coburg include a shopping centre and cinema complex.

The star of The Hobbit and TV series The Office and Fargo says he's no fan of zombie movies, though he loves the one he is making in Australia right now.

In a new adaptation of Joe Cinque's Consolation, Canberra filmmaker Sotiris Dounoukos highlights the ambiguities of a case which gripped Australia.

The deadly mating habits of the redback spider inspired Cate Blanchett's latest role.

Paul Byrnes finds a paradox at the heart of disaster movies' appeal.

Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson and others have joined forces again to 'Save the Day' - this time from Donald Trump.

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.

Robert Mapplethorpe forever changed the perceptions of the camera's place in the arts.

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 star of the new thriller reveals the path she might have taken, and why she's no fan of the word 'strong' when it comes to her roles.

​Is Edward Snowden a traitor or a hero? That depends on who you ask. But there's no question how Oliver Stone feels about it.

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.

Owen Suskind was three when he started withdrawing from the world. Life, Animated tells the remarkable story of how Disney cartoons brought him back.

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