The female superhero has 'obviously' been in love with other women, says the comic's current chief writer

Expect car chases, crashes, throwdowns, putdowns and humour.

His latest film got a 10-minute standing ovation at Venice, and now Mel Gibson is in talks to star in a French spy romp.

It comes amid his pending divorce from Angelina Jolie.

Emily Blunt's metamorphosis into Rachel Watson, the ravaged alcoholic in The Girl on the Train burrowed deeper than a dowdy Hollywood makeover.

These women are newcomers to film or new to Australian audiences. They won't be unfamiliar names for long.

The British actress brings compassion to the role of Hester Collyer in Terrence Rattigan's The Deep Blue Sea.

Tm Burton's whimsical Gothic style has become so influential it's easy to take him for granted - but his later movies are often bolder and more disconcerting than his detractors would have you believe.

A new era of magic begins for Harry Potter fans.

The beloved animated film will be remade by Jon Favreau after his success with another live-action remake, The Jungle Book.

Life, Animated tells a story that's hard to credit, even harder to resist. It may offer hope to parents who are struggling to bring up a child with autism.

Beautiful cinematography, menacing characters, but doesn't fit easily into genres, confusing the audience.

Director Babak Anvari's acclaimed debut Under the Shadow was an idea born from everyday occurrence in post-revolution Iran.

Denzel Washington and Viola Davis are bringing their Tony Award-winning Broadway roles to the small screen in what could be a serious Oscar contender.

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The money side of the Hollywood equation is just the latest sign that horror officially owns the year. Creatively, it's also been a banner year for the genre, with a crop of entries that are more sophisticated, smarter and more beautiful (as it were) than ever.

Writer/director Jodie Foster will be honored with the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film at this year's Britannia Awards.

The film is a pacy thriller that also just happens to turn gender imbalance on its head.

Entertainment industry websites that 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.

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.

Our pick of what's showing this week

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.