Gennaro Nunziante's comedy is reportedly the highest-grossing Italian film of all time.

On a basic storytelling level Inferno is competent, with a cast far better than the material deserves.

It's hard to see the consolation. Helen Garner's book on the crimes of Anu Singh, who killed her boyfriend Joe Cinque in Canberra in 1997, was itself intended as the consolation.

Henson has detailed the shocking racism she has suffered at the hands of Hollywood executives in her new memoir.

New details have emerged about the third and final outing for Hugh Jackman as Wolverine.

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For better or worse, The Girl on the Train film keeps the ending mostly the same as in the book, save for a couple scenes. And there's one new, key character.

The British director, whose works include Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, will reportedly direct the Disney remake.

The psychological thriller The Girl on the Train chugged to an easy number one spot at the US box office despite movie theatre closures and inclement weather.

Matt Damon has defended his upcoming big budget fantasy adventure The Great Wall against claims of whitewashing.

It's a casting director's dream. Jack Ma, China's richest man, and the highest-grossing Hollywood auteur of all time, Steven Spielberg, have struck a deal to work together to produce and finance films for the world's second-largest movie market.

Poland's leading filmmaker Andrzej Wajda, whose credits include the iconic Man of Iron featuring Solidarity leader and later Polish president Lech Walesa, has died. He was 90.

Comedian and actress Rebel Wilson, actor Jai Courtney and MacGyver director James Wan named as recipients of the Australians in Film Awards.

There are strange echoes in the latest on-screen role for Brad Pitt of his recent off-screen dramas.

Director Peter Berg's much talked-about movie is the "Titanic with more fire and oil, and no class divisions".

The actor who was the stormtrooper Finn will star in and co-produce the big budget movie.

They couldn't finance their first film finance in Australia so they went to the slums of Manilla during typhoon season.

After the sumptuous Russian Ark, director Aleksandr Sokurov explores another great museum in Francofonia.

Ros Horin's documentary about making a play with women refugees is at times culturally uncomfortable.

From Rocky to The Magnificent Seven, how and when movies and their reboots are made can point to the state of politics and society in the US.

Emily Blunt looks anything but glamorous yet she still fails to win us over as the heavy drinking, stalking protagonist Rachel Watson from Paula Hawkins' novel.

The third Da Vinci Code movie is released by Ron Howard who has Dan Brown on hand to rewrite the script as he directs.

Filmmaker Sotiris Dounoukos' screen adaptation of Helen Garner's Joe Cinque's Consolation chronicles a case of sadness and tragedy.

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Why you should relax when it comes to the next movie about the Caped Crusader.