Movies
Drama school drop-out lands dream gig
JOE Alwyn had never been in front of a camera before when he dropped out of drama school to play the role of a lifetime in Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk.
Perky, plucky and very pink
REVIEW: Princess Poppy embarks upon her own hero’s journey in Trolls, a sweet, G-rated animation that even the adults will like.
Bad boy of ballet dances with demons
REVIEW: A gripping tale of drugs, tattoos, grand jetes and a controlling stage mother. The story of Sergei Polunin resonates with us all.
A heartwarming drug-fuelled road trip
REVIEW: Like Crazy is the Italian version of Thelma and Louise and proves to be a funny, tender and heart-rendingly sad film.
Bad Santa 2 should’ve stayed away
REVIEW: Not even Kathy Bates’ reprobate Mrs Claus can save Bad Santa 2 which is a complete and utter flop.
China’s bizarre ‘Mad Max’ rip-off
A CHINESE film studio has come up with its own version of Aussie director’s George Miller’s hit film Mad Max: Fury Road — and it’s pretty weird.
Mega-producer spills secrets from films
BACK to the Future, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The The Sixth Sense — Frank Marshall has produced some huge movies and he’s shared some fun facts about them.
Movie stunts that went wrong
THE film industry’s death-defying stunts often have us leaving the cinema in bewilderment. But sometimes, they go horribly and tragically wrong.
Rowling turned down Harry Potter role
MOST muggles would have jumped at the chance to appear in a Harry Potter movie — just not JK Rowling.
Shocker: Bad Santa 2 is a ‘lump of coal’
13 YEARS is a long time to wait for a sequel, especially if it’s as bad as Bad Santa 2. The film has received some truly scathing reviews.
Gross ways actors gained weight
SEVERAL actors have revealed the extreme diets they adopted to pack on the pounds for movie roles and most of them did not enjoy the experience.
Random accidentally ruined movie scene
A MAN has shared a hilarious tale about the day he ruined a movie shoot featuring Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler.
Wedding Crashers sequel in the works
LOCK IT UP! Your favourite wedding comedy is coming back to the big screen.
Amber Heard sued for $13 million
AMBER Heard may come to wish that she hadn’t given away her divorce money from Johnny Depp to charity.
Redmayne as magical as Harry Potter
THIS is how J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them fared against the old Hogwarts crew in cold, hard cash.
Kate’s kick-ass comeback
UNDERWORLD: Blood Wars star Kate Beckinsale explains why her vampire warrior role was such a big risk.
How Macca’s became a mega-empire
HOW McDonald’s came to feed one per cent of the world’s population daily is examined in The Founder, a movie which could deliver Michael Keaton his Oscar.
‘I talk to Taylor about everything’
RUBY Rose doesn’t need to get the tick of approval from her Taylor Swift-led girl squad to date Jess Origliasso — but luckily, she’s got it anyway.
Ruby’s love life imitates art
RUBY Rose and The Veronicas’ Jess Origliasso rekindled their romance while filming the video clip for On Your Side.
The Rock defends famous Fast 8 rant
DWAYNE Johnson has no regrets about calling his Fast and The Furious co-stars ‘candy a**es.’
Why JT loves voicing animated features
HUNDREDS of fans lined the rainbow carpet as Justin Timberlake brought Hollywood star power to Sydney.
Bond stuntman dies from helicopter fall
ONE OF the world’s most daring stuntmen has passed away after a helicopter abseil race went tragically wrong.
The darker side of Macca’s founder
MICHAEL Keaton had one condition when he agreed to take on the role of the man who created McDonald’s in a film that’s already creating Oscar buzz.
Harry Potter spin-off’s new world
REVIEW: Salem-style witch-hunters, exploding New York streetscapes — JK Rowling has unleashed an enchanted new world in Fantastic Beasts.
A war film unlike others
REVIEW: After embracing 3D cinema for Life of Pi, director Ang Lee pushes the technological envelope in this drama about a young Iraqi War hero.
Macca’s biopic is slow-cooked
REVIEW: Michael Keaton takes a bite out of the legend of the man who made McDonald’s a fast food phenomenon in the new biopic The Founder.
Game of Thrones star joins Star Wars spin-off
CLARKE may be best known for playing the fire-resistant, dragon mother in Game of Thrones but she’s set her sights on a new fantasy.
Porn star prompts Disney name change
WHEN Disney’s newest film hits overseas theatres next week it will have a different name, and the reasoning behind the change is as un-Disney as it gets.
Baz Luhrmann’s monster auction
ICONIC movie props, an E-Type Jag, and even a Christmas tree were among 259 items that went under the hammer in an auction of treasures owned by filmmakers Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin.
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