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AACTAs become a redemption story for Mel Gibson
The intense drama about an unlikely war hero has won nine awards including best film and director.
The intense drama about an unlikely war hero has won nine awards including best film and director.
The unselfconscious persistence of this male fantasy doesn't seem offensive so much as simply behind the times.
A conscious throwback to to the wuxia films of the 1970s – tales of derring-do in ancient China – Derek Yee's Sword Master can be recommended with enthusiasm to anyone in the mood for a stylish adventure story.
A resourceful writer-director is breaking ground by shooting an Australian film here in Mandarin.
The most interesting part of this story is not the men. It's the women and how their power functions within the family.
The canine star will be crisscrossing the country charming audiences then heading overseas.
Now a Christmas classic, the 1946 movie was the first the actor made after serving as a pilot in World War II, an experience that had caused severe psychological strain, and wasn't an easy comeback.
The famed Australian comic, who lives mostly in the US, said Sir Les Paterson would be a better president.
The Melbourne actor missed his Emmy win because he was filming in London.
Reacting to outrage over reports he and Marlon Brando conspired against actress Maria Schneider while filming a notorious rape scene in Last Tango in Paris, Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci says the outcry is based on a "ridiculous misunderstanding" of what happened.
The comic told her agent she had been cheated on in real life to win the part.
The first trailer is out for adventure-thriller The Mummy, features numerous extreme stunts, explosions and fast-paced feats.
It's hard to know which is more shocking: what Bernardo Bertolucci said, or the fact it took the world almost four years to notice. But notice it most certainly has.
It was Universal's turn in 2015, now it looks like Disney is about to break the studio box-office record again.
The creator of the billion dollar Star Wars franchise George Lucas has given his opinion on the new movie Rogue One.
Spoilers! Some plot points are discussed so if you want to go into Rogue One as fresh as possible, read no further.
Last Tango in Paris director Bernardo Bertolucci has confessed that he and Marlon Brando conspired against actress Maria Schneider during a rape scene in which the actor used a stick of butter as lubricant.
Last year was massive for Australian movies; this year has been dismal. Is it time to panic or time to change the way we measure success?
Trainwreck star's casting is seen as a bold move by Barbie's owner, Mattel.
Fighting a leopard or jumping off a cliff while on fire are just another day's work.
The Australian actor will play a brilliant FBI profiler in a series produced by Kevin Spacey's company.
It’s an ad for Burger King, but don’t hold that against it.
The festive misanthrope returns with Kathy Bates and Christina Hendricks joins the gang.
Tom Gleeson's uncomfortable joke was a reminder that not everyone has forgiven the director of Hacksaw Ridge.
Its origins were modest, but the ambitions of this epic bushranger movie are grand - and for its writer-director, they are just the beginning.
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