Reports have emerged George Michael was working on a documentary about his career – and may have been ready to release another album – shortly before his sudden death on Christmas Day.

In this galaxy at least, the Star Wars actress will be remembered for a long, long time.

Hollywood superstar Harrison Ford has led tributes to Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher, who has died at the age of 60.

The blockbuster Assassin's Creed confirms Australian director Justin Kurzel's identity as an art filmmaker – stressing the emptiness of violent fantasy rather than the thrill of escape.

The actress was 19 when she went for the role of Princess Leia.

Filming on the as yet untitled eighth chapter of the Star Wars saga wrapped in July.

Have a guess which movie declared "leaden, implausible and witless" is the year's biggest dud.

Star Wars icon's death comes like a final stamp on an already brutal year.

The actress discussed her recently revealed affair with Harrison Ford on The Graham Norton Show just weeks ago.

Fisher died on Tuesday morning after suffering what was described as a massive heart attack on Friday while on a flight from London to Los Angeles.

This is hands-down the best time of year for lovers of cinema. Here's a list of what to watch this summer.

There was one surprise and one flop as the big movies opened on the biggest day of the year.

If you thought Will Ferrell's feel-good film Elf was about one elf's quest to find his biological father, you were wrong.

Hollywood actress Carrie Fisher was in stable condition, her mother Debbie Reynolds said on Sunday, after the Star Wars star suffered a cardiac episode two days earlier on a flight from London to Los Angeles.

Hollywood heavyweights will descend on Australia in the new year as a number of blockbusters begin shooting around the country.

Except for an unusual musical, the best of the Boxing Day movies are aimed at families and kids this year.

Blockbusters disappointed but plenty of great work came from directors willing to go out on a limb – and there's one local production all Australians should see.

In this bawdy comedy, the former Breaking Bad star plays an uptight father who doesn't like the man his daughter wants to marry.

Robbie Maddison has taken his stunt riding to a new level: he has traded ramps and jumps for Hollywood movies and water.

It's not just salaries and job opportunities that Hollywood's boy's club bogart for themselves – they're also stealing credit for female stars' work.

The director announced a competition to win a spot in the film, titled Isle Of Dogs.

The film is a quest fantasy rather than a love story, and strictly speaking the heroine Moana isn't a princess – though it's winkingly noted that she fits the mold, animal sidekicks and all.

Robert Zemeckis' latest film is an intricately woven throwback to Old Hollywood.

First it was Aquaman in Queensland. Now it's sci-fi thriller Stem in Melbourne. The country's film studios will be chockablock in the new year.