!["One day you'll be in <i>Star Wars</i>": Ben Mendelsohn at Sydney Film Festival.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170709203120im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/o/v/m/p/image.related.landscape.300x200.gwo6ka.gwh3pg.png/1497219681688.jpg)
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Fans celebrate 20 years of Harry Potter
![Audrey Ormella, Aoife Brazil and Madeleine Albany celebrate the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter in Sydney.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170709203120im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/x/o/g/j/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwxdqa.png/1498311289557.jpg)
Twenty years on, wizards and witches of all ages are preparing to head back to Hogwarts.
Christopher Lloyd originally tossed the Back to the Future script in the bin
![Veteran actor Christopher Lloyd, better known for playing Emmett "Doc" Brown in the Back to the Future movies.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170709203120im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/x/g/b/u/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwx6tm.png/1498267743665.jpg)
How different the future or past could've been if veteran actor Christopher Lloyd didn't play the iconic mad scientist Emmett "Doc" Brown in the 1980s Back to the Future time-travelling trilogy?
Ron Howard Takes Over Han Solo Film
![Ron Howard has stepped in to direct the Star Wars spin off about Han Solo after Lucasfilm removed the previous directors ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170709203120im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/v/5/2/z/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwwuiq.png/1498171102161.jpg)
Ron Howard is stepping in to direct the coming stand-alone Han Solo film, two days after Philip Lord and Christopher Miller were ousted from the job. They had spent 4 1/2 months on the as-yet-untitled space western.
Rebel Wilson will give away money from defamation win
![Rebel Wilson has reportedly spent almost $4 million on a New York City apartment.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170709203120im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/s/7/8/s/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwwc3q.png/1499208273373.jpg)
Rebel Wilson's special damages claim is "extraordinarily large" according to the publisher found guilty of defaming her by branding her a serial liar who faked her way into Hollywood.
Han Solo directors cut loose weeks before filming ends
![Christopher Miller (bottom left) and Phil Lord (second from the right) are no longer directing the next standalone Star ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170709203120im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/i/b/v/h/image.related.landscape.120x80.gww244.png/1498716987213.jpg)
The men that brought you The Lego Movie will no longer call the shots for the next standalone Star Wars film.
Rebel to give away cash from defamation win
![Hollywood actress Rebel Wilson poses with a young fan outside Melbourne's Supreme Court earlier this month.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170709203120im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/r/x/8/8/image.related.landscape.120x80.gww037.png/1498142939120.jpg)
Rebel Wilson has promised to give away any money she receives from her successful lawsuit against magazine publisher Bauer Media.
Benedict Andrews' highly charged drama Una slick but limited
![Una (Rooney Mara) seeks out her childhood abuser Ray (Ben Mendelsohn​) in Benedict Andrews' film.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170709203120im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/v/e/1/v/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwvfea.png/1498107935923.jpg)
Benedict Andrews' film adaptation of David Harrower's play Blackbird is a highly charged piece of drama, but also a limited one.
The Last Knight review – Please, please let this be the last instalment of Transformers
![Megatron and Lennox (Josh Duhamel) in the latest Transformers instalment.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170709203120im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/v/d/n/j/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwvhgt.png/1498286504502.jpg)
The franchise has become a multi-car pile-up, with no end to the mayhem in sight.
Beauty and terror in equal measure
![Cynthia Nixon and Jennifer Ehle in A Quiet Passion.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170709203120im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/m/2/a/a/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwvecb.png/1499327501143.jpg)
Terence Davies' beautiful, searing portrait of Emily Dickinson captures her wit and melancholy.
The price of defame: Rebel wants $7.093m for lost parts
![Rebel Wilson is set to launch a range of plus-size clothing.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170709203120im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/r/x/a/7/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwvfui.png/1498531561382.jpg)
Hollywood star Rebel Wilson should receive damages of more than $7 million, her lawyers say.
Last Knight director puts spectacle above all
![Megatron and Lennox (Josh Duhamel) in the latest Transformers instalment.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170709203120im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/v/d/n/j/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwvdrq.png/1498286571007.jpg)
Repetitive sensationalism continues to be the name of Michael Bay's game in the latest Transformers.
Why Chris Evans wanted Captain America to fail
![Chris Evans arrives for the UK film premiere of "Captain America: Civil War".](http://web.archive.org./web/20170709203120im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/x/k/e/y/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwuvvu.png/1498347900564.jpg)
Chris Evans sheds the superhero gear to play a single parent and do some 'real' acting.
Daniel Day-Lewis retires from acting
![FILE- In this Jan. 27, 2013, file photo, Daniel Day-Lewis arrives at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170709203120im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/v/t/l/f/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwvdkp.png/1498097596441.jpg)
One of the most revered actors in Hollywood history has announced his retirement from acting.
Split over hitman for hire
![Hardboiled menace: Emory Cohen and Bel Powley.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170709203120im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/u/2/z/7/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwu2ac.png/1498286625423.jpg)
One bad thing begets another in this neo-noir crime drama.
Top five films
![Mia Farrow and Judy Davis in <i>Husbands and Wives</i>.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170709203120im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/u/t/r/r/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwutgo.png/1497994650497.jpg)
Our pick of the best on the big screen this week.
Even Wonder Woman isn't immune from the gender pay gap
![Gal Gadot earned just $400,000 for her role in DC's latest superhero blockbuster.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170709203120im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/j/z/r/p/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwugyq.png/1498142810194.jpg)
Wonder Woman may have been pivotal in ending World War I, but there's still one war she's yet to win.
Detour takes noir on an all-to-familiar road trip
![Tye Sheridan plays an angry young man who takes the wrong turn in Detour.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170709203120im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/u/j/0/j/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwuiza.png/1498229969490.jpg)
Detour is a load of fun – bad people doing bad things to other bad people, and sometimes someone trying to do good
'You want me to sell some art?': Depp's money woes exposed
![Johnny Depp's financial woes have been laid bare in court.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170709203120im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/3/l/9/w/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwupql.png/1498142960165.jpg)
The extent of Johnny Depp's financial woes have been laid bare in court.
Nobody is what they seem in this Lady Macbeth
![Florence Pugh delivers a precise balance of naivete and self-possession as Katherine in Lady Macbeth.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170709203120im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/t/r/w/u/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwtzmd.png/1498724372967.jpg)
This frustrated newlywed springs back to life when her husband goes away on a business trip.
Florence Pugh's Katherine a killer who won't be crushed
![Florence Pugh as Katherine in Lady Macbeth, "the woman I think everyone kind of wants to be, except for the killer bit".](http://web.archive.org./web/20170709203120im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/t/r/w/u/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwts1l.png/1498724372967.jpg)
Florence Pugh is a young wife who refuses to be crushed in William Oldroyd's Lady Macbeth.
Short Cuts
![Demetrius Shipp Jr and Kat Graham in All Eyez on Me.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170709203120im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/q/w/o/o/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwdew1.png/1497851635864.jpg)
SHORT CUTS: Citizen Jane: Battle for the City, The Villainess, All Eyez on Me
Mad Max star confirms feud between Hardy and Theron
![George Miller, Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy at Fury Road's premiere at the 68th Cannes Film Festival in 2015.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170709203120im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/h/9/f/8/v/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwtw7r.png/1498143923422.jpg)
It seems the infamous rumours of behind-the-scenes beef between the two leads of Aussie blockbuster Mad Max: Fury Road are true.
Quirky slaughterhouse romance is surprise winner of Sydney Film Festival
![Slaughterhouse workers who share the same dreams: Géza Morcsányi and Alexandra Borbély in the idiosyncratic romance On ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170709203120im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/t/c/y/h/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwtbrd.png/1498101885631.jpg)
An idiosyncratic romance about two Hungarian slaughterhouse workers who share dreams has won the $60,000 prize.
Stephen Furst from Animal House dies
![Stephen Furst, pictured in 1986, died of complications from diabetes, his family said.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170709203120im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/t/b/z/a/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwtbym.png/1497750837868.jpg)
Stephen Furst, who played naive fraternity pledge Flounder in the hit movie Animal House, has died of complications from diabetes, his family says.
Joss Whedon's Wonder Woman: a damsel in distress
![Gal Gadot in Wonder Woman.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170709203120im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/j/z/s/e/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwt3e7.png/1499328108733.jpg)
Joss Whedon, director of Marvel's Avengers blockbusters and the groundbreaking TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer is being accused of sexism after his unproduced Wonder Woman script has surfaced.
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