Blanchett will play the villainous Hela opposite another Aussie, actor Chris Hemsworth, in the upcoming film Thor: Ragnarok.

Extreme skiers, landscapes and Superman from all angles as filmmakers tap into drones.

Actor may not be as instantly recognisable as some Hollywood stars but he has more hit franchises to his name than any of his famous contemporaries.

Hollywood heartthrob Johnny Depp took in hundreds of millions of dollars as Captain Jack Sparrow in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean franchise and other movies, but not enough to pay for his own swashbuckling lifestyle.

Director Kavi Raz's glossy story of how the last maharajah of Punjab became a British gentleman.

Television presenter and dancer Sarain Carson-Fox took Justin Trudeau on a historic visit to a remote reserve.

With its historical setting, this World War II film is a long way from films like The Dark Knight.

Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk is a visceral experience of World War II not far removed from Inception and Interstellar.

Few words are exchanged in this quintessentially British war story.

The most interesting question about any great band is not how and why they broke up. It is how they did what they did in the first place and on that, Descent into the Maelstrom is fairly opaque about the mysterious, uncompromising Radio Birdman – who might be termed the best Australian band most Australians never heard.

This ghost story levitates towards the tragic over the terrifying.

A tree's spirit comes to life – with some help from Liam Neeson – in this moving coming-of-age story.

First-time feature director Eleanor Coppola brings more than a famous name to Paris Can Wait.

Even Diane Lane can't save this wafer-thin plot.

A simple image and an argument with his wife formed the genesis of director David Lowery's haunting film.

Tens of thousands of fans turn out for a glimpse into the future of Star Wars, Marvel and a planned live-action reboot of The Lion King.

Our pick of what's showing on the big screen this week

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The lead singer struggled to watch a new documentary on one of Australia's great rock bands.

Coming more than 50 years after the original, Mary Poppins Returns eclipsed both Star Wars and Marvel for applause at the D23 Disney convention.

Were it not for a stunning performance in the film Ed Wood in 1994, which won him an Oscar, actor Martin Landau might have had to settle with a couple of, admittedly memorable, genre hits, Mission: Impossible and Space: 1999, as his epitaph.

Looks good enough to eat.

George A. Romero, the filmmaker who launched a genre with his 1968 zombie classic Night Of The Living Dead, has died, aged 77.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson shares behind-the-scenes footage with fans.