QAnon-link film gets local release
The low-budget film about child sex trafficking, starring Jim Caviezel, has been widely embraced by conservative and right-wing commentators, will premiere in August
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Cut! Life is too short for these bloated epics
The more famous the director, the longer the production, but someone needs to rein them in.
Horror from Adelaide directors a cut above
It’s not a slasher film and doesn’t use jump scares but that doesn’t mean it won’t send your heart racing. The opening scene, centred on two teenage brothers, is terrifying.
‘Barbenheimer’ sets post-pandemic box office high
Cinemagoers turned out in force, with Barbie and Oppenheimer delivering the fourth-highest-grossing weekend in history.
‘I’m not The Nanny’: Hollywood’s fiery activist gears up for a long fight
With her star power, middle-class roots and, of course, that voice, 90s sitcom celebrity Fran Drescher’s blunt appeals are galvanising the actors’ union in its labor battle.
Match made in hellraiser still rings bells, 50 years later
Fifty years ago, Mike Oldfield’s misunderstood Tubular Bells was languishing – until William Friedkin found it perfect as the soundtrack for his horror classic, The Exorcist.
Donald Trump, stuffed toys and the ‘poisoning of America’
The greed and excess of the ‘90s produced a secretive billionaire who exploited a global toy craze until it went spectacularly bust. Now anti-celebrity Zach Galifianakis is exposing the myth of the lone male genius.
Movie buffs in the pink at Barbenheimer boom
It’s the biggest cinematic event of the year: the box office stand-off, and unlikely alliance, of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.
Famous faces the PR weapon in Hollywood war
With star power on their side, writers and actors seem to be winning, for now, in the epic tinseltown divide over ‘generative AI’ and money.
Barbie set to clobber Oppenheimer at the box office
Not content with conquering the toy box, Barbie has her sights set on box office domination.
Am I a Ken? Let me call Barbie (my wife) and check
In the new Barbie film, Ken is the perennial second fiddle, the himbo spare part in a world of alpha women. Hmm, sounds familiar.
Oppenheimer review: All-star cast steals the show
Christopher Nolan has done it again. He’s turned a story we know into an edge-of-the-seat drama. Tossing up between seeing this and Barbie? Watch both. You will not regret it.
From the desert to the veranda
The stunning camerawork that filmmaker Warwick Thornton brings to the cinema screen will soon be used to promote the Yes campaign for the voice.
Nicole Kidman gets the Yellowstone treatment
The latest from the Yellowstone hit maker is an espionage thriller based on the real-life CIA Lioness Program — with Kidman as a CIA supervisor.
Barbie highest-ever attended: ‘We’ve never seen this demand before’
Could Barbie save the box office? Cinemas across Australia report that screenings of the Margot Robbie film have shattered all previous attendance records.
Barbie review: This film and Margot Robbie deserve Oscars buzz
Margot Robbie is perfect as the flawless doll who becomes sentient and starts to have an existential crisis. That sounds serious, and it is in one sense, but this movie is zanily funny from start to finish.
The star power of silver-haired men
Harrison Ford, Tom Cruise, Denzel Washington and other actors of a certain age are coming soon to a cinema near you — again. They’re putting a new spin on the term ‘old Hollywood.’
Symbol of Swinging Sixties Jane Birkin dies, aged 76
The actress and singer’s steamy hit with her French partner Serge Gainsbourg and the couple’s wild lifestyle became an avatar for the time.
Major Aussie productions shut down as actors strike
The first combined Hollywood actors’ and writers’ strike in nearly 60 years covers all American commissioned work, regardless of where the production is being filmed.
Insidious: The Red Door, scarily bereft of originality
Australian filmmakers James Wan and Leigh Whannell have had considerable success in Hollywood with their bloody horror films. But it’s time to give the Insidious franchise a rest.
Tepid between the sheets and not very funny
The Canadian comedy The End of Sex starts with an awkward truth: that a couple’s sex life can start out hot and, over time, turn cold.
Oppenheimer stars leave UK premiere to join actors’ strike
The big names ‘left to write their picket signs’ once film and TV actors voted to join screenwriters in their first simultaneous strike in over 60 years.
Hollywood actors to join writers’ strike
A prolonged strike involving writers and actors could mean Hollywood’s pipeline of fresh shows and movies will thin.
Zen and the art of Wim Wenders
With Perfect Days, a meditation on the simple life of a toilet cleaner in Tokyo, veteran director Wim Wenders has delivered his best film in years.
Spot the difference: Margot Robbie v Barbie
The Australian actor has dug into the toy box to pay homage to different dolls over the decades. See all of the classic looks.
Warner Bros responds to Barbie Vietnam ban
The upcoming film starring Margot Robbie was banned over a map depicting the South China Sea, described as an innocent ‘whimsical’ drawing by the film studio.
Pitt to turn Silverstone into film set
Silverstone will have a sprinkling of Hollywood stardust this weekend, with actor Brad Pitt racing at the Northamptonshire circuit during the British Grand Prix.
Mission: Impossible a must-see on the big screen
The impossible stunts are dazzling but it’s the endless appeal of an old-fashioned movie star in Tom Cruise that is the highlight of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1.
‘Incredible opportunity’: Blanchett backs the Yes case
The Oscar-winning actor says ‘it’s time we evolved’, as her director likens Australia to ‘a spoilt only child’.
The world’s most popular doll isn’t cancel-proof after all
Hollywood thought an edgy movie about an iconic blonde doll with a diverse cast would make it cancel proof, they were wrong.
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