Why Mark Wahlberg wakes up at 3.30am
The Hollywood actor and recent espresso convert describes a typical day containing a dozen activities before lunch, including cryotherapy, two snacks and praying.
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The power of Cate’s passion, and vice versa
Cate Blanchett’s performance in Tar has already sparked feverish talk of a third Oscar win.
Baldwin sues over movie set gun death
Actor Alec Baldwin has filed a lawsuit against four people involved in the Western film Rust.
Rose Byrne is on fire
The Aussie star walks a classy line between comedy and drama. But it was a less-than-elegant move that convinced the legendary Dolly Parton to sign off on Byrne’s latest, seriously funny film.
Paddington bears brunt of royalties row
First the books, TV and films . . . then tea with the Queen, and now he is at the centre of a bitter High Court drama.
Chadwick Boseman’s spirit lives on in Black Panther sequel
The original film became a rallying cry for black audiences the world over. Wakanda Forever isn’t as good but fans will love it.
The critics are wrong about Harry Styles
My Policeman is acutely scripted, sensitively directed and finely acted byt the pop star. It’s one of the best films out right now.
‘If we really want to change the world, it’s in our homes’
Joost Bakker, who created the world’s first zero-waste restaurant. is now focusing on houses — and the power of the individual to change the world.
The Aussie sisters who changed film history
Between 1926 and 1933, the trailblazing McDonagh sisters — director Paulette; producer Phyllis; and actress Isabel under stage name Marie Lorraine — changed the course of film history.
Naughty hen’s night turns deadly
When the nominations for the 2022 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts, Australia’s Oscars, were announced a few days ago one film seemed to materialise from nowhere: Sissy.
Trump shadow looms over drama
In the coming of-age-drama Armageddon Time, American filmmaker James Gray returns to the New York roots he explored in earlier films such as The Yards (2000) and We Own the Night (2007).
Marvel? Hardly. This movie is a mess
How best to sum up Black Adam, the 11th movie in the DC Extended Universe? How about this: this is a mess of a movie.
Rebel Wilson slams Nine journo
Four months after Sydney Morning Herald gossip columnist Andrew Hornery tried to out her as gay, the actress has spoken of the ‘grubby’ episode.
‘Beauty comes in any shape or size’
With love in her life and a positive body image, Rebel Wilson is stretching her wings with new roles on both sides of the camera.
Open-Dior policy for Mrs ‘Arris
Lesley Manville is perfect in the title role of this film, a wistful romp through the French capital and into the heart of the nascent fashion industry
The remaking of Eddie Redmayne
For his latest role the Fantastic Beasts actor relished the chance to ditch the tweed suits and play against type as an American serial killer.
Harry Potter star Robbie Coltrane dead
The Scottish actor, best known for playing Hagrid in the Harry Potter movie franchise, has died.
‘Like it or not, this is the founding narrative of modern Australia’
In her new series about the frontier wars, Rachel Perkins wants you to be rocked: “It’s time for a reckoning. Are we ready to honestly face the past?”
Kate Hudson’s suprising role
The actor plays a pole dancer who works in a strip club called The Panty Drop in Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon.
Could this really be the end of Halloween?
Jamie Lee Curtis was 19 when she made her film debut as Laurie in the original directed by Carpenter. She has appeared in 7 of the 13 movies and is in fine form in this new one.
Acting’s grande dame
Angela Lansbury, who became a household name through her role as a writer-detective in the hit TV show Murder, She Wrote, has died, aged 96.
Geena Davis created her own starring role
After starring in blockbusters like Thelma & Louise, the actress is challenging Hollywood to make more ‘insanely successful’ movies with female leads.
Weinstein, a feminist film and abuse claims: Pitt’s #Metoo tangle
Brad Pitt’s position on the Hollywood A-List is under threat amid his increasingly public divorce from Angelina Jolie.
‘Dress like a knight or dress like a lady, the blood will come. You are a woman now.’
The problem for the young Lady in this satisfying comedy-drama is that going from girl to woman in 13th century England means only a change of ownership, from father to husband.
Morcombe film: ‘dreary tale about dreary people’
The Stranger, starring Joel Edgerton, could have been a compelling suspense thriller, but instead is a ‘singularly disappointing’ film lacking backstory.
Blockbuster taps our obsession with killers
A drama about Jeffrey Dahmer has broken Netflix records and a documentary is out Friday. What’s so relaxing about watching murder on screen?
Baldwin settles Rust set shooting
Hollywood star Alec Baldwin has reached a settlement with the family of a cinematographer who was shot dead when a prop gun went off accidentally.
The time is Nighy
Not yet an Oscar winner, the British actor is generating awards-season buzz for his performance as a buttoned-up public servant in Living.
Activist actor who said no for Brando dies
Native American activist Sacheen Littlefeather caused a sensation at the 1973 Academy Awards by refusing an Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando.
Home brew hero
Chickie Donohue risked his life to deliver beer to his friends fighting in Vietnam. Fifty-five years later his story has been made into a movie.
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