The colossal critical and commercial failure of Cats has prompted critics to search box office records for similarly cataclysmic expensive movie flops....

Every decade throws up its movie anomalies: films adored by critics that no one saw, films lauded at festivals but attacked by...

So passes another cinematic decade and, as always, the rarefied air of the Oscars were a good reflection, from the magisterial (Spotlight,...

For much of its length, Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker resembles less of an elegiac conclusion to a much-loved series,...

The Christmas season has arrived, and a variety of local family traditions will soon play out, like fathers inflicting massive head trauma...

1970s Australian movies were awash with ripper blokes, topless women, young wannabes who became enduring stars, dusty pubs with wide verandas and...

Launching this week in Australia, the new Disney+ streaming service has crept from its vault cautiously, sealing up some features as tightly...

The showbiz industry has predictably reacted with horror at the prospect of James Dean, who died in 1955, being magically reanimated via...

In late October The Hollywood Reporter published an essay arguing that Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker should feature the return of Anakin...

The start of November in Australia attracts three annual seasonal gripes: Why do Christmas decorations appear in the shops so early? Why...