Idris Elba has quashed rumours he was ever in the running to play James Bond, saying audiences are unlikely to come along for the ride if Bond is played by a black actor.
Actors and film crews have descended on Cairns
Not only will Cairns be the backdrop for season 3 of Black Snow, but many locals have scored roles as extras.
Topic:Film Industry
Sat 18 Apr 2026 at 4:54pm
Sarah Snook, The Newsreader and Bring Her Back triumph at AACTA Awards — as it happened
Australia's answer to the Oscars — the AACTAs — lit up the Gold Coast tonight, with horror Bring Her Back and The Narrow Road to the Deep North dominating.
Topic:Awards and Prizes
Fri 6 Feb 2026 at 11:03pm
Jurassic Park fan fulfils childhood dream of recreating Jeep
Zakary Weyer's obsession with Jurassic Park drove him to learn different skills to build a replica of the Jeep that appears in the iconic blockbuster.
Topic:Hobbies
Thu 1 Jan 2026 at 9:15am
Designing Andor's costumes required building an entire world
Michael Wilkinson won an Emmy for his intricate costumes in the celebrated Star Wars series Andor. Now, he is recreating 1880s America for Death By Lightning.
Topic:Movies
Tue 25 Nov 2025 at 8:12am
Which movies to catch and which to avoid in October
From the highly anticipated Bruce Springsteen biopic to a horror movie from the viewpoint of the family pup, here are the films filling up cinemas in October.
Topic:Movies
Sat 18 Oct 2025 at 9:31am
Beast of War tells the true story of WWII soldiers stalked by a hungry shark
Mystery Road star Mark Coles Smith and his Beast of War director Kiah Roache-Turner on taking a chomp out of WWII soldiers.
Topic:Movies
Thu 9 Oct 2025 at 9:12am
Paul Thomas Anderson's latest movie already eyed for Best Picture
One Battle After Another, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, uses the ever-turning wheel of political violence as a backdrop for a screwball adventure.
Topic:Movies
Tue 14 Oct 2025 at 11:38am
Bride Hard tries to combine Die Hard and Bridesmaids but fails both
The cinematic love child of Bridesmaids and Die Hard, Bride Hard could have been a success — but instead it fails spectacularly, thanks to a razor-thin plot.
Topic:Movies
Fri 1 Aug 2025 at 6:00am
Fantastic Four fails to make Pedro Pascal a traditional movie star
Marvel's first family is back on the big screen with a retro aesthetic, a star-studded cast and a hunger to wipe the superhero movie slate clean.
Topic:Action Movies
Fri 25 Jul 2025 at 1:02pm
DC Studios attempts a reputation reset with light and fun Superman
After the success of his Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy, director James Gunn brings wisecracks, cartoonish violence and sincerity to America's marquee superhero.
Topic:Action Movies
Thu 10 Jul 2025 at 7:00am
Jonathan Bailey's little glasses can't save Jurassic World Rebirth
Journey back to the terrifying island of dinosaur mutants in Jurassic World Rebirth, starring Jonathan Bailey and Scarlett Johansson.
Topic:Action Movies
Thu 3 Jul 2025 at 1:54pm
Lewis Hamilton produced the F1 movie. So why does it handle race so poorly?
What Brad Pitt's F1: The Movie lacks in depth, it makes up for in white-knuckle race sequences.
Topic:Action Movies
Wed 25 Jun 2025 at 1:23pm
Can this ballerina assassin ever fill John Wick's shoes?
After dazzling audiences in No Time to Die, Ana de Armas brings glamorous power and some very fun action sequences to the new assassin in the John Wick universe.
Topic:Movies
Wed 11 Jun 2025 at 6:00am
Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning shows it's time to say goodbye
Teaming up again with director Christopher McQuarrie, Tom Cruise is embodying Ethan Hunt for one final time (allegedly) in Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning. And this time, the enemy is a little more existential.
Topic:Action Movies
Thu 22 May 2025 at 11:51am
Tom Cruise's action hero is refreshing in a world of superhero fatigue
With the final film in the Mission: Impossible franchise here, we take a look at how Tom Cruise turned himself into this generation's great action hero.
Topic:Action Movies
Fri 16 May 2025 at 2:41pm
Geraldine Viswanathan went from triple j trainee to Marvel
Thunderbolts* is being praised as the best Marvel film in years, and Australian actor Geraldine Viswanathan might just be its "secret weapon".
Topic:Action Movies
Wed 7 May 2025 at 11:16am
Why is Oscar-winner Viola Davis in a straight-to-streaming action flick?
There are movies you'd expect to see Viola Davis star in, and there are those you wouldn't. G20 is the latter.
Topic:Action Movies
Fri 11 Apr 2025 at 3:12pm
'I'm still your wingman': The 39-year friendship of Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer
Since they met on the set of Top Gun in 1986 as bitter fictional rivals, Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer have shared a close friendship.
Topic:Movies
Thu 3 Apr 2025 at 9:29am
Netflix spent $500m on this film yet couldn't afford a decent wig
The brothers behind some of the most successful Avengers movies have taken on the adaptation of a Swedish dystopian graphic novel, spending more than $US300 million in the process.
Topic:Movies
Mon 17 Mar 2025 at 1:56pm
Amazon takes control of James Bond franchise
Amazon takes full creative control of the James Bond franchise after decades of Broccoli family leadership.
Topic:Movies
Fri 21 Feb 2025 at 3:10pm