DIANE KRUGER

Tailor-made for Tarantino film

When filmmaker Quentin Tarantino was looking for a German actress to play a 1940s German screen siren-turned-spy in his movie Inglourious Basterds, Diane Kruger knew she was perfect for the part

ACTION MOVIE

G.I. Joe continues overseas box-office domination

G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra, the live-action feature based on Hasbro toy line, held on to the top spot at the international box-office...

DRAMATIC TALE

Toronto fest adds Portman, Bening films to lineup

The Natalie Portman-starring Love And Other Impossible Pursuits, from writer-director Don Roos and Rodrigo Garcia’s Mother And Child, a dramatic tale...

SPACE MOVIE

Alien action District 9 tops box-office

District 9, a gritty, low-budget space alien movie set in South Africa with a cast of unknowns, opened as Hollywood’s No. 1 film...

HOLLYWOOD HIGHLIGHTS

Liam Neeson to star in White Male thriller

LIam Neeson has signed to star in Unknown White Male, a thriller from the director of the new horror movie Orphan.

NEWS

Sylvester Stallone to be honoured at Venice Film Festival

Sylvester Stallone will receive the Glory to the Filmmaker Award at the upcoming Venice Film Festival, organisers said.

FILMMAKER

Director John Hughes dies of heart attack

Filmmaker John Hughes died suddenly of a heart attack in New York

FINANCIAL INCENTIVES

BACK TO HOLLYWOOD

After a decade of watching film production slowly abandon Hollywood, lured away by financial incentives, California hopes to woo the movies back home

INTERVIEW

Portraying Himself

Paul Giamatti has always been attracted to difficult characters in offbeat projects such as the lovelorn wine drinker in Sideways. The actor spoke about his new role

UNIVERSAL PROJECT

Scott, DiCaprio travel to Brave New World

The Blade Runner director is joining forces with Leonardo DiCaprio to take on one of the most highly regarded dystopian works of literature...

TOY SOLDIERS

G.I. Joe leads worldwide invasion

A new action movie based on the ‘G.I. Joe’ line of toy soldiers crushed enemy forces at the worldwide box office during the weekend...

HOLLYWOOD HIGHLIGHTS

Spielberg hops to Harvey remake

Steven Spielberg will soon be seeing imaginary rabbits.