Shing (Tony Leung Chiu-wai), a talented but generally unsuccessful comic book artist, accidentally drives his car into the underworld, releasing two spirits into the living world. One, an anonymous…

It is amusing that the third Fast & Furious feature would set itself in East Asia, because it take a very Asian approach to being a sequel. Chinese-language action cinema in particular has a te…

There is nothing more difficult for a film critic to write about than a mediocre movie. Great stuff we can enthuse about, terrible stuff we can deconstruct and diagnose, but the very average of cin…

By the mid-1950s the Japanese film industry was facing a growing challenge from international imports. While 1954 had been a golden year for local movies, including break-out hits such as Seven Sam…

Han Yan’s new crime film V is an outstanding two-hour thriller wedged uncomfortably inside a bloated 160 minutes. While the bulk of its cues seem drawn from Christopher Nolan’s The Dark…

Rolf de Heer will preside over the international competition jury at the 39th Tokyo International Film Festival, running Oct. 26-Nov. 4.

Where art thou? Here art thou: The feature project will be the filmmaker's next after his upcoming 'Werwulf.'

The commercial success of The Fast and the Furious led Universal Pictures to immediately move on developing a sequel. When Vin Diesel proved unavailable (he was committed to another sequel, The Chr…

Australian children's author and illustrator Terry Denton, best known for his work on the popular Treehouse series, has died at the age of 76, his literary agency and publisher have announced.

Universal’s Fast & Furious franchise of action films has been one of 21st century Hollywood’s greatest success stories. As the series celebrates 25 years, it is worth skipping back …

Jane Shaw (Rachael Taylor) travels to Japan for a honeymoon with her new husband Ben (Joshua Jackson). While driving down a country road at night she collides with a young woman, causing her car to…

ALT: Frog Biting You

John Woo’s action film A Better Tomorrow (1986) revolutionised Hong Kong action cinema. It became a massive commercial hit, and was hugely influential upon a generation of filmmakers, and of …

So I’ve finally caved. It’s been on the cards for a long time, but now seems to be the moment. I’ve started a rewatch. How long will I last before I give up? How often will I watc…

With striking imagery, a functional-enough story, and an award worthy performance from Uber the dog, it might just be David Ayer’s most inoffensive and emotionally arresting film.

When his light plane crashes in the Alaskan wilderness, Special Forces veteran James Belmont (Brad Pitt) must make his way more than 50 miles across dangerous terrain to find safety. His only compa…

ALT: Dr Who Tom Baker: Hello there!

An acerbic American author (Adam Scott) travels to Ireland to scatter his parents’ ashes, only to find his hotel – where he parents spent their honeymoon – may be haunted. There i…

A passenger jet travelling from the USA to Mexico hits a flock of birds en route, causing the plane to crash into the open ocean. Trapped inside an air pocket hundreds of feet below the surface, th…

For those that came in late: Coyote vs. Acme is a live-action/animation hybrid comedy, based around the popular Looney Tunes cartoon shorts featuring the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote. The film is…

'The Muppet Show' special got big viewership and four Emmys. Where is the Disney+ series order for the backdoor pilot? A look inside.