Young actors are making waves at this year’s Cannes film festival — often in films that are hardly suitable children’s viewing. AFP takes a look at some of the kids who are making a splash: Starring Nicole Kidman and Colin Farrell, family horror “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” has shocked audiences at the world’s … Read more
The Cannes Festival was due Thursday to unveil which films have made the cut for its 70th birthday edition, where the silver screen’s finest will be vying for glory next month. Organisers of the world’s top film event on the French Riviera traditionally guard their selections jealously for the competition and the out-of-competition programme, but … Read more
Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” continued its blockbuster ways this weekend, dominating North American movie screens with a three-day take of $88.3 million, according to an estimate from the specialized Exhibitor Relations. In just its second week, the film’s cumulative North American take of $317 million is the best ever for a March release, according … Read more
Eight decades after “Flash Gordon” hinted that aliens might not have our best interests at heart, mankind still risks destruction in the movies to make contact with extraterrestrial life. From Frederick Stephani’s 1936 big screen serial through the $1.2 billion “Alien” franchise to last year’s “Independence Day: Resurgence,” the heroes of more than 500 space … Read more
La La Land has received the most nominations for the British Academy Film Awards with 11 nods. The Hollywood musical, out in the UK on Friday, is up for best film, while stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone are up for best actor and actress. British actors Andrew Garfield, Emily Blunt and Hugh Grant are … Read more