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'Maze Runner' sequel debuts atop N. America box office "The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials" sprinted out of the gate in its first week in theaters, edging true-crime thriller "Black Mass" to lead the North American box office.

21 September 2015

Britain's Emily Watson to be honoured at San Sebastian festival British actress Emily Watson will receive a lifetime achievement award at Spain's San Sebastian film festival.

05 September 2015

Iran premieres big-budget epic film 'Muhammad'

28 August 2015

Time for black or gay 007, says Brosnan The next James Bond could be black or gay, argues 007 veteran Pierce Brosnan.

26 August 2015

'Straight Outta Compton' outguns box office rivals "Straight Outta Compton" outgunned rivals for the top of the North American box office, defending the top spot for a second straight week after a bravura debut.

24 August 2015

Jennifer Lawrence tops list of highest-paid actresses The odds really were in Jennifer Lawrence's favor last year as she raked in $52 million, topping a ranking of the highest-paid actresses by a wide margin.

21 August 2015

Latest 'Mission Impossible' romp crushes the competition "Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation" crushed its box office competition in its premier weekend, outdoing fellow debut "Vacation" for top honors.

04 August 2015

DiCaprio in Tierra del Fuego for scenes in 'The Revenant' Leonardo DiCaprio has been spotted in Argentina's Tierra del Fuego to film scenes of "The Revenant," a new film by Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.

31 July 2015

Festival films at the heart of cultural controversy in Kazakhstan Kazakh cinema is on the high wave but not everyone in the country is happy.

27 July 2015

'Ant-Man' punches above his weight in debut weekend Marvel action flick "Ant-Man" proved less can be more as it topped the North American box office tally in its debut over the weekend.

20 July 2015

Omar Sharif, the eternal 'Doctor Zhivago', dies at 83 Egyptian-born film legend Omar Sharif, who died aged 83, captivated audiences worldwide for more than half a century, but will forever be remembered as the eponymous "Doctor Zhivago".

11 July 2015

'Hunger Games' trailer unveiled at Comic-Con "Hunger Games" stars Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth unveiled a new trailer and poster for the dystopian franchise's finale, due out in November.

10 July 2015

Netflix announces film release dates in star-studded rollout Netflix revealed its latest rollout of star-studded new films, with movies featuring Idris Elba, Adam Sandler and Michelle Yeoh topping its list of releases in the coming months.

08 July 2015

Comic Carrey slams 'fascist' California vaccine order Veteran comic actor Jim Carrey has labeled California's governor a "corporate fascist" for ordering tougher rules on mandatory vaccinations, claiming they can poison children.

02 July 2015

'Old but not obsolete' Schwarzenegger back again as Terminator I'm old but I'm not obsolete," Arnold Schwarzenegger says of his return as the fearsome cyborg from the future in his new movie "Terminator Genisys".

30 June 2015

Pixar's 'Inside Out' set box office record in debut Pixar's critically acclaimed "Inside Out" -- an animated look at the mind of a pre-teen girl -- could not defeat the dinosaurs of "Jurassic World" at the North American weekend box office.

23 June 2015

Haiti's Triomphe cinema reopens after decades in the dark It's been nearly three decades since Haiti's Triomphe cinema shuttered its doors, but the storied theater is back.

22 June 2015

'True Detective' back with new cast, same darkness Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson are gone from "True Detective," but HBO's Emmy-winning cop anthology series is back for a second season with the same dark.

18 June 2015

New Marie Curie film to shed light on women's struggles in science Filming is underway in Poland on a new biopic about the life of Marie Sklodowska-Curie, the first woman ever to win not one, but two, Nobel prizes.

18 June 2015

Netflix to release Brad Pitt war movie Brad Pitt's next movie "War Machine" will be released exclusively on Netflix and in select theaters next year, the top streaming service announced.

09 June 2015

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