Over zealous trailer editors reveal the best bits in movies well before you cough up your hard-earned to see them. But can a trailer really spoil the cinematic experience? I invented a way to find out.

As The Great Gatsby’s release date quickly approaches, new revelations emerge about Baz Luhrmann’s blockbuster. Cinetology lifts the lid.

Zach Braff has snubbed the Hollywood studio system and launched a remarkably successful Kickstarter initiative to finance his new film. In the resulting commotion and commentary, some important factors have been neglected.

A fresh batch of Paul Hogan related headlines reminds us that while the Crocodile Dundee star might have a large knife, he may also have a limited capacity for smart business decisions.

The life of veteran American film critic Roger Ebert is inspiring for many reasons. None more so than those relating to his greatest “crime.”

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone is the latest example of how CGI can mess up depictions of magic on film. To discover why venture back with me to my former life as an amateur magician…

Hollywood executives who followed the yellow brick road found it ended in legal disputes and unprecedented laws regarding usage of public domain and copyright regulation.

In the wake of Australia’s latest film censorship controversy, Hollywood star James Franco has weighed in, slamming the Classification Board.

The notoriously irreverent Seth MacFarlane kept his trademark schtick intact as host of this year’s Oscars ceremony, largely thanks to some nifty comedic sleights.

This week John Polson, film director and organiser of the world’s largest short film festival, created a different kind of production: a bizarre PR debacle on Twitter.

Once again the winning film at Tropfest has been accused of plagiarism. But this time, the story should never have run in the first place.

Star-studded comedy anthology Movie 43 has received one of the greatest critical shellackings of all time. Here’s how we got to this point — and why reviewers have gone too far.

This special episode of The Parallax Podcast begins with an extraordinary admission of cinematic doping. Plus, the team review Movie 43, Flight, Safety Not Guaranteed, Bernie and more.

Celebrities can be guaranteed a huge following on Twitter. But nobody can be guaranteed they’ll make any sense. Here are a handful of Hollywood’s worst offenders.

A dramatic detour from veteran middle of the road director Robert Zemeckis leads to one of cinema’s richest and most nuanced portrayals of a functioning alcoholic, thanks largely to a terrific performance from Denzel Washington.

My plans for a peaceful long weekend were dealt a deathblow when I saw a sign on the street that read “4D Dynamic Cinema”. I wandered in to take a look. This is my story.

Back with a bang! In the first episode of The Parallax Podcast for 2013, myself and co-host and Rich Haridy race through the nine feature films nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award. Which film will win? Which should win? And does Martin Lawrence appear in any of them?