Clothes were crucial to Martin Luther King being accepted, writes Stephen Jewell.

How did a Hollywood novice who hadn’t even read the book come to direct the film version of the mega-hit Fifty Shades of Grey? Sam Taylor-Johnson reveals all.

The media and public fascination with Stephen Hawking has, it seems to me, always been driven by a mixture of infantilising sentimentalism and morbid curiosity.

These Brit acting newbies got to play with the big guns in an action black comedy with a stiff upper lip. They talk to Lydia Jenkin.

Given the civil rights subject matter, the greatness of Martin Luther King as the man at the centre of the story, and relevance today it's surprising Selma isn't a bigger, flashier film.

Magic Mike is making a return and, judging from the new trailer, the second film features more muscle than ever.

As french as croissants aux amandes and so extravagantly theatrical that you can practically smell the greasepaint in the cinema, this small and goofy French comedy follows the struggles of a young teenager to come to terms with his sexual identity.

Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, Kevin Nash, Adam Rodriguez and Gabriel Iglesias reunite for the hotly anticipated sequel Magic Mike XXL.

Spy movie Kingsman: The Secret Service inspired Dominic Corry to take a look at some of his favourite Bond-inspired films.

How to bring a legend to life? That was the challenge for film-maker Ava DuVernay when she was given the opportunity to direct - what is remarkably - the first major motion picture about Martin Luther King.

A gospel singer from Hawaii has received the call-back thousands of aspiring Polynesian princesses have been hoping for for more than a month.

Unless you're a Kardashian sibling, there are some things you just don't share with your parents.

Jedi master Yoda has been recreated at Madame Tussauds for a new exhibition.

The creator of Game of Thrones says he once wrote a TV pilot with a plot focused on an alien landing at the Super Bowl.

Fifty Shades of Grey is set to feature more sex on screen than the 100 raunchiest films released in 2014 put together, making it the most erotic mainstream movie in a decade.

New movies will put women in the spotlight when they premiere at the 65th Berlin film festival, the Berlinale.

This year Sundance has impressed moviegoers, critics and industry buyers alike with a 118-feature selection that suggests a new surge of confidence in American independent cinema.

Michele Manelis talks with the star of Selma about the civil rights struggle in the US and racism today.

Great drama speaks to any day in which it is performed. The second-most famous play by the great Arthur Miller deals with the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts, in the late 17th century.

In light of Johnny Depp's disastrous new movie Mortdecai, Dominic Corry cites seven other instances of movie stars taking on roles they shouldn't have.

Seth MacFarlane's 2012 film Ted was the highest-grossing R-rated comedy of all time.

Bureaucracy at the struggling video store was the final straw, writes Karl Puschmann.

The New Zealand movie box office for 2014 bucked international trends by increasing its annual gross and breaking its previous yearly record.

Seth MacFarlane returns as writer, director and voice star of Ted 2, Universal and Media Rights Capital’s follow-up to the highest-grossing original R-rated comedy of all time. Joined once again by star Mark Wahlberg and fellow Ted writers Alec Sulkin & Wellesley Wild, MacFarlane produces the live action/CG-animated comedy alongside Bluegrass Films’ Scott Stuber, as well as John Jacobs and Jason Clark.

While there's nothing wrong with being a Bond girl, Sophie Cookson was thrilled to be in a spy movie in which she wasn't just "the girlfriend".

Would Chris Pratt make a good Indiana Jones or are we over seeing him in ever franchise? Justin Moyer takes a look.

In his latest comedy caper Mortdecai, Johnny Depp has delivered yet another ham that only forgiving fans could love. What has brought him to this, asks Stephine Merry.

Channing Tatum has gone from beefcake to credible A-list star. But he still doesn't know how to act, he tells James Mottram.