Audiences are rarely hooked when it comes to ripped-from-the-headlines stories.

Sir Roger Moore, funnyman Eddie Izzard and model Twiggy are among the stars who have donated prizes to a U.K. newspaper's charity auction for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

Even for a Clooney film, this seems epic.

What a narcissist!

Project would mark a stylistic departure for the acclaimed filmmaker

New films featuring Robert De Niro and Philip Seymour Hoffman have been caught up in the latest Hollywood studio crisis as the company behind the movies shuts down.

Well, that was some year - but were you paying attention?

Film fans around the globe are obsessed with the end of the world - John Cusack's new disaster movie 2012 has scored a $225 million (£140.6 million) box office bonanza in just three days.

A Christmas Carol has soared to the top of the U.S. box office with an opening weekend haul of $31 million (£19.375 million) in North America.

Grant Heslov's fictionalized tale of the U.S. Army's real-life "psychic spy" program may not measure up to the book that inspired it, but the movie's irreverent sense of humor and colorful cast of characters make it a more than worthwhile viewing.