Wanted Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has launched a new file-sharing website, promising users beefed-up privacy levels in a defiant move against US prosecutors who accuse him of facilitating massive online piracy.

'Shark Night 3D', the new animal-attack thriller from venerable shlockmeister David R. Ellis, is dead in the water.

I could probably come up with a better pan for 'Mr Popper's Penguins' than "flightless and foul" but that would entail expending more creative energy on the film than its makers did.

Moviegoers weary of vampires and their stubborn foothold on the pop culture landscape might be heartened to know that the vampires in ‘Priest’, Scott Stewart's adaptation of the popular TokyoPop comic, bear little resemblance to the angst-ridden and emotionally complex bloodsuckers of ‘Twilight’ and ‘True Blood’.

Actress Michelle Williams appeared to be taking inspiration from the late Marilyn Monroe at the premiere of her new film, 'Blue Valentine', at the London Film Festival.

Film bosses at 20th Century Fox have threatened to get tough with anyone who posts a stolen version of Hugh Jackman's new movie 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' online.

Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's racy new film 'Bruno' is facing an adults-only certification in the US - amid fears it may be too sexually explicit for young viewers.

Films that glamorise smoking, or feature pervasive smoking outside of an historic or other mitigating context, may receive a higher rating in the future, US film chiefs said today.

CENSORSHIP rears its ugly head in This Film is Not Yet Rated (Lionsgate, €24.99), a withering look at the Motion Picture Association of America’s notoriously secretive work.

Veteran Hollywood star Clint Eastwood is to receive an humanitarian award from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).

An internet site that let film fans illegally download the new Star Wars movie before it reached cinemas has been shut after raids in the US.

Hollywood studios are planning to sue internet users caught swapping pirated movies.

South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker have won a censorship battle with officials at the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) after their new puppet film was slapped with a "ridiculous" NC- 17 rating.

Film-maker Michael Moore had evidence that Iraqi prisoners were being abused by US soldiers long before shocking pictures of the scandal emerged, he said today.

A battle over the rating of a film which shows George Clooney's naked bottom has been resolved.

The movie industry is hunting down digital film swappers and blocking their internet connection.

Muhammad Ali has agreed to record a public service announcement about America's tolerance of Islam.