When the going gets tough, the tough get soppy in Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, an old-fashioned, gung-ho adventure.

COMIC book superheroine Wonder Woman has traded in her spangled hot pants for urban leggings and upped her street smarts in a 21st century makeover for the 69-year-old character.

Actor Josh Hutcherson will not confirm or deny he has been chosen as the next Spider-Man.

An interesting film somewhat spoiled by the under-development of both characters and plot, with too many of the former merely half-formed.

Based on a classic cult best-seller this charmer centres on the growing friendship of athletic rivals who end up creating their own secret, magical world where they reign as King and Queen.

Thai police have rescued an American who had been kidnapped and held for ransom for five days by a gang that included at least three policemen.

A good, if flawed, adventure yarn in which brothers (Bobo and Hutcherson) pass the time playing an old board game and, wait for it, get zapped into outer space.