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Irreverent wit and high-flying action proved the keys to success for Fox's Deadpool, which ruled the box office this weekend both at home and abroad. Star Ryan Reynolds, who lobbied the studio to make the movie his way, with a hard R-rating and all of the foulmouthed humor that has won the Marvel anti-hero legions of loyal fans, led the film to a shocking $150 million over the Friday – Monday Valentine's and President's day weekend at the domestic box office.

Red is as bold as love. It takes confidence to wear it – but it also instills confidence, and can transform any woman into a star.

Sunday is February 14th, St. Valentine’s Day, and what’s a woman to wear? Looking at the red carpet for inspiration we can only recommend you go red.

The 66th Berlin film festival opened on February 11, having secured a number of high-profile participants and screenings for its ten-day run. Hollywood stars such as George Clooney and Channing Tatum graced the red carpet on its opening night, while Meryl Streep is presiding on the festival jury as it deliberates over the winner of the top prize, the Golden Bear, and the legacy of such high-profile figures as Alan Rickman, David Bowie and Ettore Scola are celebrated in special tribute events.

Fresh, flouncy, and always fashion forward Lupita Nyong’o combines a unique vision with fun and fantasy. .

It was a good weekend to be a bear – in the movies, at least. Stateside, three new releases – the Coen Brothers’ Hail, Caesar!; the genre mashup Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

Lupita Nyong’o is the very essence of a style icon. She marches to her own drum.

Joel and Ethan Coen's long-gestating labour of love Hail, Caesar! hits US screens this weekend, featuring a triple A cast: George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton and a delightful list of cameos and special appearances. But the main character is probably Hollywood itself - a very Coen version of Golden Age, late 1940s/early 1950s Hollywood, seasoned with a bit of Barton Fink acidity, some Big Lebowski psychedelia and a spoonful of A Serious Man's existential angst.

Can one first date be interesting enough to fill 80 minutes? Yes, when the couple in question happens to be Michelle Robinson and Barack Obama. Their often-mentioned first rendezvous is the subject of Southside With You (the title referring to Chicago’s Southside where they both lived).

Mere days before the political primaries begin, which will eventually lead to selecting his successor, Barack Obama is all the buzz in Park City after the festival screening of Southside with You, screenwriter/director Richard Tanne’s debut film which recounts a very special day in the lives of the people we now refer to as the First Couple. Tanne’s film details the Obamas’ first date – although Michelle (Tika Sumpter) may (and does) have something to say about that characterization in the film! On that summer day in 1989 Chicago Harvard law student Barack Obama (Parker Sawyers) in his late twenties is spending the summer back in Chicago interning at a prestigious law firm where his advisor is fellow Harvard alumna Michelle Robinson.