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How To Train Your Dragon review | Dragons galore, imagination less so

by Maria Lattila | Jun 09, 2025 | News, Reviews

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Alien | When one monster isn’t enough for a single franchise

by Ryan Lambie | Jun 09, 2025 | Feature, News, TV

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Podcast | The HD DVD disc format (2006) and Nightcrawler (2014)

by Simon Brew | Jun 09, 2025 | Podcasts

Ballerina

Ballerina | Had the film followed the original script, Ana de Armas would have killed over 1,400 people

by Ryan Lambie | Jun 06, 2025 | Feature, News

Dean Deblois

Podcast | In conversation with Dean DeBlois

by Simon Brew | Jun 06, 2025 | Podcasts

Shark lead image

Shark films and why humans are (still) the real villains

by Maria Lattila | Jun 05, 2025 | Feature

Brazil AI copyright law

130,000 film and TV scripts stolen by AI companies, BFI report suggests

by Ryan Lambie | Jun 09, 2025 | News

A new report published by the BFI suggests that around 130,000 scripts from TV and film have been used for 'training' by generative AI companies....

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how to train your dragon toothless hiccup

How To Train Your Dragon review | Dragons galore, imagination less so

by Maria Lattila | Jun 09, 2025 | News, Reviews

DreamWorks follows in Disney’s footsteps as it makes its first live-action adaptation. Here’s our How To Train Your Dragon review. ...

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The Twilight Zone | Ben Stiller in line to direct a new film adaptation

by Dan Cooper | Jun 09, 2025 | News

Legendary suspense anthology series The Twilight Zone could be making a return to the big screen courtesy of star and Severance director Ben Stiller....

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UK DVD and Blu-ray release dates confirmed: release list well into 2025

by Simon Brew | Jun 09, 2025 | News

A glimpse at upcoming UK DVD and Blu-ray release dates well into 2025: here's what's coming to disc and when....

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4K Ultra HD Blu-ray: upcoming UK releases and dates

by Simon Brew | Jun 09, 2025 | News

As the format continues to gain traction, here's our regularly-updated list of upcoming 4K Ultra HD disc releases in the UK....

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American Pie 2 comes to 4K, sequels and straight to DVD films now heading to Blu-ray

by Simon Brew | Jun 09, 2025 | News

Seven more entries in the American Pie series are getting fresh Blu-ray releases - including a 4K release for American Pie 2....

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Dave Bautista linked with Damien Chazelle's prison movie

by Dan Cooper | Jun 09, 2025 | News

Damien Chazelle's untitled prison movie looks to be adding Dave Bautista to its line-up. More on the story this way....

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The Lost Bus

The Lost Bus trailer | Matthew McConaughey stars, Paul Greengrass directs

by Dan Cooper | Jun 09, 2025 | News

Apple TV+'s The Lost Bus sees Paul Greengrass back directing, with Matthew McConaughey in the lead. Here's the trailer....

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Alien | When one monster isn’t enough for a single franchise

by Ryan Lambie | Jun 09, 2025 | Feature, News, TV

This summer’s Alien: Earth TV series serves up more than one kind monster - something we’ve seen before in the long-running Alien franchise… NB...

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Podcast | The HD DVD disc format (2006) and Nightcrawler (2014)

by Simon Brew | Jun 09, 2025 | Podcasts

In this Film Stories podcast, the format war battle that saw HD DVD defeated, and the tale behind the terrific Nightcrawler......

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Madame Web was made by people without "a creative bone in their body" says Dakota Johnson

by Ryan Lambie | Jun 06, 2025 | News

Dakota Johnson has continued to be candid about her thoughts on the 2024 film she headlined, Madame Web, and the people who made the creative...

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Falling Into Place review | Skye's the limit

by Maria Lattila | Jun 06, 2025 | News, Reviews

Two strangers strike up a close and unexplainable bond in Aylin Tezel’s first feature. Here’s our Falling Into Place review. ...

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Ang Lee

Ang Lee is finally making another film again

by Simon Brew | Jun 06, 2025 | News

It's been 2019 since Ang Lee made Gemini Man. Now, after struggling to get his Bruce Lee biopic going, Old Gold Mountain has been announced....

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Dracula | Luc Besson has had a go, trailer here

Dracula | Luc Besson has had a go, trailer here

by Dan Cooper | Jun 06, 2025 | News

There's a new take on Dracula heading our way this year, with Luc Besson directing. Here's the trailer for the latest iteration....

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Tim Curry Vagabond

Tim Curry has written his memoir, due out in October

by Simon Brew | Jun 06, 2025 | News

Tim Curry's memoir, Vagabond, is going to be published in October. Here's more information on what's in store for us....

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Alien: Romulus sequel set to shoot in October

by Dan Cooper | Jun 06, 2025 | News

In a surprisingly quick turn of events, it looks like Fede Alvarez's Alien: Romulus sequel will go before cameras later this year....

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Street Fighter | Walton Goggins set to play the villain, M Bison

by Dan Cooper | Jun 06, 2025 | News

White Lotus and Fallout star Walton Goggins is reportedly in talks to play M Bison, the main villain in the forthcoming Street Fighter movie....

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Ballerina

Ballerina | Had the film followed the original script, Ana de Armas would have killed over 1,400 people

by Ryan Lambie | Jun 06, 2025 | Feature, News

The original script for Ballerina was even more bloodthirsty than this year’s finished film, with a death count of over 1,400. We compare and c...

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Dean Deblois

Podcast | In conversation with Dean DeBlois

by Simon Brew | Jun 06, 2025 | Podcasts

Writer/director Dean DeBlois on the How To Train Your Dragon films, live action movies, losing his father, Ireland, and a whole lot more......

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Alien: Earth trailer

Alien: Earth | The full trailer bursts out

by Ryan Lambie | Jun 05, 2025 | News, TV

Ghost In The Shell meets the xenomorph (kind of) in Alien: Earth. Here's the first trailer, with some eyeball-popping moments....

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James Bond 007 First Light

007 First Light | As a movie remains AWOL, a videogame again steps in to fill the gap

by Ryan Lambie | Jun 05, 2025 | Gaming, News

The makers of Hitman are making the newly-revealed 007 First Light. It's not the first time a videogame has filled a gap between Bond films....

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Ridley Scott returning to Bee Gees project in November; talks jadedly about Alien

by Ryan Lambie | Jun 05, 2025 | News

The ever-prolific Ridley Scott says he plans to start making his Bee Gees film in November, and elsewhere expresses doubt about directing another...

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Saw X review

Saw | Franchise’s future might have been sorted out, as stake changes hands

by Simon Brew | Jun 05, 2025 | News

Blumhouse buys into the Saw franchise, which might just lead to Saw XI finally getting off the ground. More here......

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Mikey Madison replacing Sydney Sweeney on A24's Masque Of The Red Death

by Dan Cooper | Jun 05, 2025 | News

The A24 adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's The Masque Of The Red Death is to shoot this year, with Mikey Madison replacing Sydney Sweeney in the lead....

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The Exorcist | Mike Flanagan says his movie is delayed, Universal agrees

by Dan Cooper | Jun 05, 2025 | News

Director Mike Flanagan has said his take on The Exorcist won't make its March 2026 release date, while Universal has removed it from its schedule....

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Ma

Ma 2 | Octavia Spencer returning for Blumhouse horror sequel

by Dan Cooper | Jun 05, 2025 | News

More Ma is in the pipeline, with Blumhouse set to revive Octavia Spencer's creepy matriarch Sue Ann for Ma 2....

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Shark lead image

Shark films and why humans are (still) the real villains

by Maria Lattila | Jun 05, 2025 | Feature

Sean Byrne’s Dangerous Animals hits cinemas this week and serves as a clever reminder that humans truly are at the bottom of the food chain. Some w...

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Film Stories Podcast Network | Mission Impossible's final reckoning, Doctor Who's epic conclusion, Twin Peaks and more

by A J Black | Jun 05, 2025 | Film Stories Podcast Network, News

This week on the Film Stories Podcast Network: extreme stunts, twisting realities, lots of cups of coffee and much more. Here’s what we’ve been up to…...

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Waking up snotface | Drop Dead Fred at 34

by James Harvey | Jun 05, 2025 | Feature

Cat Davies and director Ate de Jong revisit cult Rik Mayall hit, Drop Dead Fred....

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Ballerina review | Is this John Wick spin-off en pointe or tutu much?

by Ryan Lambie | Jun 04, 2025 | News, Reviews

Ana de Armas makes a convincing action star in the rather loud John Wick spin-off, Ballerina. Our review: ...

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