Tim Burton almost retired after making live-action Dumbo
by James Harvey | Aug 27, 2024 | News
It sounds like 2019's Dumbo wasn't the happiest of projects for director Tim Burton. More on the live-action film, and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,...
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National Cinema Day to return on 31st August
by James Harvey | Aug 25, 2024 | News
£4 cinema tickets? £4 cinema tickets! Bargains galore as the best day in the cinephile calendar returns this Saturday....
The Crow (2024) review | Immortally dull
by James Harvey | Aug 23, 2024 | Reviews
Bill Skarsgård and FKA Twigs star in a reboot of The Crow franchise, and that’s all we’ll say on the matter. Here’s our The Crow (2024) review....
The mega problems of Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis
by James Harvey | Aug 23, 2024 | Feature, News
So, Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis is going well. Here's a look back at the problems, crises and controversies around the auteur's four-decade...
The top 35 must-see films of 2024
by James Harvey | Aug 22, 2024 | Feature
From tennis-based dramas to post-apocalyptic landscapes filled with apes and cars, here are the films we're most excited about in 2024....
Millie Bobby Brown to adapt debut novel for Netflix
by James Harvey | Aug 20, 2024 | News
Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown is in talks to bring her WWII novel, Nineteen Steps, to the streamer, according to a new report....
Only The River Flows review | A visually stunning film noir
by James Harvey | Aug 16, 2024 | Reviews
A weary police captain (Zhu Yilong) battles insomnia and a killer on the loose in Wei Shujun’s gritty noir drama. Here’s our Only The River Flows rev...
Rumours of Brad Pitt's acting retirement may be greatly exaggerated
by James Harvey | Aug 15, 2024 | News
Brad Pitt has been telling GQ about the last "season" of his career - and whether it involves much acting at all......
Sherwood season 2 trailer | BBC crime-drama returning on bank holiday weekend
by James Harvey | Aug 14, 2024 | News
James Graham's smash-hit reckoning with Nottingham's industrial past returns for a second season at the end of the month. Here's the new Sherwood...
Wolfs | Pitt and Clooney team up in fixer-thriller trailer
by James Harvey | Aug 14, 2024 | News
The Oceans duo are back on the big screen in the final Wolfs trailer - a buddy crime caper from Jon Watts....
Arts Cinema Bromley | South London community group formed to protect local film culture
by James Harvey | Aug 13, 2024 | News
Cinemas might be closing across the UK but, as a new community group is proving, that doesn’t mean cinema culture has to end…...
Why are film trailers so bloomin' long?
by James Harvey | Aug 12, 2024 | Feature
Three minutes, it turns out, is just enough time for a trailer to spoil a film's entire plot. So why are teasers still so long, when brevity makes...
Laika: Frame By Frame | Behind the scenes of the BFI’s stop-motion exhibition
by James Harvey | Aug 09, 2024 | Feature, News
The BFI Southbank is turning its first floor into a celebration of all things Laika. We spoke to both companies about their new team-up......
Trap review | A deliciously goofy killer thriller
by James Harvey | Aug 09, 2024 | News, Reviews
M Night Shyamalan’s new movie is frequently silly, occasionally thrilling, and makes a modicum of sense. It’s also ridiculously good fun. Here’s our T...
The Wild Robot | Tech talks to a fox in final trailer
by James Harvey | Aug 09, 2024 | News
DreamWorks' last fully in-house animated film has a new trailer. Take a look at The Wild Robot below:...
Saturday Night trailer | It's 90 minutes to air in the SNL origin story
by James Harvey | Aug 08, 2024 | News
It's Whiplash meets Being The Ricardos in the first trailer for Jason Reitman's SNL comedy-thriller. Check out the Saturday Night trailer below:...
Sky Peals review | An unnerving, unique British sci-fi
by James Harvey | Aug 08, 2024 | Reviews
A service station employee believes he's destined for something greater in a purgatorial British sci-fi. Here's our Sky Peals review....
The House Of The Dragon season 2 finale is the low-point in an exceptional show
by James Harvey | Aug 05, 2024 | Feature, News
Season two of the dragon-packed Thrones prequel House Of The Dragon has come to a close. Time for some thoughts on some mixed-bag TV......
House Of The Dragon season 2 episode 8 review | Not with a bang...
by James Harvey | Aug 05, 2024 | Reviews, TV
House Of The Dragon's second season comes to a slightly faltering conclusion. Here's our season 2 episode 8 review....
Tom Cruise to skydive as part of Paris Olympics closing ceremony
by James Harvey | Aug 02, 2024 | News
Tom Cruise has reportedly filmed a skydiving segment for the 11th August Olympic handover. That's one way for LA 2028 to make an entrance, we suppose....
The historical playground of the coming-of-age movie
by James Harvey | Aug 02, 2024 | Feature
Sean Wang's Dìdi is the coming-of-age movie of the summer - but why does the genre often hit harder when it's set in the past?...
Alfred Hitchcock Presents is getting the stage musical treatment
by James Harvey | Aug 01, 2024 | News
It's been almost 70 years since it first aired, but finally someone is adapting iconic anthology series Alfred Hitchcock Presents for the stage. As a...
Jimmy Kimmel passes on next Oscars hosting gig
by James Harvey | Jul 30, 2024 | News
Four-time Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel has passed on the chance to join the Academy's five-timers club, according to Puck....
House Of The Dragon season 2 episode 7 review | Treading water
by James Harvey | Jul 29, 2024 | News, Reviews
Everyone's itching for a fight in the penultimate episode of Westeros Weekly - here's our House Of The Dragon season 2 episode 7 review....
I Saw The TV Glow, Wolverine, and fandom on screen
by James Harvey | Jul 26, 2024 | Feature, News
I Saw The TV Glow uses nostalgia and fandom to say something profound. Deadpool & Wolverine, er, doesn't. Isn't it time for a grown-up...
I Saw The TV Glow review | Blazingly original, empathetic filmmaking
by James Harvey | Jul 26, 2024 | Reviews
Jane Schoenbrun crafts an astonishingly assured, and completely unique, examination of fandom and the trans experience in an unsettlingly powerful...
A Complete Unknown trailer | First look at Timothée Chalamet in Bob Dylan biopic
by James Harvey | Jul 24, 2024 | News
Timothée Chalamet embodies the Nobel Prize-winning legend in James Mangold's 60s biopic. Check out the A Complete Unknown trailer below....
Robin And The Hoods review | A swashbuckling family pantomime
by James Harvey | Jul 24, 2024 | Reviews, TV
Phil Hawkins’ tale of imagination and NIMBY-ism is a cheap and cheery ode to TV specials past. Here’s our Robin And The Hoods review....
A Knight's Tale musical is coming to the UK
by James Harvey | Jul 23, 2024 | News
Brian Helgeland's medieval sports movie is heading to the Manchester Opera House next year. With songs, obviously. More on the A Knight's Tale musical...
Morbius director reflects on the film's release
by James Harvey | Jul 22, 2024 | News
"To make a movie through committee, I think, is very hard," Daniel Espinosa said of his 2022 superhero flick....
Twisters blows away competition in North America
by James Harvey | Jul 22, 2024 | News
Lee Isaac Chung's tornado terror has overperformed in North America, even as it gets a more muted debut overseas....
House Of The Dragon season 2 episode 6 review | Mad as a box of dragons
by James Harvey | Jul 22, 2024 | News, Reviews
As some schemes end, others rise to take their place in another deliciously twisty episode of Meet The Targaryens. Here's our House Of The Dragon...
