Aliens | A wealth of props from the 1986 classic are going up for auction
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 06, 2024 | News
An original M-41A Pulse Rifle? An actual xenomorph egg? They're just some of the props from Aliens going up for auction this month....
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Netflix announces AI gaming venture, days after shutting down an internal development studio
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 05, 2024 | Gaming, News, TV
Generative AI is top of the agenda for Netflix and its games arm, with news of the venture emerging days after 35 people lost their jobs at the...
Heretic | Filmmakers put a message about AI in their horror film's end credits
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 05, 2024 | News
"No generative AI was used in the making of this film," directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods wrote in the end credits of their new horror, Heretic....
Juror #2 review | All rise for Clint Eastwood’s superb courtroom thriller
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 01, 2024 | Reviews
Nicholas Hoult and Toni Collette are terrific in a must-see courtroom thriller directed by Clint Eastwood. Our review of Juror #2:...
Ridley Scott says he’s directing a mystery sci-fi film (exclusive)
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 01, 2024 | News
An exclusive from director Ridley Scott: among his planned upcoming films, including his Bee Gees biopic and Gladiator III, there’s a mystery sci-fi m...
Ridley Scott details his upcoming Bee Gees biopic and Gladiator III (exclusive)
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 01, 2024 | Feature, News
Director Ridley Scott gives us an exclusive on three of his planned upcoming films, including his Bee Gees biopic and Gladiator III....
Blair Witch | The original film's directors on not being consulted for the upcoming sequel [exclusive]
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 01, 2024 | Feature, News
"Studios are not your friends," says Daniel Myrick, co-director of the original Blair Witch Project, on not being consulted about the upcoming sequel....
The Blair Witch Project | How we made the most influential horror film of 1999
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 01, 2024 | Feature, Interviews, News
Directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez tell us how they started a found footage frenzy with their pivotal 1999 horror, The Blair Witch Project....
Concord | Sony hero shooter studio's closure highlights the risks of live-service games
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 30, 2024 | Feature, Gaming
Sony has closed the studio behind Concord, the $400m hero shooter it shut down mere days after its release in August - again highlighting the risks of...
David Fincher is reportedly making Squid Game for Netflix - but is he taking the least interesting path?
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 30, 2024 | Feature, News
David Fincher is reportedly making a Squid Game spin-off series for Netflix. But wouldn’t we rather see something original from the filmmaker?...
Don’t Move and the benefits of keeping a film to around 90 minutes
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 29, 2024 | Feature
Now on Netflix, the new thriller Don’t Move keeps its story to a taut 92 minutes - and is all the better for it....
The Italian waiter who nearly destroyed MGM
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 28, 2024 | Feature, TV
In 1990, a former waiter went from Italy to Hollywood and bought MGM for $1.3bn. Then brought it to its knees....
Alien: Romulus | As the sequel is confirmed, a look at where it could go next
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 25, 2024 | News
As 20th Century Studios confirms that an Alien: Romulus sequel is on the way, here are the threads and clues about what might happen in it....
The Shining | Why do filmmakers love to reference Stanley Kubrick’s horror classic?
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 24, 2024 | Feature
Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining has been referenced in everything from Toy Story to this year’s The Substance. We look at why it’s such a touch...
William Friedkin and Tobe Hooper's 2014 stage discussion is equal parts rambling, funny and heart-warming
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 22, 2024 | News
In 2014, William Friedkin and Tobe Hooper took to the stage for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre's 40th anniversary. It's essential viewing....
Christopher Nolan’s rumoured to be making a vampire horror film - but he’s been unsettling audiences for years
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 22, 2024 | Feature, News
As a rumour emerges that Christopher Nolan might be making a vampire horror next, we look at some unsettling moments from his earlier work....
Blue Thunder | An underrated 1980s classic contains some of the best aerial action scenes you’ll ever see
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 22, 2024 | Feature, News
In light of the Christopher Nolan rumours, we take a look back at 1983’s Blue Thunder - a high-tech thriller that deserved more attention on its r...
Ballerina, and the best and worst of movie reshoots
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 21, 2024 | Feature
As word again surfaces that John Wick spin-off Ballerina has been heavily retooled, we look at whether reshoots always spell doom for a movie…...
The Electric State on Netflix | When is an adaptation not an adaptation?
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 18, 2024 | Feature, News
Netflix’s upcoming sci-fi adventure The Electric State adapts a much-loved art book by Simon Stalenhag. Or does it? We weigh up what counts as an a...
Smile, The Exorcist, and how far to push realism in horror
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 18, 2024 | Feature, News
As Smile 2 emerges in cinemas, we explore the 2022 original, its parallels with The Exorcist, and the impact of realism in horror....
It’s What’s Inside and the rise of the stately home horror subgenre
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 17, 2024 | Feature
On Netflix now, It’s What’s Inside is the latest film to throw anxious young people in a mansion. A look at the rise and meaning behind the sta...
2073 review | Senna director Asif Kapadia issues a stark warning from the future
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 16, 2024 | News, Reviews
Senna and Amy filmmaker Asif Kapadia turns to dystopian filmmaking with 2073, starring Samantha Morton. Here’s our review:...
Terrifier 3 and Joker 2 | A box office tale of two clowns
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 14, 2024 | Feature
As Joker Folie à Deux falters in its second week, horror sequel Terrifier 3 has soared. Does the latter tap into previously-overlooked movie-goer...
Filmmaking and AI | Will the industry survive, and what will be left of it?
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 14, 2024 | Feature, News
Will AI end traditional filmmaking as we know it? We take a look at some differing opinions, as well as the 1980s popularity of the SodaStream....
The Rubber-Keyed Wonder review | A detailed, affectionate documentary about the ZX Spectrum
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 11, 2024 | Gaming, News, Reviews
From the makers of From Bedrooms To Billions comes The Rubber-Keyed Wonder, a documentary about the ZX Spectrum and its inventor, Sir Clive Sinclair....
Forbidden Planet | Screenwriter J Michael Straczynski on James Cameron's unmade sci-fi movie
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 10, 2024 | Feature, News
Screenwriter J Michael Straczynski says that the combination of Avatar and a "miffed" studio led to the shelving of a new, James Cameron-directed...
The Rubber-Keyed Wonder interview | Filmmakers Nicola and Anthony Caulfield on their new ZX Spectrum documentary
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 10, 2024 | Feature, Gaming, Interviews, News
"The microchip revolution was our rock and roll." Nicola and Anthony Caulfield tell us about their new feature-length ZX Spectrum documentary, The...
Alien: Isolation 2 | Sequel to 2014's classic space anxiety simulator announced
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 08, 2024 | Feature, Gaming, News
To mark the original's 10th anniversary, developer Creative Assembly has announced space horror sequel Alien: Isolation 2....
Qantas Airlines screened the R-rated Daddio on a flight: "You should've heard the audible gasps across the plane"
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 08, 2024 | News
Passengers on a flight from Sydney to Tokyo were subjected to an unexpected screening of Daddio, which contains "sexual material and brief graphic...
Withnail & I | The heartbreak that lies beneath its quotable dialogue
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 08, 2024 | Feature
Bruce Robinson’s 1987 comedy-drama is one of the most quotable British films of all time. But there are some deeper, heartbreaking undercurrents in W...
Princess Mononoke | A trailer for Studio Ghibli's animated classic remade using AI
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 04, 2024 | News
What would Studio Ghibli's beautiful animated eco fable Princess Mononoke look like if it were remade using AI? An awful, smelly trailer has the...
Francis Ford Coppola is (allegedly) a fan of the ZX Spectrum
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 04, 2024 | Gaming, News
The makers of the upcoming documentary The Rubber-Keyed Wonder have a fascinating anecdote about Megalopolis director Francis Ford Coppola and his...
