Ruin | Gal Gadot and Matthias Schoenaerts sign up for unsparing WWII thriller
by Ryan Lambie | May 02, 2025 | News
Gal Gadot and Matthias Schoenaerts are to star in Ruin, a stark thriller set in the aftermath of the Second World War....
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Hawkeye | Jeremy Renner says he turned down season 2 after Marvel halved his salary
by Ryan Lambie | May 02, 2025 | News, TV
Hawkeye season 2 will happen without Jeremy Renner, as the actor claims that Marvel only offered him half the salary he received for the first run....
Bad Lieutenant | Takashi Miike to direct the latest entry in the film series
by Ryan Lambie | May 01, 2025 | News
Audition director Takashi Miike is to make a new thriller about police corruption - Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo, starring Shun Oguri and Lily James....
Agatha Christie dispenses writing tips from beyond the grave
by Ryan Lambie | May 01, 2025 | News
As part of its BBC Maestro series, mystery thriller novelist Agatha Christie provides a writing masterclass. She died in 1976....
Uncanny Valley | Natasha Lyonne is making a sci-fi film which uses AI
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 30, 2025 | News
Poker Face star Natasha Lyonne is to direct and star in Uncanny Valley, a sci-fi film which uses generative AI for its virtual world....
Havoc, John Woo, and how action cinema crosses cultures and continents
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 30, 2025 | Feature, News
The action cinema of John Wick, Havoc and John Woo’s The Killer has constantly evolved as it’s travelled between filmmakers and eras....
Top Gun: Maverick embroiled in another lawsuit
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 29, 2025 | News
The 2022 mega hit Top Gun: Maverick has been hit with another lawsuit - this one involving its screenwriter's cousin....
David Cronenberg says he's working on an adaptation of his novel, Consumed
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 28, 2025 | News, TV
Director David Cronenberg's 2014 Consumed novel could become a TV or film, as the filmmaker says he's adapting the script....
Alien: Earth | New teasers unveil more unearthly monsters besides the Xenomorph
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 28, 2025 | Feature, News, TV
A pair of new Alien: Earth teaser trailers show glimpses of "five different lifeforms" - four of them seemingly separate from the Xenomorph....
King Of New York | Trickle-down economics, 90s gangster style
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 28, 2025 | Feature
Being a retrospective of Abel Ferrara’s cult gangster film King Of New York, and what it really says about the gap between rich and poor....
Alien | The birth and curious death of HR Giger’s Space Jockey
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 26, 2025 | Feature, News
To mark Alien Day, we head back to the late 1970s to see how HR Giger designed the Space Jockey - and its strange fate after the film's premiere......
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood | David Fincher's sequel appears to have a title
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 25, 2025 | News
The title of David Fincher's sequel to Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time In Hollywood appears to have been revealed - and it's too long to fit...
Havoc | Director Gareth Evans on his Netflix action thriller's reshoots (exclusive)
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 25, 2025 | Feature, News
The Raid director Gareth Evans initially finished filming his action thriller Havoc in October 2021. He talks to us about its reshoots and lengthy...
Andor season 2 speaks to a hunger for a deeper, more resonant Star Wars
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 25, 2025 | Feature, News, TV
With spoilers, we look at how Andor season 2 brings a thematic depth to Star Wars that makes its flaws easier to overlook....
Havoc review: Netflix’s most violent thriller ever? Quite possibly
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 24, 2025 | Reviews
The Raid director Gareth Evans returns to Netflix with Tom Hardy in tow for the ultra-violent action thriller, Havoc. Our review: ...
Predator: Badlands trailer teases connections to Alien and more besides
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 24, 2025 | News
The trailer for Predator: Badlands makes a hero out of a fearsome hunter, but also teases links to the Alien franchise and more......
Re-Animator | A new adaptation of HP Lovecraft's story is in the works
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 24, 2025 | News
Forty years after Stuart Gordon's horror classic, Re-Animator, a new take on HP Lovecraft's 1922 story has been announced....
The rise and fall of Hollywood movies in China
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 24, 2025 | Feature, News
At its peak, the cinema market in China was worth hundreds of millions to Hollywood studios. We look at its rise and sudden fall. ...
The Matrix production company Village Roadshow's film library to sell for at least $417.5m
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 23, 2025 | News
The bankrupted production company Village Roadshow, which financed The Matrix, has a catalogue of films worth a minimum of $417.5m, a judge has ruled....
Martin Scorsese and Dwayne Johnson's Hawaiian gangster thriller to shoot in 2026
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 23, 2025 | News
Originally pitched by Dwayne Johnson, a period gangster film set in Hawaii and directed by Martin Scorsese could shoot in 2026, the star reveals....
Remain | New details emerge for M Night Shyamalan and Nicholas Sparks' collaboration
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 23, 2025 | News
M Night Shyamalan and Nicholas Sparks are collaborating on a movie and novel, both called Remain, it's been announced....
Star Wars | New series in the works from the showrunner of Lost
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 22, 2025 | News
Lost showrunner Carlton Cuse, along with his son Nick, are working on a new Star Wars series for Disney/Lucasfilm, it's been announced....
Ready Or Not 2 | Sarah Michelle Gellar and David Cronenberg join the cast
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 22, 2025 | News
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Elijah Wood and David Cronenberg are said to be joining the cast of horror sequel Ready Or Not 2, subtitled Here I Come....
OutRun | Michael Bay said to be directing an adaptation of Sega's arcade classic
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 22, 2025 | News
Sega's racing arcade classic OutRun could be getting a film adaptation at Universal courtesy of director Michael Bay. Let's hope the news is more than...
Star Wars: Starfighter announced for May 2027, will star Ryan Gosling
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 18, 2025 | News
Lucasfilm has announced the title of director Shawn Levy's Star Wars film: it's Starfighter, starring Ryan Gosling....
28 Years Later | The new trailer contains a hidden message
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 17, 2025 | News
The new trailer for the horror sequel 28 Years Later has a hidden message tucked away. Predictably, it isn't a particularly cheery one......
28 Years Later | Second, gory trailer emerges
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 17, 2025 | Feature
The new trailer for director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland's horror sequel 28 Years Later has more gore, more infected ghouls, and more Rudyard...
Madden | Kathryn Hahn and Sienna Miller join David O Russell's videogame biopic
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 17, 2025 | Gaming, News
Kathryn Hahn and Sienna Miller have joined the cast of David O Russell's biopic about the creation of the John Madden Football videogame series....
Fixed | Adult animated comedy shelved by Warner Bros finds home at Netflix
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 17, 2025 | News
The adult animated comedy Fixed, shelved by Warner Bros, has been rehomed at Netflix and will stream in August....
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues | Sequel appearing in UK cinemas this September
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 15, 2025 | News
Long-in-gestation sequel Spinal Tap II: The End Continues has been picked up for distribution in the UK, with its cinema release set for September...
Weapons | Viral website suggests a connection to Zach Cregger's first film, Barbarian
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 15, 2025 | News
Warner Bros has created a website to promote director Zach Cregger's new horror, Weapons, and hints at a connection to his debut, Barbarian....
Borderlands | "You can't prep a movie on that scale over Zoom," says director Eli Roth
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 14, 2025 | Gaming, News
Director Eli Roth has talked about the disappointment of his videogame adaptation, Borderlands, and says its problems were partly due to Covid....
