John Carpenter agrees to compose the score for Bong Joon-ho's forthcoming horror film
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 24, 2025 | News
Live on stage, John Carpenter has made a handshake deal to write the music for Bong Joon-ho's future horror film....
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Terminator: Genisys | Its hapless marketing campaign, 10 years on
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 24, 2025 | Feature
Ten years ago, the marketing campaign for Terminator: Genisys was in full swing. It really didn’t go well....
AI | 16 films that have used Artificial Intelligence, and how
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 21, 2025 | Feature, News
Digital babies. Altered vocals. Deceased actors back from the grave. A list of major films that have used AI in their making:...
Apple TV+ loses over $1bn a year, a report suggests
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 20, 2025 | TV
Ted Lasso and Severance are raising its profile and subscriber numbers, but streaming platform Apple TV+ is still losing over $1bn a year according to...
Neuromancer | Dane DeHaan joins Apple TV+ adaptation
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 20, 2025 | TV
Dane DeHaan has joined the cast of Neuromancer, Apple TV+'s forthcoming series based on William Gibson's cyberpunk novel....
Netflix | Director Carl Erik Rinsch indicted in an $11 million fraud case
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 19, 2025 | News
Director Carl Erik Rinsch has been arrested for allegedly defrauding $11 million from Netflix - money originally earmarked for an abortive sci-fi...
Here | It’s flawed, but Robert Zemeckis’s drama is a bold departure from convention
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 19, 2025 | Feature
Robert Zemeckis’s time-hopping drama Here may be flawed, but it still dares to experiment in ways most modern movies don’t....
Eve Of Destruction | One of the weirdest Terminator clones of the 1990s is on Prime Video UK
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 18, 2025 | Feature
A gender-flipped riff on The Terminator, 1991 killer robot thriller Eve Of Destruction is on Prime Video in the UK - and it's quite a time capsule......
Demolition Man, RoboCop and more | The stories behind five classic sci-fi cars
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 18, 2025 | Feature
We talk to some of the designers behind the cars in such sci-fi movies as Demolition Man, Back To The Future, Total Recall and RoboCop....
Superbad | Sony refused to let Jonah Hill use a PlayStation because his character was "vile"
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 14, 2025 | News
Co-writer and star Seth Rogen claims that distributor Sony thought Jonah Hill's character was "too vile" to interact with a PlayStation console in...
Star Wars: Underworld | Producer Rick McCallum on the "dark, sexy, violent" TV series that never was
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 13, 2025 | News, TV
Long before its purchase by Disney, Lucasfilm was working on a TV series, Star Wars: Underworld. Producer Rick McCallum has talked about why it never...
Alan Dean Foster and a legendary novelist’s life in film
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 13, 2025 | Feature, News
Author Alan Dean Foster talks to us about his connections to some of the most important sci-fi films of all time, including Star Wars, Star Trek,...
John Wick 5 | Lionsgate "developing" sequel, executive confirms
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 12, 2025 | News
Lionsgate boss Jenefer Brown has again confirmed that John Wick 5 is "being worked on", though Keanu Reeves' return is still uncertain....
The Electric State review | Join the revolution, buy some peanuts
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 12, 2025 | Reviews
The Russo brothers move from Marvel to maximalist sci-fi action with The Electric State, on Netflix this week. Here’s our review:...
Star Wars | Luke Skywalker's medal among the lots in a massive film memorabilia auction
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 11, 2025 | News
Luke Skywalker's medal from A New Hope is but one lot in a huge array of film memorabilia going up for auction this month....
Under Suspicion | A thriller featuring one of Gene Hackman’s most underrated performances is on Prime Video UK now
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 11, 2025 | Feature
The late Gene Hackman gave one of his last great performances in Under Suspicion, an underrated thriller now on Prime Video in the UK....
Michael Bay | "No one can greenlight anything," the director says; also, he's made a documentary about parkour
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 10, 2025 | News
Armageddon director Michael Bay has reflected on how difficult it is to get original films made in Hollywood as he promotes his documentary about...
In The Lost Lands | Milla Jovovich on adapting George RR Martin as an action horror fantasy western
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 10, 2025 | Feature, Interviews, News
Milla Jovovich tells us about her new action adventure, In The Lost Lands, adapting George RR Martin, and giving the middle finger to critics....
Technicolor | The storied firm's collapse reflects a wider crisis in the VFX industry
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 07, 2025 | News
The collapse of Technicolor has also seen the closure of The Mill and MPC, pointing to a growing crisis in the VFX business....
Mickey 17 review | Another Bong hit
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 07, 2025 | News, Reviews
Parasite director Bong Joon-ho directs Robert Pattinson in a dark sci-fi satire filled with clones and creatures. Our review of Mickey 17:...
Critterz | The writers of Paddington In Peru are to work on an AI-generated feature film
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 06, 2025 | News
James Lamont and Jon Foster of Paddington In Peru fame are to work on a feature-length, AI-generated family fantasy called Critterz....
The Time Guardian | One of the weirdest sci-fi movies of the 1980s has appeared on Prime Video UK
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 06, 2025 | News
The Time Guardian - starring Carrie Fisher and Dean Stockwell and directed by the co-writer of Mad Max 2 - has emerged on Prime Video UK....
The Batman Part II | Delays, ageing, corruption, and why it could still provide the hero Gotham deserves
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 06, 2025 | Feature, News
Originally scheduled for 2025, The Batman Part II isn’t due until 2027. We look at its delays, and why it could still be relevant in two years’ tim...
Scream 7 | David Arquette set to return
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 05, 2025 | News
David Arquette will return as Dewey Riley in writer-director Kevin Williamson's meta horror sequel, Scream 7....
A new studio that makes movies with AI releases five minutes of its debut, and the results won't haunt your dreams for all eternity
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 04, 2025 | News
Staircase Studios will make $500,000 movies using AI to reduce budgets. Its debut, The Woman With Red Hair, has a five-minute preview which is in no...
Tiana | Animated Princess And The Frog series cancelled by Disney+
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 04, 2025 | TV
Over four years after it was first announced, Tiana, an animated spin-off TV series based on The Princess And The Frog, has been cancelled at Disney+....
Flow’s Oscar should be an inspiration for indie filmmakers everywhere
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 03, 2025 | Feature
A Latvian animator, working with open source software and a small team, just managed to win an Oscar for his second feature, Flow. ...
The Assessment | Alicia Vikander and Elizabeth Olsen sci-fi thriller looks delightfully sinister
by Ryan Lambie | Feb 28, 2025 | News
Starring Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Olsen and Himesh Patel, The Assessment is a wonderfully dark-looking dystopian thriller. Trailer and details...
Netflix | Rebel Ridge was watched over 30m more times than Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
by Ryan Lambie | Feb 28, 2025 | News
Subscribers to Netflix love such original thrillers as Carry-On and Rebel Ridge, it seems, with the films receiving even higher viewing numbers than...
“Why me?” | The bizarre experience of watching films on British TV in the 80s and 90s
by Ryan Lambie | Feb 28, 2025 | Feature, News
From dubbed actors to jarring edits to terrible image quality, watching films on British TV was a minefield in the 80s and 90s…...
Terminator 2D: No Fate | Retro-style action videogame due for release in September
by Ryan Lambie | Feb 27, 2025 | Gaming
Bitmap Bureau, developers of Xeno Crisis, is making the side-scrolling action game, Terminator 2D: No Fate. Trailer and details within:...
Steven Spielberg's mystery UFO movie has begun filming in New Jersey
by Ryan Lambie | Feb 27, 2025 | News
Due out in 2026, Steven Spielberg's secretive film - said to be about UFOs - has begun filming in New Jersey....
