The Conjuring 3 delayed by nine months
by Simon Brew | Jul 21, 2020 | News
With filming unable to be completed on The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, Warner Bros delays the film to next summer....
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Tenet taken off the release schedules, still planned for 2020
by Simon Brew | Jul 21, 2020 | News
Christopher Nolan's Tenet isn't going to be landing in mid-August anymore, and it looks as though its cinema release is now set to be staggered....
Paramount inks new home entertainment deal in the UK
by Simon Brew | Jul 21, 2020 | News
From the start of 2021, Paramount will be putting its UK disc releases through a company owned by Lionsgate and StudioCanal....
Mark Kermode Live In 3D: see last night's show for free here
by Simon Brew | Jul 21, 2020 | News
Mark Kermode returned with his MK3D show, and guests included Simon Pegg and Shazia Mirza - details on how to watch for free right here....
Tetris: Taron Egerton to star in movie about the game’s controversy
by Simon Brew | Jul 20, 2020 | News
Director Jon S Baird will follow up the wonderful Stan & Ollie by diving into the hugely convoluted legal battle behind the videogame Tetris....
The much darker alternate ending to Die Hard With A Vengeance
by Simon Brew | Jul 20, 2020 | News
Two different endings were filmed to Die Hard With A Vengeance: see the much darker one they didn't use right here....
The King’s Man: new posters land for upcoming prequel
by Simon Brew | Jul 20, 2020 | News
The third Kingsman film, The King's Man, is firmly on the release schedules still for September - and two new posters have landed....
Podcast: Die Hard With A Vengeance (1995) and Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
by Simon Brew | Jul 20, 2020 | Podcasts
In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, a sequel that went through a fair few ideas, and a comedy that heavily stumbled at the box...
Willow: how the studio overplayed its hand trying to sell the film into cinemas
by Simon Brew | Jul 20, 2020 | Feature, News
Even George Lucas' name couldn't persuade cinema owners of the 1980s to give Willow the run its parent studio wanted....
No Time To Die: new rumour suggests delay to summer 2021
by Simon Brew | Jul 17, 2020 | News
The next James Bond film - No Time To Die - may now be pushed back further to summer 2021, according to a new report....
You’ve Been Trumped Too getting full release after four years of legal battles
by Simon Brew | Jul 17, 2020 | News
A feature documentary about Donald Trump and the impact of his Scottish golf course is finally cleared of legal mire and able to be fully released....
New trailer: X-Men: The New Mutants
by Simon Brew | Jul 17, 2020 | News
A new 50 second promo trailer for X-Men: The New Mutants arrives, and it might just be that this film is finally going to be released....
Misbehaviour finally heading to DVD in September
by Simon Brew | Jul 17, 2020 | News
It's taken longer than expected, but Misbehaviour is getting a DVD release - although there's no sign of a Blu-ray version....
The Show Must Go On taking its summer break
by Simon Brew | Jul 17, 2020 | News
Don't expect any free streaming musicals for the next few weeks, as The Shows Must Go On programme is taking a short break....
How the DVD and Blu-ray market is facing a very tricky winter
by Simon Brew | Jul 17, 2020 | Feature
It's no secret that physical media has been facing tough times - and it's going to be up to catalogue releases more than ever come the end of the...
Fletch reboot finally happening, Jon Hamm to star
by Simon Brew | Jul 16, 2020 | News
Jon Hamm will follow in the footsteps of Chevy Chase on the big screen, as he signs up to take on the role of Fletch....
Project Power, from Catfish directors: first trailer
by Simon Brew | Jul 16, 2020 | News
Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt star in Project Power - and the first trailer for the new Netflix movie has landed....
Netflix reveals its most popular original films, 99 million watched Extraction
by Simon Brew | Jul 16, 2020 | News
Films such as Bird Box, Extraction, The Irishman and 6 Underground are all amongst the top ten original films of all time on the Netflix service....
Just Cause games coming to the movies, director hired
by Simon Brew | Jul 16, 2020 | News
Stuber director Michael Dowse is the man chosen to help bring the Just Cause videogames to the big screen - and an action franchise is being eyed....
Amadeus: see the full National Theatre production for free tonight
by Simon Brew | Jul 16, 2020 | News
See a production of the play that led to the Oscar-winning film entirely free of charge via YouTube, thanks to the National Theatre....
Film Stories Junior issue 4 (summer 2020): preorder your copy here
by Simon Brew | Jul 16, 2020 | News
The summer issue of Film Stories Junior - the only print film magazine for young film fans and primarily written by them too - is available to order...
The new Spongebob movie is heading to Netflix in the UK
by Simon Brew | Jul 16, 2020 | News
Paramount inks a deal to send the new Spongebob Squarepants film to Netflix in most places around the world....
The Bay Of Silence: trailer lands for upcoming mystery
by Simon Brew | Jul 15, 2020 | News
Claes Bang, Brian Cox and Olga Kurylenko lead the upcoming chilling mystery The Bay Of Silence – and here’s the trailer. C...
SciFi Now magazine closes it doors, website live and kicking
by Simon Brew | Jul 15, 2020 | News
13 years after it launched, SciFiNow magazine has ceased publication as the downturn in the publishing business continues to bite hard....
BFI Future Film Fest: deadline approaching for young filmmakers
by Simon Brew | Jul 15, 2020 | News
If you're aged between 16 and 25 and have made a short film in the last two years, then you're eligible for a very special BFI festival....
Tenet running time confirmed at 150 minutes (less a second)
by Simon Brew | Jul 15, 2020 | News
Christopher Nolan's eagerly-awaited Tenet looks like it's completed, even though it's less clear just when we're all going to be able to see it....
Summerland, starring Gemma Arterton – first trailer
by Simon Brew | Jul 15, 2020 | News
A summer treat looks to be heading into cinemas at the end of July - here's the first trailer for Summerland, starring Gemma Arterton....
How Money Train ended up with one of the biggest movie sets of all time
by Simon Brew | Jul 15, 2020 | Feature
The reunion of Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson for Money Train wasn't supposed to end up with a record-breaking movie set - but then logistics got...
Odeon parent company AMC reaches debt agreement to keep going
by Simon Brew | Jul 14, 2020 | News
The AMC chain in the US - which owns Odeon over here - has come up with a debt agreement that'll keep the company solvent until at least next spring....
Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes films getting UK 4K disc release
by Simon Brew | Jul 14, 2020 | News
Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows have both been confirmed for a physical 4K disc release next month in the UK....
Tenet: might it be time to abandon the simultaneous global release?
by Simon Brew | Jul 14, 2020 | Feature, News
As California cinemas close their doors for the foreseeable future, the idea of a global film release seems even further away - and that may have...
Beetlejuice is getting a 4K release this August
by Simon Brew | Jul 14, 2020 | News
It's showtime! Tim Burton's Beetlejuice is getting a release on the Ultra HD 4K Blu-ray format this autumn, with an impressive collectors' set lined...
