The Beekeeper | Sky Cinema release confirmed for this Friday
by Simon Brew | Mar 05, 2024 | News
Jason Statham will be protecting his bees on the telly, as The Beekeeper's Sky Cinema debut is now confirmed in the UK....
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Pirates Of The Caribbean 6 | Disney reportedly wants Johnny Depp after all
by Simon Brew | Mar 04, 2024 | News
Pirates Of The Caribbean 6 won't have Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow in a lead role - but Disney reportedly wants him back....
Podcast | Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice (2016) and The Phantom (1996)
by Simon Brew | Mar 04, 2024 | Podcasts
Two superhero films at different ends of the budget spectrum: when Batman and Superman meet Billy Zane's The Phantom......
Once Upon A Time In The West heading to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray in the UK
by Simon Brew | Mar 04, 2024 | News
Sergio Leone's classic western Once Upon A Time In The West is heading to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray: more here....
The Beekeeper buzzes past $150m at the global box office
by Simon Brew | Mar 04, 2024 | News
Jason Statham tending bees and hitting people has helped turn The Beekeeper into an early 2024 box office hit. More here:...
Exclusive | Oscar-winning writer Eric Roth pitched Contact 2 to Robert Zemeckis
by Simon Brew | Mar 01, 2024 | News
Eric Roth wanted Robert Zemeckis to make a sequel to 1997's Contact - but the conversation didn't get very far....
Exclusive | Cher rejected Eric Roth's biopic script
by Simon Brew | Mar 01, 2024 | News
Oscar-winning screenwriter Eric Roth produced a script for a Cher biopic - but the star has rejected the screenplay. More here....
Podcast | In conversation with Eric Roth - Killers Of The Flower Moon, The Insider, AI, writing, Airport movies and more
by Simon Brew | Mar 01, 2024 | Podcasts
Oscar-winning screenwriter Eric Roth is the guest in a very special episode of the Film Stories podcast: more here....
Physical media | New huge capacity DVD discs developed
by Simon Brew | Feb 29, 2024 | News
Fancy a DVD-sized disc that can store the equivalent of 220 DVDs of data? A new breakthrough has managed to do just that....
Ray Winstone tried to quit Marvel's Black Widow
by Simon Brew | Feb 29, 2024 | News
Of his work on Marvel's Black Widow, Ray Winstone says that in the end, "it's like being kicked in the balls"....
The Naked Gun | New film now confirmed for 2025
by Simon Brew | Feb 29, 2024 | News
It's definite: there's a new The Naked Gun film on the way, and Paramount has given it a summer 2025 release date. More here....
BBC Sounds announces brand new podcasts – but you have to be famous to host one
by Simon Brew | Feb 28, 2024 | News, TV
Five new podcasts are announced by the BBC - but every one of them comes with a host who already has some profile....
The Crow is coming to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray in the UK
by Simon Brew | Feb 28, 2024 | News
30 years after it debuted, The Crow - starring Brandon Lee - is getting a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release in the UK. More here....
Warner Bros and Paramount | Warner Bros reportedly drops takeover plan
by Simon Brew | Feb 28, 2024 | News
David Zaslav won't be deleting films at Paramount Pictures as well as Warner Bros after all, it seems....
The Grey List published | Celebrating the best unproduced screenplays by people over 40
by Simon Brew | Feb 28, 2024 | News
48 writers over 40 have scripts for films and TV shows ready to go, and have been showcased by The Grey List 2024....
Mental Health & Wellbeing Matters | comfort blanket movies, games and books
by Simon Brew | Feb 28, 2024 | Feature
What films, games and books do you reach for when you've had a tough day? We're talking comfort blanket stuff right here......
Kevin Costner’s Horizon: An American Saga – new trailer, still no UK distributor
by Simon Brew | Feb 27, 2024 | News
Kevin Costner's hugely ambitious western saga arrives this summer: here's the new trailer, but no UK release yet....
Move over The Beekeeper – Emma Thompson is to headline action thriller The Fisherwoman
by Simon Brew | Feb 27, 2024 | News
Emma Thompson looks set to do a bit of fishing and foil a kidnapping in The Fisherwoman: more on the film here....
Bank Of Dave 2 gets the greenlight
by Simon Brew | Feb 27, 2024 | News
Jo Hartley and Rory Kinnear are back for Bank Of Dave 2, currently entitled Bank Of Dave: The Sequel. More here....
Poor Things | UK DVD and Blu-ray set for March, no 4K, lots of furious jumping
by Simon Brew | Feb 26, 2024 | News
The acclaimed Poor Things is coming to DVD and Blu-ray in the UK in March, although there's no 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release....
Podcast | Spy (2015) and F/X (1986)
by Simon Brew | Feb 26, 2024 | Podcasts
The stories behind comedy favourite Spy, and the 1980s modest hit F/X, the latter of which was originally destined to be a TV movie....
Whitney Houston biopic | legal action launched over 24 songs from 2022 movie
by Simon Brew | Feb 26, 2024 | News
Sony Music launches legal action over the 2022 film, Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody. More on the story here....
HMV boss reflects on Oxford Street re-opening, wants more stores
by Simon Brew | Feb 22, 2024 | News
Plans are afoot for more HMV stores, reveals Doug Putman, as profits for the chain continue to rise....
Hugo book award winner rejects prize as outrage over 2023 awards rises
by Simon Brew | Feb 22, 2024 | News
The Hugo Awards should be celebrating sci-fi and fantasy literature - but appeasing Chinese authorities appears to have taken precedence....
True Lies and Aliens 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray | Delays hit UK releases
by Simon Brew | Feb 22, 2024 | News
The 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray releases of True Lies and Aliens have hit delays in the UK - one longer than the other....
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace confirmed for UK cinema re-release
by Simon Brew | Feb 22, 2024 | News
George Lucas' Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace is coming back to UK cinemas for its 25th birthday....
Mental Health & Wellbeing Matters: letting people down
by Simon Brew | Feb 21, 2024 | Feature
A few thoughts on trying to keep your brain going, when you can't do everything you need - or people want you - to do....
Disney is outsourcing its DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray work to Sony in the US
by Simon Brew | Feb 21, 2024 | News
A new deal between Disney and Sony might just unlock Disney's DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray output at last....
Kevin Costner is building a film studio, still planning Horizon 3 and 4
by Simon Brew | Feb 21, 2024 | News
With Horizon: An American Saga starting its cinema rollout this summer, Kevin Costner now has a film studio where he can make the rest of the films....
The Lavender Hill Mob, Kind Hearts & Coronets coming to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
by Simon Brew | Feb 21, 2024 | News
Two Ealing classics - The Lavender Hill Mob and Kind Hearts & Coronets - are heading to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray: more here....
The Beatles | Sam Mendes to direct four official biopics
by Simon Brew | Feb 20, 2024 | News
For the first time, an official scripted biopic of The Beatles: in fact, four of them, all due in 2027 from director Sam Mendes....
Salem’s Lot | Warner Bros has another filmed yet unreleased film, decision time looming
by Simon Brew | Feb 20, 2024 | News
The new Salem's Lot movie finished filming at the end of 2021: but there remains no sign of a release. More here....
