Guy Ritchie's Wife & Dog | More casting additions, filming begins
by Simon Brew | Feb 04, 2025 | News
Guy Ritchie starts filming Wife & Dog, as Paddy Considine and James Norton lead the latest additions to the cast. More here....
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, A Fish Called Wanda coming back to Blu-ray in the UK
by Simon Brew | Feb 04, 2025 | News
Two 1980s comedies - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and A Fish Called Wanda - are getting fresh Blu-ray releases in the UK this spring....
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 tops January streaming chart – can we have Chapter 2 now please?
by Simon Brew | Feb 03, 2025 | News
Kevin Costner's Horizon: An American Saga is now a big streaming hit - but there's still no sign of a proper release for Chapter 2....
Sleeping Lions | Jonathan Pryce, Nick Mohammed sign up for British comedy mystery
by Simon Brew | Feb 03, 2025 | News
From director Mat Whitcross comes Sleeping Lions, a new UK film set to star Jonathan Pryce and Nick Mohammed. More here....
Podcast | Zodiac (2007), plus Brady Corbet
by Simon Brew | Feb 03, 2025 | Podcasts
David Fincher's best film? Maybe, but Zodiac at one stage was a Disney movie. Plus, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Brady Corbet on The Brutalist and more....
How Hollywood movie studios abandoned hand drawn animation at speed
by Simon Brew | Feb 03, 2025 | Feature, News
The 1990s saw Hollywood studios make a rush to 3D animation in the wake of Toy Story. But in the process, it abandoned decades of hand drawn artistry....
Hard Truths, Saturday Night, You're Cordially Invited | Thoughts, and sort-of reviews
by Simon Brew | Jan 31, 2025 | News, Reviews
Hard Truths, Saturday Night and You're Cordially Invited are all now out in the world. Some thoughts on each of them here....
While nobody was watching, David Zaslav has come up with another money-saving ruse
by Simon Brew | Jan 31, 2025 | News
Has anyone noticed that three of Warner Bros' next four releases have something in common? David Zaslav surely has!...
Licence To Kill | Michael Kamen’s score gets limited CD release
by Simon Brew | Jan 31, 2025 | News
The late Michael Kamen's James Bond 007 score to Licence To Kill has been remastered and reissued: more here....
Podcast | In conversation with Nicholas Stoller - You're Cordially Invited, The Five Year Engagement, The Muppets, Captain Underpants, Bros and more
by Simon Brew | Jan 31, 2025 | Podcasts
Writer/director Nicholas Stoller joins us for a longform chat about his writing, his directing, and You're Cordially Invited....
UK government resisting 5% streamer levy to help local productions
by Simon Brew | Jan 30, 2025 | News
The UK government isn't going to follow the likes of France and Denmark, and add a levy to the likes of Netflix and Prime Video....
The Creator, Barbarian, The Banshees Of Inisherin and Amsterdam are all gone from Disney+
by Simon Brew | Jan 29, 2025 | News
Four major recent releases from Disney have disappeared from the Disney+ streaming service in the UK - one of which is now exclusive elsewhere....
Joker: Folie A Deux | Lady Gaga says “people just sometimes don’t like some things”
by Simon Brew | Jan 29, 2025 | News
Lady Gaga has been responding to the negative response to Joker: Folie A Deux, arguing that you have to resist the fear of failure....
Mike Leigh on the time he had to test screen his film
by Simon Brew | Jan 28, 2025 | News
Mike Leigh, on the eve of the release of Hard Truths, has been chatting about when he had to test screen his 1996 movie, Secrets & Lies....
We’re two weeks out from a new Marvel film, but you’d be hard pressed to know
by Simon Brew | Jan 28, 2025 | Feature, News
Captain America: Brave New World arrives in just over two weeks, but the noise surrounding a new Marvel film appears to have dampened....
Crocodile Dundee | New 'Encore Cut' removes footage from original film
by Simon Brew | Jan 27, 2025 | News
A 4K remastered 'Encore Cut' of Crocodile Dundee is being released this year - but one or two moments have been edited out. More here....
E.T. | Steven Spielberg didn’t have 'freeze rights' to stop a sequel, he admits
by Simon Brew | Jan 27, 2025 | News
Steven Spielberg has freeze rights built into his deal for every movie now, and that's down to E.T. The Extra Terrestrial....
Podcast | There Will Be Blood (2007), plus Mike Leigh
by Simon Brew | Jan 27, 2025 | Podcasts
Paul Thomas Anderson and the not-always-easy shoot of There Will Be Blood. Plus, a long chat with Mike Leigh as Hard Truths lands…...
Sony to stop making Blu-ray discs for good
by Simon Brew | Jan 24, 2025 | News
Sony confirms it is ceasing production of Blu-ray discs, MiniDV cassettes, and MiniDiscs for recording. More on the story here....
Podcast | In conversation with Barry Sonnenfeld: Coen Brothers, The Addams Family, Get Shorty, books, wearing two watches, a whole lot more
by Simon Brew | Jan 24, 2025 | News, Podcasts
Barry Sonnenfeld joins Film Stories with a clickbait-free, longform podcast special - from the Coen Brothers to Get Shorty, and beyond....
Kazoo Films | New UK company set to distribute family animated films in cinemas
by Simon Brew | Jan 23, 2025 | News
The company behind The Amazing Maurice is launching a new UK firm - Kazoo Films - to bring more family animated films to cinemas....
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 | American premiere finally confirmed
by Simon Brew | Jan 23, 2025 | News
Kevin Costner's Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 is to get its American premiere at last, nearly six months after its planned release....
Wife & Dog | Guy Ritchie’s new film adds a starry cast
by Simon Brew | Jan 22, 2025 | News
Guy Ritchie now has three films on the go, as he adds Cosmo Jarvis to a cast already boasting Rosamund Pike and Benedict Cumberbatch to Wife &...
Netflix | Prices set to increase again in the US, UK next?
by Simon Brew | Jan 22, 2025 | News
Good news! Netflix wants more money for its films and TV shows, as subscription prices take a notable hike in the US....
Film Stories issue 01 | Purchase digital download here
by Simon Brew | Jan 21, 2025 | News
Get issue 01 of Film Stories - the first ever! - to download in PDF format right here. Support our independent film magazine as you do so!...
Wicked | Universal reportedly sent a note with a minimum volume request for cinemas
by Simon Brew | Jan 21, 2025 | News
Wondered why Wicked might be on the loud side at your local cinema? Turns out there's been a 'minimum volume' request....
Gerry Anderson’s Space Precinct getting 30th anniversary Blu-ray release
by Simon Brew | Jan 21, 2025 | News
Gerry Anderson's Space Precinct is coming to Blu-ray for the first time, thanks to a brand new box set. More here....
Podcast | The Producers (1967) and Fierce Creatures (1997)
by Simon Brew | Jan 20, 2025 | News, Podcasts
Two comedies. Two difficult productions. One flat-out classic. The stories of The Producers and Fierce Creatures are explored in this episode....
Santa Claus: The Movie and Jaws 2 director Jeannot Szwarc dies, aged 85
by Simon Brew | Jan 17, 2025 | News
French director Jeannot Szwarc has died, it’s been announced. He was 85 years old....
Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone, Jon Voight to be Donald Trump’s ambassadors in Hollywood
by Simon Brew | Jan 17, 2025 | News
Donald Trump appoints Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson and Jon Voight as his Hollywood ambassadors. Nothing could go wrong....
Josh Gad | Sort-of-memoir, In Gad We Trust, is now on sale
by Simon Brew | Jan 16, 2025 | News
Actor Josh Gad's book, In Gad We Trust, has now gone on sale, and includes some of his own film stories. More here....
A history of annoying ways cinemas make you pre-book tickets
by Simon Brew | Jan 16, 2025 | Feature, News
Cinemas want you to pre-book your tickets. Historically, cinemas have also not made this job particularly easy....
