Mental Health Matters | Christmas time (oh no)
by Sarah Myers | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
A few thoughts on the weeks of festive build-up, and the pressure that seems to go with them, in our latest mental health chat....
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Gladiator II and the lone hero of democracy
by A J Black | Nov 26, 2024 | Feature
It may be set in Ancient Rome, but like its predecessor, Gladiator II says a lot about the current state of democracy, AJ writes....
Moana 2 | Please, Dwayne Johnson, don't sing in the cinema
by James Harvey | Nov 26, 2024 | Feature, News
Moana 2 star Dwayne Johnson has advocated strange behaviour in public again, and we had some thoughts. Here's when it's okay to sing in the cinema......
When movies make unexpected cameos in retro videogames
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 25, 2024 | Feature, Gaming, News
From Grease in a brawler to Kindergarten Cop in a classic survival horror, movies had a habit of unexpectedly popping up in 80s and 90s videogames....
Wicked | Why do two-parters make us so angry?
by James Harvey | Nov 22, 2024 | Feature, News
With Jon M Chu's toe-tapping Wicked film in cinemas now, why is its two-part status getting us all riled up?...
William Shatner, and his decision not to go back and re-edit Star Trek V
by Simon Brew | Nov 22, 2024 | Feature, News
In an era where directors can revisit their older films and recut them, William Shatner on why he won't touch Star Trek V again....
Film Quiz Friday | Which Witch?
by Mark Harrison | Nov 22, 2024 | Feature, News
Something Wicked this way comes in this week’s film quiz, with 30 all-new film-related questions, some of them about witchy business......
Netflix, and the burgeoning filmmaker rebellion
by James Harvey | Nov 21, 2024 | Feature, News
With Guillermo Del Toro apparently the latest to eke a theatrical release from the streamer, is Netflix’s fear of the big screen coming back to h...
The Coca-Cola AI Campaign review | It's not the real thing
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 21, 2024 | Feature, News, Reviews
A set of AI-generated adverts from The Coca-Cola Company could point the way to a grim future of soulless, synthesised film remakes. Yay!...
DC Studios is developing more R-rated projects - is this the future of superhero movies?
by Maria Lattila | Nov 21, 2024 | Feature, News
James Gunn promises more R-rated movies from DC Studios, prompting the question: is this the future of superhero cinema?...
Mental Health Matters | Judge not
by Sarah Myers | Nov 20, 2024 | Feature
Is it really a bad thing to once in a while, stop to help yourself? A few thoughts in this week's mental health spot....
Oddity | This low-budget Irish horror is one of 2024’s finest
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 19, 2024 | Feature, News
Writer-director Damien Mc Carthy’s Oddity didn’t have the splashy marketing of, say, Longlegs, but it’s a corking horror you don’t want to miss....
What makes a great horror movie kill?
by Maria Lattila | Nov 18, 2024 | Feature
As horror films get gorier and more inventive with how the human body can be slashed, hacked and destroyed, we ask the question: what makes for a...
Gladiator II | Is this the first post-January 6th blockbuster?
by James Harvey | Nov 15, 2024 | Feature, News
In Gladiator II, all is not well in the world's largest military superpower. We couldn't possibly comment......
Film Quiz Friday | Washington Heights
by Mark Harrison | Nov 15, 2024 | Feature
This week’s film quiz includes questions about screwball comedies, movie monsters, and the films of Denzel Washington....
Gladiator II | Paul Mescal interview - massive sets, Ridley Scott and working with Denzel Washington
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 14, 2024 | Feature, News
We chat to the star of Gladiator II, Paul Mescal, about working with Denzel Washington, and adapting to Ridley Scott’s tendency to shoot things in a c...
Ridley Scott interview | Gladiator II, Alien 3, tennis, art and baboons
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 13, 2024 | Feature, News
Director Ridley Scott talks to us about Gladiator II, his favourite tennis documentary, baboons and an awful lot more....
Mental Health Matters | 'Guilty pleasures' (with a dose of side eye)
by Sarah Myers | Nov 13, 2024 | Feature
TikTok, music, reality TV and more: in this week's mental health chat, some words about things people tend to judge us for liking....
The 1975 revenge thriller that saw its hero use AI to hunt down his enemies
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 12, 2024 | Feature, News
In 1975, George Kennedy starred in an unusual revenge thriller in which AI was used to catch the bad guys. A look back at The ‘Human’ Factor:...
Paul King before Paddington | The alternative comedy roots of cinema’s favourite bear
by James Harvey | Nov 08, 2024 | Feature, News
From Garth Marenghi to The Mighty Boosh, Paddington’s blockbuster success stands on a TV comedy golden age and the early work of Paul King....
Star Wars | Lucasfilm is exceptionally good at not making movies
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 08, 2024 | Feature, News
With The Mandalorian And Grogu still over a year away, a look at some of the Star Wars films Lucasfilm hasn’t made since 2019....
Jake Kasdan, and the story of his disappearing 2006 film
by Simon Brew | Nov 08, 2024 | Feature, News
Sigourney Weaver and David Duchovny's star power wasn't enough to stop one of Jake Kasdan's movies all but disappearing for a while....
Film Quiz Friday | Destination Sequels
by Mark Harrison | Nov 08, 2024 | Feature
With Paddington In Peru, this week’s 30-question film quiz explores some other movie franchises that went on tour in their sequels…...
Runaway | The 1984 killer robot movie that lost out to The Terminator
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 08, 2024 | Feature, News
Written and directed by Michael Crichton, the sci-fi thriller Runaway had its thunder stolen by another killer robot movie in 1984: The Terminator....
Red One | Are Christmas films now the preserve of streaming rather than cinema?
by James Harvey | Nov 07, 2024 | Feature, News
Jake Kasdan's festive punch-up is the latest Christmas film to arrive in cinemas - but could it be one of the last?...
The 1980s films of Michael Caine | Blame It On Rio (1984)
by John Upton | Nov 06, 2024 | Feature, News
Our odyssey through the work of Michael Caine reaches a grim nadir: the 1984 comedy Blame It On Rio. Brace yourselves, readers....
Heretic and the rise of the modern religious horror movie
by A J Black | Nov 05, 2024 | Feature
Starring Hugh Grant, Heretic is the latest in a growing wave of modern religious horror movies. With spoilers, a look at what it might mean......
Saw at 20 | Looking back at James Wan and Leigh Whannell's seminal horror thriller
by Maria Lattila | Nov 04, 2024 | Feature, News
James Wan’s Saw turns 20 this year and is back in cinemas. A look at one of the most influential horror films of all time:...
Ridley Scott details his upcoming Bee Gees biopic and Gladiator III (exclusive)
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 01, 2024 | Feature, News
Director Ridley Scott gives us an exclusive on three of his planned upcoming films, including his Bee Gees biopic and Gladiator III....
Blair Witch | The original film's directors on not being consulted for the upcoming sequel [exclusive]
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 01, 2024 | Feature, News
"Studios are not your friends," says Daniel Myrick, co-director of the original Blair Witch Project, on not being consulted about the upcoming sequel....
The Blair Witch Project | How we made the most influential horror film of 1999
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 01, 2024 | Feature, Interviews, News
Directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez tell us how they started a found footage frenzy with their pivotal 1999 horror, The Blair Witch Project....
Film Quiz Friday | Presidential Treatment
by Mark Harrison | Nov 01, 2024 | Feature
Next Tuesday, America goes to the polls, but this Friday, we've got 30 more film quiz questions, some of them about US presidents on film....
