Have traditional movie studios discovered Netflix’s Kryptonite?
by Simon Brew | Dec 11, 2024 | Feature, News
IMAX screens might just have given traditional Hollywood studios a way to push back against the power of Netflix. A few thoughts....
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Mental Health Matters | The S Word
by Sarah Myers | Dec 11, 2024 | Feature
Huge trigger warnings for this piece, as our mental health chat this week goes into the topic of suicide....
Star Wars | The scruffy-looking joy of A New Hope’s unrestored theatrical print
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 10, 2024 | Feature, News
A New Hope and the rest of the Star Wars trilogy may be preserved and pristine, but there’s something wonderfully tactile about the untouched t...
Stop taking physical media fans for granted
by Simon Brew | Dec 09, 2024 | Feature, News
Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray collectors are often willing to pay top dollar for releases of films - but they still deserve value for money....
Network premieres | How UK TV is fighting off streaming this Christmas
by James Harvey | Dec 06, 2024 | Feature, News
In 2024, a film's TV debut is hardly ever an event to remember. Not so this Christmas, when the cinema event of the year might just premiere on the...
Body Snatchers | Why Abel Ferrara’s 1993 sci-fi horror deserves a second look
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 06, 2024 | Feature, News
Abel Ferrara’s sci-fi horror Body Snatchers was largely overlooked in 1993, but it’s aged remarkably well in the decades since....
Film Quiz Friday | Doctor Strangelove Actually
by Mark Harrison | Dec 06, 2024 | Feature
Enter the multiverse of mad movie-title mashups in this week’s film quiz, which features 30 questions with answers smashed or unsmashed…...
The 1980s films of Michael Caine | Water (1985)
by John Upton | Dec 05, 2024 | Feature
Is Water, a 1985 comedy from the writers of Porridge, a hidden gem in Michael Caine's long film career? No....
Alien: Romulus and its divisive line of dialogue
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 03, 2024 | Feature, News
A line of dialogue in Alien: Romulus has split opinion for months now. Here's why it might be slightly less incongruous than it first sounds....
Fast X, and its weird sequel limbo situation
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 03, 2024 | Feature
Given it’s meant to begin filming in early 2025, the sequel to Fast X seems notably clouded. We take a look at Fast XI’s muddled status....
We all took the DVD boom era for granted
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 02, 2024 | Feature
Between the late 90s and mid-2000s, home releases were often imaginatively packaged and stuffed with extras. We take a look back at the DVD boom…...
The three movies Disney made instead of Wicked
by Mark Harrison | Nov 29, 2024 | Feature
Wicked’s road to the screen has been a long one, but has Disney been reacting to it since the musical first hit Broadway?...
Film Quiz Friday | A Very Disney Sequelizer
by Mark Harrison | Nov 29, 2024 | Feature
How can the same round happen to the same quiz five times? This week’s film quiz tests your knowledge of Disney sequels…...
What exactly is the modern cinematic hero fighting for?
by A J Black | Nov 28, 2024 | Feature
With Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning on the way, AJ wonders... is the traditional cinema hero set to become a thing of the past?...
Creative bankruptcy | How sequels came to dominate kids’ animationÂ
by James Harvey | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
With Disney and Universal both leaning into existing properties for their animated blockbusters, has the original cartoon gone the way of the VHS?...
A Sense of Community | The film societies keeping British cinema afloat
by James Harvey | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
We chat to the organisers behind some of the UK’s best-loved film societies – from the very new to the very old… ...
One Love | The making of the Bob Marley biopic
by Simon Brew | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
Simon Brew sat down with the cast and crew of 2024's Bob Marley biopic to chat the making of the film. Ziggy Marley stopped by for a natter too......
Commercial breakdown | When film characters live on in TV adverts
by Mark Harrison | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
We explore some of the oddest movie related corporate marketing campaigns from Darth Vader’s cough sweet ads to Winston Wolfe’s contents insurance cal...
Ridley Scott's path to Gladiator II
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
Ridley Scott chats exclusively to Film Stories about Gladiator II, his career to date, plus the inside scoop on Gladiator III......
Alien Romulus | Director Fede Alvarez talks fighting cynicism in Hollywood
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
Director Fede Alvarez talks exclusively to Film Stories about his path to making Alien: Romulus, its practical effects and fighting cynicism in the...
Young Woman And The Sea | The Disney hidden gem's nine-year path to the screen
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
Director Joachim Rønning and legendary producer Jerry Bruckheimer talk their Daisy Ridley underdog sports movie - Young Woman And The Sea....
Derelict interview | Director Jonathan Zaurin on the state of genre cinema in the UK
by Maria Lattila | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
We chat to Jonathan Zaurin, director of Derelict, about the current state of the UK film industry and trying to get genre films made in an industry...
Morgan Neville talks his Steve Martin documentary
by Simon Brew | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
STEVE! (Martin): A Documentary In 2 Pieces is streaming on Apple TV+ now. We sat down with its director, Morgan Neville, to talk all about it......
John Krasinski interview | The IF director on helming his first kids’ movie
by Simon Brew | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
John Krasinski talks to us about his latest movie as director, IF, and how it’s taken him well out of his comfort zone…...
How to fix streaming | A step-by-step guide
by Dan Cooper | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
The honeymoon period between streaming platforms and audiences is officially over - what can these companies do to keep the romance alive?...
Revisiting Guest House Paradiso
by A J Black | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
How Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson’s big screen spin off from their popular TV sitcom unfairly hit rock bottom with critics…...
Crew Expendable: The making of Alien 3
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
Co-star Ralph Brown talks to us about his memories of starring in 1992’s Alien 3, working with David Fincher, clashes with Sigourney Weaver, and its l...
Chaos walking | A conversation with maverick director Doug Liman
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
Director Doug Liman talks to us about reuniting with Matt Damon for his latest comedy thriller, The Instigators, his earlier work on Go and The Bourne...
The making of Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget
by James Harvey | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
We sat down with the director, production designer and puppet team leader to find out just what makes Aardman's poultry-packed sequel tick....
Girls State | Directors Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss on their state of the nation documentary
by Simon Brew | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
Filmmakers Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss tell us about their latest documentary Girls State, which follows their success with 2020’s Boys State....
Jackdaw | The making of a British indie thriller
by Lauren Miles | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
We chat with writer/director Jamie Childs, actor Oliver Jackson-Cohen and producers Kate Glover and Callum Grant about Jackdaw, filmed in the North...
Life, a cinematic universe, and everything | The underappreciated Hitchhiker’s Guide movie
by Mark Harrison | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
Douglas Adams’s celebrated sci fi franchise The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy took almost 30 years to make it to the big screen. We revisit Gar...
