by Maria Lattila | Oct 31, 2024 | Feature, News, TV
Stories focusing on villains are all the rage in Hollywood at the moment, but they come with their own challenges - as seen in Agatha All Along......
by Simon Brew | Oct 31, 2024 | Feature, News
Clint Eastwood's Juror #2 arrives in cinemas this weekend - but Warner Bros has hardly come out swinging in support of the film. Why?...
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 30, 2024 | Feature, Gaming
Sony has closed the studio behind Concord, the $400m hero shooter it shut down mere days after its release in August - again highlighting the risks of...
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 30, 2024 | Feature, News
David Fincher is reportedly making a Squid Game spin-off series for Netflix. But wouldn’t we rather see something original from the filmmaker?...
by Sarah Myers | Oct 30, 2024 | Feature
In our regular spot where we chat about mental health, a few words on the days when the brain just isn't going to play ball....
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 29, 2024 | Feature
Now on Netflix, the new thriller Don’t Move keeps its story to a taut 92 minutes - and is all the better for it....
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 28, 2024 | Feature, TV
In 1990, a former waiter went from Italy to Hollywood and bought MGM for $1.3bn. Then brought it to its knees....
by James Harvey | Oct 25, 2024 | Feature, News
The Venom trilogy has a self-awareness which marks it out from its Sony stablemates, thanks to the pairing of Tom Hardy and screenwriter/director...
by Mark Harrison | Oct 25, 2024 | Feature
Six more days ‘til Halloween, Halloween, Halloween… and this week’s film quiz has some suitably spooky horror movie questions....
by Film Stories | Oct 25, 2024 | Feature, News
Christopher Nolan is being linked with umpteen different films at the moment - perhaps it's best if we rule some of them out....
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 24, 2024 | Feature
Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining has been referenced in everything from Toy Story to this year’s The Substance. We look at why it’s such a touch...
by Sarah Myers | Oct 23, 2024 | Feature
In this week's mental health spot, a few words on when someone famous dies, and how people react to the news....
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 22, 2024 | Feature, News
As a rumour emerges that Christopher Nolan might be making a vampire horror next, we look at some unsettling moments from his earlier work....
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 22, 2024 | Feature, News
In light of the Christopher Nolan rumours, we take a look back at 1983’s Blue Thunder - a high-tech thriller that deserved more attention on its r...
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 21, 2024 | Feature
As word again surfaces that John Wick spin-off Ballerina has been heavily retooled, we look at whether reshoots always spell doom for a movie…...
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 18, 2024 | Feature, News
Netflix’s upcoming sci-fi adventure The Electric State adapts a much-loved art book by Simon Stalenhag. Or does it? We weigh up what counts as an a...
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 18, 2024 | Feature, News
As Smile 2 emerges in cinemas, we explore the 2022 original, its parallels with The Exorcist, and the impact of realism in horror....
by Mark Harrison | Oct 18, 2024 | Feature
Ready for another film quiz? Here are 30 movie-related questions about literary adaptations, horror flicks, and the films of Tom Hardy....
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 17, 2024 | Feature
On Netflix now, It’s What’s Inside is the latest film to throw anxious young people in a mansion. A look at the rise and meaning behind the sta...
by Simon Brew | Oct 16, 2024 | Feature, News
Ghostbusters films haven't been doing mega box office numbers - but there are more on the way. A few thoughts on a new way forward for big movies....
by Sarah Myers | Oct 16, 2024 | Feature
It's easy to feel overwhelmed at the constant news cycle - but how can we lessen the heavy load a little? A few thoughts....
by A J Black | Oct 15, 2024 | Feature
To mark the arrival of V/H/S/Beyond, we take a look at the anthology series' 12-year history, and pick out the six best V/H/S short stories to date....
by Maria Lattila | Oct 15, 2024 | Feature, News, TV
Agatha All Along, in just five episodes, has proved that Marvel's TV department still knows what it's doing after all....
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 14, 2024 | Feature
As Joker Folie à Deux falters in its second week, horror sequel Terrifier 3 has soared. Does the latter tap into previously-overlooked movie-goer...
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 14, 2024 | Feature, News
Will AI end traditional filmmaking as we know it? We take a look at some differing opinions, as well as the 1980s popularity of the SodaStream....
by James Harvey | Oct 11, 2024 | Feature, News
Timestalker, Joker, and Baby Reindeer all deal with the nasty side of romantic entanglement - is this the year of the bad romance?...
by Maria Lattila | Oct 11, 2024 | Feature, News, TV
Agatha All Along has finally revealed who Joe Locke’s Teen really is, and we suspect there might be repercussions. ...
by Mark Harrison | Oct 11, 2024 | Feature
This week’s film quiz is more than meets the eye, with questions about Transformers and other movies based on toys and games....
by Maria Lattila | Oct 10, 2024 | Feature, Gaming, News
The remastered version of Supermassive Games’ horror game Until Dawn has failed to meet expectations, but will the film do any better? ...
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 10, 2024 | Feature, News
Screenwriter J Michael Straczynski says that the combination of Avatar and a "miffed" studio led to the shelving of a new, James Cameron-directed...
by Maria Lattila | Oct 10, 2024 | Feature, News
The ending of Joker: Folie à Deux has become quite controversial, so let’s dive in, shall we?...
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 10, 2024 | Feature, Gaming, Interviews, News
"The microchip revolution was our rock and roll." Nicola and Anthony Caulfield tell us about their new feature-length ZX Spectrum documentary, The...
