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Film Quiz Friday | Out Foxed

by Mark Harrison | Jul 26, 2024 | Feature

Deadpool & Wolverine comes not to praise 20th Century Fox’s X-Men movies but to bury them, and this week’s film quiz follows suit....

25 years later, Deep Blue Sea remains the best post-Jaws shark film

by Maria Lattila | Jul 24, 2024 | Feature, News

Deep Blue Sea has been gaining more attention since a petition was launched by fans to restore the film’s original ending. We look back at the best s...

The not-so curious rise of Glen Powell

by James Harvey | Jul 19, 2024 | Feature, News

Everyone wants Glen Powell to be a movie star - him included. But are we all putting too many eggs in one basket?...

TV shows are taking years to film new seasons - why?

by Maria Lattila | Jul 19, 2024 | Feature, News, TV

Euphoria season 3 is finally coming, but new seasons of modern TV shows are taking years to make. We take a look at why....

Film Quiz Friday | How About This Weather?

by Mark Harrison | Jul 19, 2024 | Feature, News

As Twisters blows into cinemas worldwide, this week’s film quiz includes some questions about weather on film…...

Brainstorm | The 1983 sci-fi film that nearly became an insurance write-off

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 18, 2024 | Feature, News

Directed by Doug Trumbull, 1983 sci-fi thriller Brainstorm could have been deleted as an insurance write-off - but then a London bank intervened....

Mental Health Matters | Crying your eyes out

by Simon Brew | Jul 17, 2024 | Feature

In the bit of our site where we chat about mental health and wellbeing, this time around, we're all for a bit of a cry....

The global box office might hit pre-pandemic levels by 2026 – but there’s a catch…

by James Harvey | Jul 16, 2024 | Feature, News

The latest industry financial forecasts have come in from accounting firm PwC, and their global box office predictions make for pretty mixed...

Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction and the ‘Tarantinomania’ of 1994

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 16, 2024 | Feature, News

Thirty years ago, the release of Pulp Fiction saw Quentin Tarantino reach the peak of his international celebrity. A look back at the Tarantinomania...

Alien: Romulus and the 45-year mystery of the blue mist

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 15, 2024 | Feature

A new featurette for Alien: Romulus shows the blue mist from 1979’s Alien making a return. So will a 45 year mystery finally be explained…?...

Despicable Me 4 and slapstick on screen

by James Harvey | Jul 12, 2024 | Feature

Despicable Me 4 and Hundreds Of Beavers provoke an interesting question – is slapstick comedy seeing a resurgence?...

In A Violent Nature interview | Director Chris Nash on his ambient slasher

by Maria Lattila | Jul 12, 2024 | Feature, News

With In A Violent Nature now in cinemas, we chat to director Chris Nash about crafting the year’s most interesting, rule-breaking slasher film. ...

Film Quiz Friday | Not Currently In Cinemas

by Mark Harrison | Jul 12, 2024 | Feature, News

Now showing, this week’s film quiz features questions on animated heroes, real-life villains, and fictional movies within movies....

The Blair Witch Project | 25 years ago, a $60,000 movie changed horror for good

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 11, 2024 | Feature, News

Horror was in a bit of a funk in the late 90s. Then 25 years ago, in July 1999, The Blair Witch Project came along and changed everything....

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Mental Health Matters: hospital visitors

by Simon Brew | Jul 10, 2024 | Feature

In our regular mental health and wellbeing spot, a few thoughts on visiting people in hospital, and some of the unsaid things....

The story of Jet Li, and his 1996 trip to London

by Tim Murray | Jul 09, 2024 | Feature

In 1996, Jet Li was the biggest martial arts star in the world - and he was lured to London for a very special movie event......

Wolverine once came to my home town

by Alyssa Marie | Jul 08, 2024 | Feature

For a few blissful seconds, the small town of Picton, Australia was Hollywood royalty. Here's what it's like to have a big film like The Wolverine...

Unicorns | Behind the scenes of ‘a very modern love story’

by James Harvey | Jul 05, 2024 | Feature

Ben Hardy, Jason Patel and co-directors James Krishna Floyd and Sally El Hosaini take us through the making of their brilliantly entertaining drama....

Interview | Ti West on MaXXXine and the X trilogy

by Maria Lattila | Jul 05, 2024 | Feature, News

MaXXXine concludes Ti West’s ambitious, genre-defying trilogy. We chat to the director about returning to horror and crafting an unexpected slasher w...