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How The Adventures Of Tintin nailed the model for a 2025 blockbuster

by James Harvey | Apr 04, 2025 | Feature

As live-action blockbusters are bashed for overreliance on CGI, we're looking back at a VFX marvel made in a grey soundstage....

Moonraker, Alien, and 1979’s attitude to plot spoilers

by Ryan Lambie | Apr 04, 2025 | Feature, News

The attitude to spoilers appeared to be rather different in 1979, if magazine coverage of Moonraker, Alien and more are anything to go by…...

Film Quiz Friday | Six Of The Best

by Mark Harrison | Apr 04, 2025 | Feature

Let’s talk about SIX, baby, let’s talk about two and three, let’s talk about all the maths puns in the film quiz for this week......

141 movie sequels currently on the way

by Simon Brew | Apr 03, 2025 | Feature

Hollywood still loves its follow-ups - here's our round-up of 141 (and counting) sequels currently on the way....

Yellowjackets, and knowing when to wrap up your TV show

by Maria Lattila | Apr 03, 2025 | Feature, News, TV

Yellowjackets, now in its third season, is quickly running out of steam. When do you know it’s time to wrap things up? ...

Death Race 2000 and Rollerball | What they got right about the 21st century

by Ryan Lambie | Apr 03, 2025 | Feature, News

In 1975, the sci-fi movies Death Race 2000 and Rollerball depicted 21st century futures that still feel relevant 50 years later....

Funding avenues available to UK and British documentary filmmakers

by Josh Merritt | Apr 03, 2025 | Feature, News

If you're a UK documentary maker looking for funds, here's our guide to what's out there that we know of. Please help us build this up....

Road Show | The unlikely Sean Connery and Cher team-up that never happened

by Simon Brew | Apr 02, 2025 | Feature, News

In the early 1990s, Sean Connery and Cher almost appeared together in a romantic adventure called Road Show. Here's why it never got made:...

Mental Health Matters: Pobody’s Nerfect

by Sarah Myers | Apr 02, 2025 | Feature

We're a quarter of the way through the year, and Sarah has a few thoughts in our latest, weekly, mental health column. Over to her....

Blade | A brief history of Marvel’s troubled reboot

by Ryan Lambie | Apr 01, 2025 | Feature

Five years after Mahershala Ali was announced as the new Blade, Marvel’s reboot may now be dead. We take a brief look at its troubled production....

Alien | A Prometheus-like prequel concept was first floated in 1979

by Ryan Lambie | Apr 01, 2025 | Feature, News

A magazine article from 1979 reveals that an Alien prequel, "telling the tale of the space jockey" was first discussed over 45 years ago....

Wonder Boys | Michael Douglas shrugged off his star persona for a little-seen 2000 drama

by A J Black | Mar 31, 2025 | Feature

A quarter of a century has passed since director Curtis Hanson's Wonder Boys. As we re-evaluate the cinema of 2000, does it stand up to scrutiny?...

Is anyone making money out of entertainment anymore?

by James Harvey | Mar 28, 2025 | Feature, News

As Apple TV+ makes a loss and everyone wrings their hands at Warner Bros, it seems like no-one can make narrative TV and film pay actual money....

The Order, and why great modern thrillers are being made outside the Hollywood system

by Ryan Lambie | Mar 28, 2025 | Feature

Directed by Justin Kurzel, The Order is the kind of thriller Hollywood used to make in the 1970s and 80s. The filmmaker talks to us about its...

Film Quiz Friday | Working Titles

by Mark Harrison | Mar 28, 2025 | Feature

In cinemas this week, Jason Statham is A Working Man. This week’s film quiz covers some other, more specific job titles…...

Avengers: Doomsday | Thoughts and speculation about Marvel's casting announcement

by Maria Lattila | Mar 28, 2025 | Feature, News

Marvel announced the cast of Avengers: Doomsday in the most elongated way possible. Here’s what all of it could mean and what we can expect from the f...

Studio Ghibli | People are using AI to generate Miyazaki memes because we are all in hell

by Ryan Lambie | Mar 27, 2025 | Feature

The latest version of ChatGPT lets users make Studio Ghibli-style anime memes. It again raises questions about AI and copyright law....

Avengers: Doomsday | Marvel’s five-hour chair video was a mind-numbing show of arrogance

by Ryan Lambie | Mar 27, 2025 | Feature, News

Yesterday, Marvel uploaded footage of some chairs to publicise Avengers: Doomsday. It ran for over five hours. We have some rather grumpy thoughts on...

Severance season 2, and what we all have in common with Mark S

by Ryan Lambie | Mar 27, 2025 | Feature, TV

What is Severance actually about? Mark S’s predicament, and a random office incentive, could provide an answer. Spoilers ahead....

Alien: Earth | Everything we know so far (and speculation about the things we don’t)

by Ryan Lambie | Mar 26, 2025 | Feature, News, TV

With the show due on Disney+ this year, we dig into what we know about Noah Hawley’s upcoming FX TV prequel, Alien: Earth....

Doctor Who in the 2000s: the Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant years

by Mark Harrison | Mar 26, 2025 | Feature, TV

Russell T Davies regenerated Doctor Who for the 21st century, with Christopher Eccleston and then David Tennant as the Doctor. We look back at RTD's...

Netflix spent $55m on a sci-fi series; its director allegedly spent millions on mattresses and cars

by Ryan Lambie | Mar 26, 2025 | Feature, News, TV

More details have emerged from one of the most bizarre industry cases in years: Netflix, director Carl Rinsch, and the $55m sci-fi show that never...

Daredevil: Born Again episode 6 offers a chilling depiction of our political landscape

by Maria Lattila | Mar 26, 2025 | Feature, News, TV

Daredevil: Born Again has a surprising political undercurrent. It’s never been stronger than in episode 6. ...

Star Trek is said to be dying; the real problem could be much worse

by A J Black | Mar 26, 2025 | Feature, TV

According to Star Trek: Section 31 star Rob Kazinsky, the franchise's producers think it's 'dying'. We unpack what could be a broader issue......

Mental Health Matters | Letter to myself

by Sarah Myers | Mar 26, 2025 | Feature

In our weekly spot where we chat about mental health, Sarah's sending a message to her younger self. And it's a short one....

Adolescence | Proof that TV can still make a difference

by A J Black | Mar 25, 2025 | Feature, TV

Hit TV series Adolescence is now a national talking point. But can a piece of television really impact society?...

Terminator: Genisys | Its hapless marketing campaign, 10 years on

by Ryan Lambie | Mar 24, 2025 | Feature

Ten years ago, the marketing campaign for Terminator: Genisys was in full swing. It really didn’t go well....

AI | 16 films that have used Artificial Intelligence, and how

by Ryan Lambie | Mar 21, 2025 | Feature, News

Digital babies. Altered vocals. Deceased actors back from the grave. A list of major films that have used AI in their making:...