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....
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The short-lived history of The Directors Company
by Tom Back | Mar 21, 2025 | Feature
When Paramount let three maverick directors make whatever they wanted - and why it failed....
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:...
Am I talkin’ to me? | The Alto Knights and the perils of stunt filmmaking
by James Harvey | Mar 21, 2025 | Feature, News
Robert De Niro stars opposite himself in Barry Levinson's period mob drama - but has the unusual casting undermined a solid gangster movie?...
Disney’s Snow White | Can we have live-action back in live-action films, please?
by Maria Lattila | Mar 21, 2025 | Feature, News
Snow White is Disney’s latest live-action remake, but why isn’t there that much live-action in it? Some thoughts on that below…...
Departures | Lloyd Eyre-Morgan on tackling break-ups and body image in new queer drama
by Maria Lattila | Mar 21, 2025 | Feature, News
Lloyd Eyre-Morgan and Neil Ely’s Departures is about to send the BFI Flare audience on a trip of a lifetime. We caught up with Eyre-Morgan to chat a...
Film Quiz Friday | Robert De Niro's Waiting...
by Mark Harrison | Mar 21, 2025 | Feature
You talkin’ to me? What colour is the boathouse at Hereford? Could you milk me? All Robert De Niro questions, just not in this week’s film quiz…...
Doctor Who series 3 and beyond | A few thoughts on the storm clouds that appear to be gathering
by Simon Brew | Mar 20, 2025 | Feature, News, TV
Doctor Who rumours are swirling again, with suggestions that the future of the show is looking grim. A few thoughts on it all....
Our status as bums | Attempting Withnail & I's infamous drinking game
by James Harvey | Mar 19, 2025 | Feature
Mia Autumn Roe looks at the lasting impact of the cult classic Withnail & I, and chronicles her experiences of its infamous drinking game....
Here | It’s flawed, but Robert Zemeckis’s drama is a bold departure from conventionÂ
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 19, 2025 | Feature
Robert Zemeckis’s time-hopping drama Here may be flawed, but it still dares to experiment in ways most modern movies don’t....
Mental Health Matters | Bullies
by Sarah Myers | Mar 19, 2025 | Feature
In this week's mental health chat, a few words on the hold that bullies have over us, even many years down the line....
Eve Of Destruction | One of the weirdest Terminator clones of the 1990s is on Prime Video UK
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 18, 2025 | Feature
A gender-flipped riff on The Terminator, 1991 killer robot thriller Eve Of Destruction is on Prime Video in the UK - and it's quite a time capsule......
Demolition Man, RoboCop and more | The stories behind five classic sci-fi cars
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 18, 2025 | Feature
We talk to some of the designers behind the cars in such sci-fi movies as Demolition Man, Back To The Future, Total Recall and RoboCop....
Queer coding is as old as Hollywood | How has it changed?
by Bethany Black | Mar 17, 2025 | Feature
Bethany Black examines the history of queer coding and queer cinema, and wonders what’s changed…...
The Beach | Danny Boyle's beach vacation meets Apocalypse Now
by A J Black | Mar 17, 2025 | Feature
A quarter of a century has passed since Danny Boyle's The Beach. As we re-evaluate the cinema of 2000, does it stand up to scrutiny?...
Tinker, tailor, alter | Why do directors keep re-cutting their films?
by Dan Cooper | Mar 14, 2025 | Feature
Some filmmakers just can't leave their greatest works be. Dan Cooper examines the obsession that some directors have with forever changing their...
Forget 90s nostalgia - Hollywood is in its 60s era
by James Harvey | Mar 14, 2025 | Feature, News
The Hollywood of 2025 is obsessed with the 60s in more ways than one. Can it get out of it?...
Film Quiz Friday | Club Soderbergh
by Mark Harrison | Mar 14, 2025 | Feature
Is this your first time being quizzed? You’re doing great – this week’s film quiz has some questions about Steven Soderbergh movies....
Alan Dean Foster and a legendary novelist’s life in film
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 13, 2025 | Feature, News
Author Alan Dean Foster talks to us about his connections to some of the most important sci-fi films of all time, including Star Wars, Star Trek,...
Coming of age in the Video Nasty era
by Charlie Brigden | Mar 12, 2025 | Feature
Charlie Brigden reminisces on the ‘Video Nasty’ era, and his first experiences watching horror films…...
The 1980s films of Michael Caine | Hannah And Her Sisters (1987)
by John Upton | Mar 12, 2025 | Feature
Michael Caine won his first Oscar for Woody Allen's Hannah And Her Sisters. Any good? We've been looking back......
Mental Health Matters | Chronic illnesses
by Sarah Myers | Mar 12, 2025 | Feature
In our latest Mental Health Matters column, a few words on living with a chronic illness, and the day-to-day involved....
Alchemy Of The Word interview | Hell is a Camden bedsit
by James Harvey | Mar 11, 2025 | Feature, News
Alchemy Of The Word writer-director Jessica Benhamou talks us through her period poet passion project....
Under Suspicion | A thriller featuring one of Gene Hackman’s most underrated performances is on Prime Video UK now
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 11, 2025 | Feature
The late Gene Hackman gave one of his last great performances in Under Suspicion, an underrated thriller now on Prime Video in the UK....
In The Lost Lands | Milla Jovovich on adapting George RR Martin as an action horror fantasy western
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 10, 2025 | Feature, Interviews, News
Milla Jovovich tells us about her new action adventure, In The Lost Lands, adapting George RR Martin, and giving the middle finger to critics....
Why aren't film scores catchy anymore?
by Daniel Hallett | Mar 07, 2025 | Feature
What happened to the ear-worm film scores that pervaded popular culture in the'70s, 80s and '90s? Daniel Hallett looks into where modern scores are...
Mickey 17 | Original sci-fi might be more profitable than we think
by James Harvey | Mar 07, 2025 | Feature, News
The film industry will tell you Mickey 17 is risky business - but recent box office receipts might not back that up......
Film Quiz Friday | Taking The Mickey
by Mark Harrison | Mar 07, 2025 | Feature
You’re not seeing double – this week’s film quiz covers a lot of movies where actors play more than one role....
The Batman Part II | Delays, ageing, corruption, and why it could still provide the hero Gotham deserves
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 06, 2025 | Feature, News
Originally scheduled for 2025, The Batman Part II isn’t due until 2027. We look at its delays, and why it could still be relevant in two years’ tim...
Daredevil: Born Again episode 1 is Marvel at its most brutal - and all the better for it
by Maria Lattila | Mar 05, 2025 | Feature, News, TV
Marvel has been accused of playing it safe recently, but Daredevil: Born Again episode 1 proves the studio is still willing to take risks. ...
The film that made $20 at the box office
by Tom Baker (not that one) | Mar 05, 2025 | Feature
The Leo Grillo-starring Zyzzyx Road was released In one US cinema, In Texas, for only one week. Tom Baker looks at one of the lowest-grossing films in...
The challenge of selling 1997’s Boogie Nights
by Simon Brew | Mar 05, 2025 | Feature, News
Paul Thomas Anderson’s Boogie Nights is set against the backdrop of the sex industry. New Line’s marketing team had to find a way to sell it....
