Cameron Diaz, Bad Teacher, and a legendary Hollywood deal
by Simon Brew | Aug 10, 2021 | Feature, News
How Cameron Diaz struck a deal that ended up earning her double the production budget of a movie, thanks to a very calculated risk....
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No Time To Die reportedly needs to make $900m, just to break even
by Dan Cooper | Aug 10, 2021 | News
No Time To Die has a very high box office mark that it's got to hit: it's going to be quite a mission for James Bond....
Cape Fear getting 30th anniversary Blu-ray release
by Simon Brew | Aug 10, 2021 | News
Martin Scorsese's remake of Cape Fear is getting a new Blu-ray release to mark its 30th birthday....
Warner Bros re-establishing theatrical window in the US
by Simon Brew | Aug 10, 2021 | News
Has The Suicide Squad sent Warner Bros back exclusively to cinemas again? A new deal in the US suggests so....
Gurinder Chadha joining with Aardman to direct a new musical animation
by Clare Brunton | Aug 09, 2021 | News
Director Gurinder Chadha is teaming up with iconic British studio Aardman to direct a new animated musical film, inspired by Bollywood....
New British film The Pebble And The Boy trailer released
by Clare Brunton | Aug 09, 2021 | News
Munro Film Services and Lightbulb Film Distribution, in collaboration with North of Watford Films, have shared the poster and trailer for new British...
Escape From Extinction, narrated by Helen Mirren, coming to UK cinemas from 17th September
by Clare Brunton | Aug 09, 2021 | News
Feature documentary Escape From Extinction, narrated by Helen Mirren, isheaded to selected UK cinemas from 17th September....
Revenge thriller Bull gets a tense new trailer
by Clare Brunton | Aug 09, 2021 | News
Signature Entertainment's new British revenge thriller Bull receives an explosive first trailer as painful secrets are revealed....
Real Steel 2 under discussion
by Simon Brew | Aug 09, 2021 | News
Hugh Jackman and director Shawn Levy are chatting about a possible Real Steel follow-up again - although it's still a long shot....
The Thing getting 4K release this autumn
by Simon Brew | Aug 09, 2021 | News
John Carpenter's The Thing is getting a 4K disc release, with both a standard and a posh version of the set on the way....
Chronicle 2 is back in the works
by Dan Cooper | Aug 09, 2021 | News
Almost a decade later, it looks like the low-budget, found-footage superhero film Chronicle is getting a sequel of sorts....
Dave Bautista on how Knives Out 2 will improve upon the original
by Dan Cooper | Aug 09, 2021 | News
Dave Bautista has been chatting about how Knives Out 2 might just outdo Knives Out 1....
Gerard Butler, Frank Grillo do battle in Copshop trailer
by Dan Cooper | Aug 09, 2021 | News
Action movie stalwarts Gerard Butler and Frank Grillo go toe to toe in the upcoming action thriller Cop Shop....
Brad Allan: a tribute to a movie action legend
by Jake Godfrey | Aug 09, 2021 | Feature, News
A few words about Brad Allan, a hidden hero of the movies and cinema stuntwork, who left us last week....
Rotten Tomatoes, its top 10, and modern bias
by Clare Brunton | Aug 09, 2021 | Feature, News
With Paddington 2 knocked off the Rotten Tomatoes throne, what do the next contenders for best film say about how we watch and rate our films? Some...
4k restoration of The Servant headed to cinemas and home media
by Clare Brunton | Jul 29, 2021 | News
StudioCanal has announced a 4K restoration of Joseph Losey’s 1963 classic The Servant, starring Dirk Bogarde & James Fox. T...
Top 50 underappreciated movies of the 2010s
by Nick Horton | Jul 29, 2021 | Feature, News
The 2010s had a lot of high profile movies - but here's 50, from indie to mainstream, that perhaps deserves a bit more love....
A letter to the fine readers of Film Stories
by Simon Brew | Jul 29, 2021 | News
Just a few words about Film Stories, the next week or two, and how everything is going: all best enjoy with a nice coffee....
Film Stories issue 27 (August 2021): full details and order your copy here
by Simon Brew | Jul 29, 2021 | News
Issue 27 of Film Stories leads on a brilliant upcoming British actor - and it's an issue crammed with movie mayhem....
Netflix steps up its efforts to land Christopher Nolan’s next film
by Simon Brew | Jul 29, 2021 | News
Christopher Nolan hasn't announced a new movie post-Tenet yet - but he has been continuing to talk to Netflix....
A Quiet Place 3 set for 2023
by Simon Brew | Jul 29, 2021 | News
Paramount sets the third entry in the A Quiet Place saga for March of 2023: a scant few details can be found here....
King Richard starring Will Smith: first trailer
by Simon Brew | Jul 29, 2021 | News
Will Smith headlines the upcoming biopic King Richard, the father of Venus and Serena Williams: see the trailer here....
Terrifying-looking documentary The Alpinist lands September release
by Simon Brew | Jul 29, 2021 | News
The Alpinist is not the documentary you're looking for if you don't have a head for heights: more details here....
Vinnie Jones headlines Rise Of The Footsoldier: Origins
by Simon Brew | Jul 29, 2021 | News
The new Rise Of The Footsoldier film will be heading to cinemas in September, it's been announced: see a clip here....
The new Predator film to go back to basics
by Simon Brew | Jul 28, 2021 | News
Predator 5 is coming - and it's going to be learning some lessons from the films that came before it, it seems....
A Clockwork Orange is coming to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray in October
by Simon Brew | Jul 28, 2021 | News
Another Stanley Kubrick film heads to 4K disc, as Warner Bros sets A Clockwork Orange for an October release on the format....
October’s UK releases for The Criterion Collection announced
by Simon Brew | Jul 28, 2021 | News
Love & Basketball and La Dolce Vita lead the new additions to the Criterion Collection this coming October: more here....
The Saint: Rege-Jean Page lands title role
by Simon Brew | Jul 28, 2021 | News
The big screen take on The Saint is back on, with Bridgerton's Rege-Jean Page the new Simon Templar....
Jungle Cruise review: a decent enough trip up the river
by Simon Brew | Jul 28, 2021 | News, Reviews
Emily Blunt, Jack Whitehall and Dwayne Johnson lead Disney's big summer theme park ride Jungle Cruise: here's our review....
Film Stories Junior issue 7 (summer 2021) - now available to order
by Simon Brew | Jul 28, 2021 | News
The latest issue of the world's only print film magazine for young film fans - that's also written by them - is here....
#Smellypantswee: a little tribute to Kip
by Simon Brew | Jul 27, 2021 | Feature, News
A few words about Wittertainment, smellypantswee, and a remarkable human being who's been taken from us far too soon....
Could James Gunn's second coming reboot superhero films?
by Dan Cooper | Jul 27, 2021 | Feature, News
James Gunn, on the eve of The Suicide Squad's release, has had some words to say about superhero movies....
