Companion review | Stepford Wives lite
by Maria Lattila | Jan 30, 2025 | News, Reviews
Sophie Thatcher’s weekend getaway turns sour in writer-director Drew Hancock’s comedic horror film. Here’s our Companion review. ...
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The Odyssey | Benny Safdie joins cast of Christopher Nolan's opus
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 30, 2025 | News
Having appeared in Oppenheimer, Benny Safdie is working with Christopher Nolan again in the latter's upcoming epic, The Odyssey....
Live action Pac-Man movie in peril, presumably due to four ghosts
by Dan Cooper | Jan 30, 2025 | Gaming, News
The ongoing legal saga surrounding the film It Ends With Us looks - bizarrely - to have put pay to a potential Pac-Man movie....
Coralie Fargeat turned down Marvel's Black Widow to make The Substance
by Dan Cooper | Jan 30, 2025 | News
The Substance director Coralie Fargeat has revealed that she could have instead been the director of Marvel's Black Widow....
Darren Aronofsky's Caught Stealing sets August 2025 release date
by Dan Cooper | Jan 30, 2025 | News
Sony reportedly plans to market Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky's Caught Stealing as a 'Safdie-like' crime thriller ahead of its launch later...
UK government resisting 5% streamer levy to help local productions
by Simon Brew | Jan 30, 2025 | News
The UK government isn't going to follow the likes of France and Denmark, and add a levy to the likes of Netflix and Prime Video....
Romy and Michele 2 | Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino in final negotiations for sequel
by Jake Godfrey | Jan 30, 2025 | News
Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino are in final negotiations to reprise their roles in the long awaited sequel to Romy And Michele's High School Reunion....
A cinema ticket has rarely been cheaper in the modern day – so why doesn’t it feel like it?
by James Harvey | Jan 30, 2025 | Feature, News
Adjusted for inflation, a cinema ticket in 2025 is at its cheapest in more than a decade. So why do we all think it’s more expensive?...
Brian And Maggie episode 2 review | The page is not for turning
by James Harvey | Jan 29, 2025 | News, Reviews, TV
Steve Coogan and Harriet Walter continue to clash in a political drama that still fails to deliver. Here's our Brian And Maggie episode 2 review....
Brian And Maggie episode 1 review | Drama through a contact lens
by James Harvey | Jan 29, 2025 | News, Reviews, TV
Steve Coogan and Harriet Walter clash in a political drama that never quite delivers on its promises. Here's our Brian And Maggie episode 1 review....
Animol | Ashley Walters’ feature directorial debut goes into production
by Maria Lattila | Jan 29, 2025 | News
Actor and rapper Ashley Walters of Top Boy fame is making his feature directorial debut with Animol which has just gone into production. More on that...
Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond In The Desert | New concert film heading into cinemas this March
by Maria Lattila | Jan 29, 2025 | News
A concert film and documentary hybrid, Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond In The Desert will bring the composer’s legendary music to cinemas in M...
The Hack | ITV miniseries about the phone hacking scandal in the works from Jack Thorne
by Maria Lattila | Jan 29, 2025 | News, TV
Jack Thorne has penned a new series focusing on the phone hacking scandal for ITV. More details on The Hack below. ...
Sinners | Here's the latest trailer for Ryan Coogler's vampire movie
by Dan Cooper | Jan 29, 2025 | News
Following an intriguing teaser, here's a longer look at Ryan Coogler's upcoming 'genre fluid' vampire flick Sinners, starring Michael B Jordan....
The Social Network | Jesse Eisenberg tried to visit Mark Zuckerberg, but then his producer intervened
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 29, 2025 | News
Before The Social Network began filming, Jesse Eisenberg tried to meet Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg - but then a producer intervened…...
The Creator, Barbarian, The Banshees Of Inisherin and Amsterdam are all gone from Disney+
by Simon Brew | Jan 29, 2025 | News
Four major recent releases from Disney have disappeared from the Disney+ streaming service in the UK - one of which is now exclusive elsewhere....
Five months on from its debut, Ron Howard's Eden has no distributor
by Dan Cooper | Jan 29, 2025 | News
According to a new report, Eden's '$30-50m' budget' is proving to be a problem - and Ron Howard's new film sits in limbo....
Screenwriter David S Goyer announces Emergence, a 'collaboratively-built entertainment franchise'
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 29, 2025 | Feature, News
What's the future of storytelling? For The Dark Knight screenwriter David S Goyer, it's Emergence - a new platform that employs AI and the blockchain....
Joker: Folie A Deux | Lady Gaga says “people just sometimes don’t like some things”
by Simon Brew | Jan 29, 2025 | News
Lady Gaga has been responding to the negative response to Joker: Folie A Deux, arguing that you have to resist the fear of failure....
Species | The evolution and surprising impact of a 1990s monster movie
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 29, 2025 | Feature, News
Originally conceived as a sci-fi thriller with philosophical undertones, Species emerged as one of 1995’s weirdest monster movies....
Homicide Life On The Street | Sky buys streaming rights for acclaimed police drama in the UK
by Jake Godfrey | Jan 29, 2025 | News, TV
The highly acclaimed 1990s American police drama Homicide: Life On The Street will finally be available to stream in the UK thanks to Sky....
Ruben Östlund’s The Entertainment System Is Down begins production
by Dan Cooper | Jan 29, 2025 | News
Ruben Östlund's The Entertainment System Is Down - a dark satire starring Kirsten Dunst, Keanu Reeves and Daniel Brühl - has now started filming....
Agatha All Along season 2 | Patti LuPone says it’s not happening
by Maria Lattila | Jan 28, 2025 | News, TV
Patti LuPone, who played Lilia in Marvel’s Agatha All Along, says season 2 won’t be happening. More on the actress’ comments below. ...
Kraven The Hunter physical media release set for March
by Maria Lattila | Jan 28, 2025 | News
Aaron Taylor-Johnson will soon run around as Kraven The Hunter in your living room as the supervillain origin story heads to DVD and Blu-ray. More...
E.T. | Steven Spielberg briefly considered adapting a 1985 children's book for its sequel
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 28, 2025 | News
Steven Spielberg has revealed that he briefly thought about adapting the children's book E.T.: The Book Of The Green Planet for a 1980s sequel....
Film Stories Podcast Network | Wolf Man, David Lynch, Jaws and more
by A J Black | Jan 28, 2025 | Film Stories Podcast Network, News
This week on the Film Stories Podcast Network: feral beasts, killer sharks, mysterious dukes and more. Here’s what we’ve been up to…...
Sam Mendes' Beatles films may not make 2027 release date
by Dan Cooper | Jan 28, 2025 | News
Cameras are set to roll this year on Sam Mendes' films about The Beatles. A delay is being predicted even at this stage, though....
Practical Magic 2 | Susanne Bier in talks to direct
by Jake Godfrey | Jan 28, 2025 | News
Practical Magic 2 is getting closer to production, Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are onboard, Susanne Bier is in talks to direct....
Quentin Tarantino now working on a stage play
by Dan Cooper | Jan 28, 2025 | News
Quentin Tarantino's plans for a his final work are pushed back, as he directs his attention towards a stage play instead....
The White Lotus season 3 | Full trailer lands
by Dan Cooper | Jan 28, 2025 | News, TV
Mike White's celebrated satirical anthology The White Lotus returns in a couple of weeks and a full trailer has been revealed....
Mike Leigh on the time he had to test screen his film
by Simon Brew | Jan 28, 2025 | News
Mike Leigh, on the eve of the release of Hard Truths, has been chatting about when he had to test screen his 1996 movie, Secrets & Lies....
We’re two weeks out from a new Marvel film, but you’d be hard pressed to know
by Simon Brew | Jan 28, 2025 | Feature, News
Captain America: Brave New World arrives in just over two weeks, but the noise surrounding a new Marvel film appears to have dampened....
