M3GAN | Meta set to ruin cinema with an AI chatbot phone app
by Dan Cooper | Apr 10, 2025 | News
A one-off screening in the US will encourage cinemagoers to interact with a M3GAN AI chatbot via their phones....
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Black Mirror season 7 episode 3: Hotel Reverie review
by James Harvey | Apr 10, 2025 | News, Reviews, TV
Brandy (Issa Rae) enters the remake of a Hollywood classic in one of the weakest episodes in the anthology series’ canon. Here’s our Black Mirror: Hot...
Black Mirror season 7 episode 2: Bête Noire review
by James Harvey | Apr 10, 2025 | News, Reviews, TV
A high-flying development executive takes against the new employee in a solidly silly thriller. Here’s our Black Mirror: Bête Noire review....
Black Mirror series 7 episode 1: Common People review
by James Harvey | Apr 10, 2025 | News, Reviews, TV
Charlie Brooker is back with a bang in a heartbreaking tirade against private healthcare. Here’s our Black Mirror: Common People review....
The Batman Part II shoot now set for 2026
by Simon Brew | Apr 10, 2025 | News
The shoot for The Batman Part II gets a further delay, with the Robert Pattinson-headlined movie now not filming until 2026....
James Cameron wants to cut VFX costs on blockbusters, by using AI
by Simon Brew | Apr 10, 2025 | News
James Cameron is adamant he doesn't want to take away jobs, but he also wants AI to cut the cost of VFX work in half....
UK film industry gets its wish as 5% streamer levy recommended in new report
by Dan Cooper | Apr 10, 2025 | News
The UK Culture, Media & Sport Committee has officially recommended a levy on all streamers' UK revenues to help the local film industry....
UK cinemas warn A Minecraft Movie audiences to behave themselves
by Dan Cooper | Apr 10, 2025 | News
Minecraft moviegoers haven't been exhibiting the best of behaviours in some instances, and UK cinema chains have issued warnings to rowdy customers....
The White Lotus season 3 seems to misunderstand the show's appeal
by Maria Lattila | Apr 09, 2025 | Feature, News, TV
HBO’s The White Lotus finished its third season, but did it offer anything new or exciting? Some thoughts…...
Love, Death & Robots season 4 to debut on Netflix in May
by Maria Lattila | Apr 09, 2025 | News, TV
Netflix’s superb animated anthology series is set to return for season 4 in May. More details on Love, Death & Robots season 4 below. ...
Marvel releases an 8-hour video of Hugh Jackman breathing
by Maria Lattila | Apr 09, 2025 | News
If you’ve ever wanted to watch Hugh Jackman breathing heavily, this is your chance as Marvel releases a whopping 8-hour video of it. ...
China could completely ban US films as trade war escalates
by Dan Cooper | Apr 09, 2025 | News
Donald Trump's bizarre trade war is likely to now see China banning Hollywood movies from its cinemas. More here....
Sinners | Ryan Coogler covered the cost of budget overruns
by Simon Brew | Apr 09, 2025 | News
Ryan Coogler's Sinners was expected to cost $80m. But when it went over that amount, Coogler stepped in to cover the extra costs....
Bloodsport | A24 has eyes on a remake
by Dan Cooper | Apr 09, 2025 | News
The 1988 Jean Claude Van Damme favourite Bloodsport has emerged as a remake candidate for A24. More here....
Hershey’s chocolate is, er, becoming a movie
by Simon Brew | Apr 09, 2025 | News
The story of Kitty and Milton Hershey, and the formation of the Hershey chocolate empire, is heading to the movies....
Predator: Killer Of Killers | First trailer lands
by Dan Cooper | Apr 09, 2025 | News
Dan Trachtenberg's back in the world of Predator for Predator: Killer Of Killers - and here's the first trailer for the incoming feature....
The 1980s films of Michael Caine | Sweet Liberty (1986)
by John Upton | Apr 09, 2025 | Feature, News
After a couple of iffy choices earlier in the decade, Michael Caine made the surprisingly sweet and enjoyable comedy, Sweet Liberty in 1986. We take a...
Gobby Flicks Comedy | A night of stand-up comedy and films coming to MAC Birmingham
by Maria Lattila | Apr 08, 2025 | News
In need of a laugh? Gobby Flicks Comedy is bringing a night of comedy and film to Birmingham and the proceeds go towards funding more films. ...
Star Wars | Original 1977 version being screened at the BFI's Film On Film Festival
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 08, 2025 | News
This June's Film On Film Festival will include an original 1977 print of Star Wars, shown on the big screen for the first time in decades....
Tubi UK | The 35 best cult and genre films available to watch for free
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 08, 2025 | Feature, News
Now updated for April 2025, here’s our pick of 35 genre films - horror, action, sci-fi and more - you can watch for free on Tubi UK....
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood | David Fincher-directed sequel set in 1977
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 08, 2025 | News
Said to tell "the further adventures of Cliff Booth," David Fincher's sequel to Once Upon A Time In Hollywood is set eight years after that film's...
ITV Retro | A channel dedicated to vintage TV shows appears on YouTube
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 08, 2025 | News, TV
A new channel, ITV Retro, has quietly appeared on YouTube, containing episodes of Thunderbirds, The Raccoons and more....
Scream 7 | Jenna Ortega confirms her exit from film was nothing to do with scheduling
by Simon Brew | Apr 08, 2025 | News
Jenna Ortega was said to have left Scream 7 over scheduling issues. That, she confirms, was actually not the case at all....
Paramount and Skydance merger still stuck, pending approval from Trump-overseen FCC
by Simon Brew | Apr 08, 2025 | News
The merger between Paramount and Skydance misses a deadline, as it seeks to get approval from the Trump administration....
JFK assassination thriller adds Robert Carlyle, Jefferson White
by Simon Brew | Apr 08, 2025 | News
November 1963, from Roland Joffe, is the latest film to explore the JFK assassination on screen. Building up quite a cast too....
G20 | Final trailer sees Viola Davis play an action-ready, non-evil US President
by Dan Cooper | Apr 08, 2025 | News
Viola Davis stars as a tough, actually decent US President foiling a terrorist plot in the forthcoming Prime Video thriller, G20. Here's the trailer....
A Minecraft Movie, and why the videogame adaptation curse never existed
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 08, 2025 | Feature, Gaming, News
Warner Bros has landed an unexpectedly huge hit with A Minecraft Movie. But then, videogame adaptations have long attracted sizeable audiences…...
Film Stories Podcast Network | Flow, Late Night With The Devil, Bean and more
by A J Black | Apr 08, 2025 | Film Stories Podcast Network, News
This week on the Film Stories Podcast Network: big-screen Bean, TV devils, brand new non-Hollywood animation and much more......
A Quiet Place: Day One's Michael Sarnoski to write and direct A24’s Death Stranding movie
by Maria Lattila | Apr 07, 2025 | Gaming, News
A Quiet Place: Day One director Michael Sarnoski has boarded A24’s Death Stranding adaptation, we hear. ...
A Minecraft Movie, and its 28 writers
by Simon Brew | Apr 07, 2025 | Gaming, News
Sitting atop the global box office is A Minecraft Movie, a film that's taken 11 years and 28 writers to get to the screen....
Happy Death Day 3 is “moving forward” star and director confirm
by Maria Lattila | Apr 07, 2025 | News
Director Christopher Landon and star Jessica Rothe have confirmed that Happy Death Day 3 is still alive and well. More on that below. ...
Marvel isn't "the art I consume" says Scarlet Witch star Elizabeth Olsen
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 07, 2025 | News
Elizabeth Olsen has expressed her desire to make movies outside the Marvel franchise that are more to her "personal taste."...
