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A promo shot featuring Futurama's main characters in a bustling futuristic city.

Celebrating the forgotten Futurama films

by Ryan Gaur | Apr 19, 2023 | Feature

As Futurama is set to return to the small screen, we celebrate the sci-fi comedy show's forgotten feature length instalments....

Old movies: how Dwight Frye gave us cinema's finest Renfield

by Sarah Cook | Apr 18, 2023 | Feature

The new Renfield field isn't short of fun, but the definitive screen portrayal of the title character dates all the way back to 1930s cinema......

The Pope's Exorcist review: the power of Crowe compels you

by James Harvey | Apr 10, 2023 | Reviews

When a single mother’s son is plagued by a particularly demonic-looking stomach bug, she calls on the services of Chief Exorcist Father Gabrielle A...

Jacob Tremblay as Cody in Before I Wake.

Before I Wake: a few thoughts on a horror film worth seeking out

by Sarah Myers | Apr 06, 2023 | Feature

The Jacob Tremblay and Kate Bosworth-starring horror Before I Wake is available to watch of Netflix - here's why you should seek it out. T...

Cast confirmed for Maxxxine, the next film from Ti West

by Jake Godfrey | Apr 06, 2023 | News

Maxxxine, the third instalment of the X franchise, goes into production next month. The cast has now been confirmed....

The moon with a rocket in its eyes in A Trip To The Moon (1902).

Old movies, and the history of early fantasy films

by Sarah Cook | Mar 28, 2023 | Feature

In this week's old movies column, we take a look at some of the earliest fantasy films ever made - and you can find some of them online for free....

Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.

Old movies: the best nurses in film

by Sarah Cook | Mar 21, 2023 | Feature

In this week's old movies column, we take a look at some of the most memorable portrayals of nurses in classical film......

Demi Lovato to make directorial debut with documentary Child Star

by Jake Godfrey | Mar 20, 2023 | News

Demi Lovato will make her directorial debut with Child Star documentary, which has already got a backer too: more here....

Final Girl - the brilliant board game that plays like a movie

by Brendon Connelly | Mar 17, 2023 | Feature

Fans of horror movies might just find something to love in the board game Final Girl - and here's why it's worth playing....

Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert in It Happened One Night

Old movies: celebrating It Happened One Night

by Sarah Cook | Mar 14, 2023 | Feature

This year's Academy Awards may be over, but in our old movies column we look at a classic film that won big - It Happened One Night. ...

Old movies: Polish cinema on the big screen

by Sarah Cook | Mar 07, 2023 | Feature

Polish cinema and filmmakers are coming under the spotlight at the KINOTEKA film festival over the next few weeks: and here are some highlights....

The Phantom Rides films of the 1800s and early 1900s

by Sarah Cook | Feb 28, 2023 | Feature

We're digging back into the world of old movies, as we celebrate the short films of 125 years ago, that offered a glimpse into a whole different era....

The first war movie to win the BAFTA Best Picture prize

by Sarah Cook | Feb 21, 2023 | Feature

In our old movies focus, we go back to the very first winner of BAFTA's Best Picture gong: The Best Days Of Our Lives....

Vin Diesel and David Twohy reuniting for Riddick 4, known as Riddick: Furyia

by Jake Godfrey | Feb 13, 2023 | News

The fourth instalment of the Riddick franchise is officially happening after a long wait, and here are the first details....

Viking Wolf review: all bite, no larks

by James Harvey | Feb 10, 2023 | Reviews

When 17-year-old Thale witnesses a grisly tragedy in the woods, she becomes a key witness in an investigation which may or may not feature a wolf....

I Know What You Did Last Summer sequel on the way

by Jake Godfrey | Feb 08, 2023 | News

1990s slasher franchise I Know What You Did Last Summer is getting a reboot, and several of the original cast are returning....

Celebrating the films of Clara Bow

by Sarah Cook | Jan 31, 2023 | Feature

In this week's old movies spotlight, we celebrate the work of a standout talent from the silent film era - Clara Bow....

Trailer released for British horror The Strays

by Jake Godfrey | Jan 31, 2023 | News

There are scares in suburbia, as Netflix releases the trailer for British horror The Strays. ...

The films Blumhouse made - then never got into cinemas

by James Harvey | Jan 30, 2023 | Feature

Blumhouse made its name turning tiny budgets into box office mega-hits - but the secret to its success might be the films it never widely released at...

Trailer released for parenting horror Baby Ruby

by Jake Godfrey | Jan 18, 2023 | News

Baby Ruby sets out to discover the horror of parenthood in a brand new horror film, and here’s the trailer....

Trailer released for pandemic horror Sick, from the writer of Scream

by Jake Godfrey | Jan 10, 2023 | News

Scream writer Kevin Williamson is back with pandemic horror Sick, and here’s the first trailer for the film....

Barbara Stanwyck (left) and John Wayne (right) in Baby Face (1933).

Celebrating the movies of 1933

by Sarah Cook | Jan 10, 2023 | Feature

Our old movies column returns for its first installment of 2023, and we're taking you back 90 years to the pre-Code films of 1933......

Trailer released for My Father Muhammad Ali documentary

by Jake Godfrey | Dec 22, 2022 | News

Documentary feature My Father Muhammad Ali is streaming in January, a different perspective on the story of a genuine icon....

First casting confirmed for Five Nights At Freddy's

by Jake Godfrey | Dec 20, 2022 | News

Video game Five Night’s At Freddy’s is becoming a film (after a long period of gestation), and the first cast members have now been confirmed. Give...