The Long Quiet review | Horseback odyssey

by James Harvey | Apr 01, 2025 | News, Reviews

A lonely expat sets out on the voyage of a lifetime in Lucy D'Cruz's hypnotic horse riding documentary. Here's our The Long Quiet review....

Gundam | Sydney Sweeney in talks to star in a giant robot movie

by Ryan Lambie | Apr 01, 2025 | News

Legendary Entertainment is still working on a live-action adaptation of the classic anime, Gundam, and Sydney Sweeney could be one of its human stars....

Warner Bros set to move away from non-franchise films, now wants ‘big IP’

by Simon Brew | Apr 01, 2025 | News

Warner Bros Discovery boss David Zaslav wants more 'big IP' franchise films, fewer filmmaker-driven projects. More here....

28 Years Later | Third film in new trilogy not financed yet

by Dan Cooper | Apr 01, 2025 | News

Danny Boyle, director of the original 28 Days Later and 28 Years Later, has urged people to support the new films to help get the third financed....

Spider-Man | Details confirmed of next two films

by Dan Cooper | Apr 01, 2025 | News

Live action and animated projects both made an appearance at CinemaCon this year, as Sony makes its Spider-Man announcements....

Sam Mendes' The Beatles films | Cast confirmed, all four to be released April 2028

by Dan Cooper | Apr 01, 2025 | News

Sam Mendes has confirmed the cast for his four Beatles films, which will be released in one go, it's been announced....

John Wick | Titans Of Cult 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray edition announced

by Simon Brew | Apr 01, 2025 | News

John Wick is getting a deluxe 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray edition for its 10th birthday, as Titans Of Cult comes back to life. More here....

Alien | A Prometheus-like prequel concept was first floated in 1979

by Ryan Lambie | Apr 01, 2025 | Feature, News

A magazine article from 1979 reveals that an Alien prequel, "telling the tale of the space jockey" was first discussed over 45 years ago....

The Last Of Us | HBO has no spin-off plans, Craig Mazin says show won’t go “past the game”

by Maria Lattila | Mar 31, 2025 | News, TV

HBO currently has no pitches for The Last Of Us spin-offs and co-showrunner Craig Mazin isn’t keen on expanding the series past the games e...

Coyote Vs Acme | Shelved film is getting a release after all, it's confirmed

by Ryan Lambie | Mar 31, 2025 | News

Previously threatened with deletion, Coyote Vs Acme will be getting a cinema release in 2026, it's been confirmed....

Brawler | Zack Snyder is making a mixed martial arts film next

by Ryan Lambie | Mar 31, 2025 | News

Director Zack Snyder is turning his hand to mixed martial arts with Brawler, the story of a fighter who "gets a shot at a UFC championship"....

YouTube demonetises fake, AI-generated film trailers

by Ryan Lambie | Mar 31, 2025 | News

Two YouTube channels, which specialise in making fake, AI-generated trailers of major films, have just lost their ad revenue....

Heat 2 | The script is in, now it’s over to Warner Bros

by Simon Brew | Mar 31, 2025 | News

Michael Mann confirms that he's submitted his script for Heat 2 to Warner Bros. And now we wait for the studio to decide what to do next....

Blade | Marvel now said to have scrapped the film

by Dan Cooper | Mar 31, 2025 | News

Marvel's long-planned Blade movie looks like it might have been scrapped, according to a new report. More on the project here....

One Battle After Another | Paul Thomas Anderson final cut in doubt

by Dan Cooper | Mar 31, 2025 | News

Warner Bros and Paul Thomas Anderson are reportedly not in agreement on the final cut of One Battle After Another....

Batman: The Movie (1966) and Young Adult (2011)

by Simon Brew | Mar 31, 2025 | Podcasts

In this Film Stories podcast: the very fast turnaround of 1966's Batman movie, and Jason Reitman's 2011 feature Young Adult....

Wonder Boys | Michael Douglas shrugged off his star persona for a little-seen 2000 drama

by A J Black | Mar 31, 2025 | Feature

A quarter of a century has passed since director Curtis Hanson's Wonder Boys. As we re-evaluate the cinema of 2000, does it stand up to scrutiny?...

Is anyone making money out of entertainment anymore?

by James Harvey | Mar 28, 2025 | Feature, News

As Apple TV+ makes a loss and everyone wrings their hands at Warner Bros, it seems like no-one can make narrative TV and film pay actual money....

Warfare review | The human cost of war laid bare

by Ryan Lambie | Mar 28, 2025 | News, Reviews

Alex Garland teams with war veteran Ray Mendoza to make an unsparing account of real-world conflict. Our review of Warfare:...

Amazon MGM | Jennifer Salke steps down as studio head

by Ryan Lambie | Mar 28, 2025 | News

Jennifer Salke is no longer the head of Amazon MGM, as the TV veteran leaves to set up her own production company....

Adolescence season 2 | Stephen Graham says there’s a “possibility” for another season, Jack Thorne rules it out

by Maria Lattila | Mar 28, 2025 | News, TV

There seems to be a bit of confusion whether or not the team behind Netflix’s smash hit Adolescence are planning season 2. More on that below. ...

WHSmith chain sold, will now be TGJones

by Simon Brew | Mar 28, 2025 | News

Print magazines may yet have a future on the high street, as WHSmith's non-travel stores find a new owner. Name's changing to TGJones....

The Order, and why great modern thrillers are being made outside the Hollywood system

by Ryan Lambie | Mar 28, 2025 | Feature

Directed by Justin Kurzel, The Order is the kind of thriller Hollywood used to make in the 1970s and 80s. The filmmaker talks to us about its...

Martin Scorsese's Hawaii-set crime thriller lands at 20th Century Studios

by Dan Cooper | Mar 28, 2025 | News

Martin Scorsese is making his next film, starring Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson, for 20th Century Studios. More here....

Marvel's Blade | Chad Stahelski said to be next in line to direct

by Dan Cooper | Mar 28, 2025 | News

John Wick director Chad Stahelski might be about to set his long list of other projects aside to go and sort out Marvel's seemingly-stuck Blade movie....

Marvel's Avengers casting livestream does gigantic numbers

by Simon Brew | Mar 28, 2025 | News

Five and a half hours of chairs gave Marvel's Avengers: Doomsday casting livestream nearly 300 million eyeballs....

Resident Evil | Anora's Mikey Madison set for new film

by Dan Cooper | Mar 28, 2025 | Gaming, News

Oscar-winner Mikey Madison looks set to jump from Anora to Zach Cregger's upcoming Resident Evil film: more here....

Film Quiz Friday | Working Titles

by Mark Harrison | Mar 28, 2025 | Feature

In cinemas this week, Jason Statham is A Working Man. This week’s film quiz covers some other, more specific job titles…...

Avengers: Doomsday | Thoughts and speculation about Marvel's casting announcement

by Maria Lattila | Mar 28, 2025 | Feature, News

Marvel announced the cast of Avengers: Doomsday in the most elongated way possible. Here’s what all of it could mean and what we can expect from the f...