Film Stories

Interview | Intimacy coordinator Louise Kempton on her vital film work

by Maria Lattila | Jan 26, 2024 | Feature

What does an intimacy coordinator do? We speak to Louise Kempton about her vital role on film sets that makes intimate scenes safe.

Christopher Reeve documentary Super/Man creates Sundance bidding buzz

by Dan Cooper | Jan 26, 2024 | News

Super/Man, which charts the life of Christopher Reeve, has reportedly sparked a bidding war at what has been a pretty quiet Sundance so far....

Immaculate | Trailer lands for Sydney Sweeney-headlined horror

by Dan Cooper | Jan 26, 2024 | News

Sydney Sweeney stars in Immaculate, an upcoming horror flick from Neon that riffs on the concept of the immaculate conception....

Tenet | Warner Bros makes Christopher Nolan happy by re-releasing film

by Simon Brew | Jan 26, 2024 | News

Warner Bros has extended an expensive olive branch to Christopher Nolan by giving his 2020 thriller Tenet another run in cinemas....

Is the $1bn mark at the box office a realistic measure of a movie anymore?

by Simon Brew | Jan 26, 2024 | Feature

After a peak in 2019, ever fewer films are passing the $1bn mark at the box office. So is it time to change our metric for success?...

Podcast | In conversation with Juan Antonio Bayona

by Simon Brew | Jan 26, 2024 | Podcasts

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Juan Antonio Bayona joins Simon for a Film Stories podcast special: listen here....

Film Quiz Friday: From Stage to Screen

by Mark Harrison | Jan 26, 2024 | Feature

This week's film quiz has a taste for the theatrical. 30 movie-related questions, some of them about movies based on stage musicals......

Lily Gladstone to star in The Memory Police

by Dan Cooper | Jan 26, 2024 | News

Lily Gladstone is set to follow her acclaimed performance in Killers Of The Flower Moon with a new Charlie Kaufman project....

Animals | Ben Affleck and Matt Damon reteam for kidnapping thriller

by Jake Godfrey | Jan 26, 2024 | News

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are reuniting for kidnapping thriller Animals for Netflix, and here are the details....

The Fast Show | Cast reuniting for thirtieth anniversary live tour

by Jake Godfrey | Jan 26, 2024 | News, TV

1990s sketch series The Fast Show is hitting the road for a 30th anniversary tour around the UK, and here are the details....

All Of Us Strangers | A sort-of review with a star rating at the end

by Simon Brew | Jan 26, 2024 | Reviews

Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal headline Andrew Haigh's All Of Us Strangers. But how on earth are you supposed to review it?...

Bob Dylan biopic | Benedict Cumberbatch out, Edward Norton in

by Simon Brew | Jan 26, 2024 | News

A scheduling problem knocks Benedict Cumberbatch out of A Complete Unknown - with Edward Norton stepping in instead....

Microsoft lays off 1,900 jobs across Activision Blizzard and Xbox teams

by Ryan Lambie | Jan 25, 2024 | Gaming, News

Three months after it purchased Activision Blizzard, Microsoft has laid off 1,900 staff across multiple areas of its video game business....

Road House | Doug Liman’s remake gets a bone-crunching trailer

by Maria Lattila | Jan 25, 2024 | News

Doug Liman’s remake of an 80s classic is heading to Prime Video soon and here’s a trailer to prove it. Take a look at the Road House trailer.

Free-to-play rhythm-action game simultaneously announces its global launch and closure

by Ryan Lambie | Jan 25, 2024 | Gaming, News

Japanese rhythm-action game Love Live! School Idol Festival 2 gets global launch and closure dates announced - all in the same tweet....

The Color Purple review | A crowd-pleasing dose of tonal whiplash

by James Harvey | Jan 25, 2024 | Reviews

Miss Celie (Fantasia Barrino) suffers the hardships of 20th century America in Blitz Bazawule’s musical adaptation of a modern classic. Here’s our The Color Purple review.

Deadpool 3 | 400 words about how it’s finished filming, to please the Google algorithm

by Simon Brew | Jan 25, 2024 | News

Deadpool 3 has finished filming, after it started filming again. But we need to beef the story up a bit to make Google happy....

Masters Of The Universe: Revolution review | a pacey continuation of Kevin Smith's reboot

by Lauren Miles | Jan 25, 2024 | Reviews, TV

There's plenty of fantasy, sci-fi and action elements to be found in this animated sequel series - here's our Masters Of The Universe: Revolution...

The Traitors | BBC to add more series from Australia, USA and New Zealand

by Simon Brew | Jan 25, 2024 | News, TV

The BBC will be offering more series of The Traitors from around the world, starting with season two of the Australian show....

Matthew Vaughn is reportedly directing a musical written by Damien Chazelle

by Maria Lattila | Jan 25, 2024 | News

Argylle director Matthew Vaughn has added yet another film to his growing roster of projects; a musical written by Damien Chazelle.

Tom Hollander was once sent Tom Holland's Spider-Man bonus by mistake

by Ryan Lambie | Jan 25, 2024 | News

In a very expensive mix-up, Tom Hollander was once sent a 'seven figure' Spider-Man bonus payment intended for Tom Holland, the actor reveals....

Palworld | The Pokémon Company releases statement, says it will "investigate and take appropriate measures"

by Ryan Lambie | Jan 25, 2024 | Gaming, News

The Pokémon Company has released an official statement, presumably about survival game Palworld, in which it vows to 'investigate' whether it i...

Starry ensemble forms for Joel Coen's next film, Honey Don't!

by Dan Cooper | Jan 25, 2024 | News

One half of the Coen brothers is still flying solo with a follow-up film announced to his upcoming lesbian road trip movie, Drive-Away Dolls. It's...

Warner Bros sign Jon M Chu to first-look deal

by Dan Cooper | Jan 25, 2024 | News

Warner Bros continues its quest to bring high-profile filmmakers firmly into the fold with Jon M Chu solidifying his commitment to the studio....

Jackdaw interview | Oliver Jackson-Cohen on taking on a new kind of role

by Lauren Miles | Jan 25, 2024 | Feature

Best known for his work in The Invisible Man and Mike Flanagan's The Haunting shows, we chat to Oliver Jackson-Cohen about making Jackdaw....

Doug Liman says Amazon/MGM is "using Road House to sell plumbing fixtures"

by Dan Cooper | Jan 25, 2024 | News

Road House director Doug Liman is not happy that the studio is refusing to give his film a theatrical release... and he's making that point very, very...

Aliens: Colonial Marines | The 2013 game once considered Alien franchise canon

by Ryan Lambie | Jan 25, 2024 | Feature, Gaming

Hyped as an interactive sequel to James Cameron’s 1986 classic, Aliens: Colonial Marines was a disappointment in 2013. We look back at how its plot c...