Film Stories

Actress Judy Reyes on Birth/Rebirth: “If it's not all me, it doesn't feel real”

by Maria Lattila | Jan 24, 2024 | Feature

We sat down with actress Judy Reyes to talk about her new film, Laura Moss’ Birth/Rebirth and her character, Celie.

Presence | Steven Soderbergh's supernatural thriller acquired by Neon

by Ryan Lambie | Jan 24, 2024 | News

Indie distributor Neon has snapped up Steven Soderbergh's latest film, the supernatural thriller Presence, at the Sundance Film Festival....

Sam Barlow, designer of Immortality, teases two new horror games

by Ryan Lambie | Jan 24, 2024 | Gaming, News

BAFTA-winning designer Sam Barlow has teased his next two games - one in the vein of Silent Hill: Shattered Memories and the other a "very cool"...

Smile Deluxe | Horror sequel begins production

by Dan Cooper | Jan 24, 2024 | News

The sequel to 2022's breakout horror hit Smile has entered production ahead of a release later this year. Here are soe new details about Smile...

Three studios bidding for Ryan Coogler's period vampire movie

by Dan Cooper | Jan 24, 2024 | News

Director Ryan Coogler's next project - said to be a period vampire film - is set to star Michael B Jordan and has sparked something of a bidding war....

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Mental Health & Wellbeing Matters: don't nag people about losing weight

by Simon Brew | Jan 24, 2024 | Feature

A few words on being overweight, and having people telling you that might not be the best thing: it really doesn't help....

Five Nights At Freddy’s and its surprising cultural ripple effect

by Ryan Lambie | Jan 24, 2024 | Feature, Gaming, TV

Over the past decade, Five Nights At Freddy’s has quietly grown in stature, impacting the world of film and TV as well as videogames. We look at its s...

John Maclean’s new movie – his first since 2015’s Slow West – starts filming

by Simon Brew | Jan 24, 2024 | News

Tornado is the second film from director John Maclean, and it's just started filming in Scotland. More here:...

Jackdaw review | Oliver Jackson-Cohen beats up some bad guys

by Lauren Miles | Jan 24, 2024 | Reviews

Starring Oliver Jackson-Cohen, writer/director Jamie Childs' action movie feels like a film from decades past - here's our Jackdaw review....

Die Another Day | The £500,000 of R&D spent on its 3D wave

by Simon Brew | Jan 24, 2024 | News

James Bond movie Die Another Day used CG for a key effect in the movie - and director Lee Tamahori has been reflecting on it....

Netflix smashes subscriber targets, even as it puts its prices up

by Simon Brew | Jan 24, 2024 | News

Netflix enjoyed a surge of subscribers at the end of 2023 against a backdrop of password crackdowns and advertising expansion....

Constellation | Trailer released for Apple TV sci-fi drama

by Jake Godfrey | Jan 24, 2024 | News, TV

Doctor Who writer Peter Harness is back in the word of science fiction for Apple TV+ drama Constellation, starring Noomi Rapace. Here’s the trailer....

Lockerbie | Colin Firth to star in true life Sky drama

by Jake Godfrey | Jan 24, 2024 | News, TV

Colin Firth will headline Lockerbie, a Sky drama about the real-life tragedy. Here are some details about the production......

Palworld | As game continues to soar, Nintendo slaps down a mod that adds Pokémon character models

by Ryan Lambie | Jan 23, 2024 | Gaming

Survival game Palworld continues to break records, but Nintendo has already had a Pokémon-themed mod pulled as suggestions it's a 'ripoff' persist....

Director Laura Moss on Birth/Rebirth: “The assault on female bodily autonomy is ongoing”

by Maria Lattila | Jan 23, 2024 | Feature

We chat to director Laura Moss about their film, Birth/Rebirth, which is a chilling look at motherhood and the Frankenstein myth.

Oscars 2024 | Barbie snub shock in an otherwise conventional nominations list

by James Harvey | Jan 23, 2024 | Feature, News

Oppenheimer leads the Oscars 2024 pack as Greta Gerwig misses out on best director, and Margot Robbie is absent from her first best actress category...

Oscars 2024 | Nominations announced

by Maria Lattila | Jan 23, 2024 | News

It’s that time of the year again! The Oscars are fast approaching and here is the full list of this year’s nominees.

Gurinder Chadha to direct a new take on A Christmas Carol - with a Tory twist

by Ryan Lambie | Jan 23, 2024 | News

Bend It Like Beckham director Gurinder Chadha has a new, contemporary adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol in the works....

The Book Of Eli | Prequel television series in the works with John Boyega set to star

by Jake Godfrey | Jan 23, 2024 | News, TV

Denzel Washington's 2010 action thriller The Book Of Eli is heading to the small screen, with John Boyega take the lead as a younger Denzel....

Talking Pictures TV: the story behind the must-watch UK movies channel

by Sarah Philip | Jan 23, 2024 | Feature, News

Sarah Philip digs into the story of the British film television channel that’s becoming a quiet sensation....

Games industry | 2024 will be a "year of closures" warns new report

by Ryan Lambie | Jan 23, 2024 | Gaming, News

The job losses that plagued the games industry in 2023 will escalate in 2024, a sobering new report suggests, with more closures and layoffs ahead....

Mean Girls had the strangest marketing campaign of 2024 | Has Paramount’s gamble paid off?

by James Harvey | Jan 23, 2024 | Feature

A strong opening weekend for Mean Girls in the US had Paramount singing TikTok’s praises. But has a nosedive in its second week confirmed the old m...

Mindhunter | David Fincher explains why Netflix didn't commission series 3

by Ryan Lambie | Jan 23, 2024 | News

Crime drama Mindhunter was "very expensive" and Netlflix wanted to make it more broad, says director David Fincher - which is partly why series 3...

Nicole Kidman to star in Justin Kurzel's next film

by Dan Cooper | Jan 23, 2024 | News

Nicole Kidman has signed up to work with Macbeth and Assassin's Creed director Justin Kurzel on a particularly dark-sounding family drama called Mice....