Most anticipated TV shows of 2024
by Maria Lattila | Dec 29, 2023 | Feature, TV
With 2023 drawing to a close, the Film Stories team takes a look at the most anticipated TV shows of 2024.Â
The Boy And The Heron review | Another animated masterpiece by Hayao Miyazaki
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 28, 2023 | Reviews
Master animator Hayao Miyazaki weaves a personal and complex fantasy in The Boy And The Heron. Our review:...
Where are the breakout documentaries of 2023?
by James Harvey | Dec 28, 2023 | Feature
The Best Documentary categories of major awards ceremonies are usually sure bets for some of the most interesting films of the year. But in 2023,...
Percy Jackson And The Olympians | Executive producers talk casting Percy, adapting the books
by Lauren Miles | Dec 28, 2023 | Feature, TV
We sat down with Executive Producers Jonathan E. Steinberg and Dan Shotz to chat about making Percy Jackson And The Olympians - and their long...
The Abyss 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray | UK release reportedly cancelled
by Simon Brew | Dec 27, 2023 | News
The 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release of James Cameron's The Abyss will not be coming to the UK, it seems. One scene has cost it its release....
The best TV shows of 2023
by Maria Lattila | Dec 27, 2023 | Feature
We take a look at all the treats the small screen had to offer us this past year. Here’s our top TV shows of 2023.Â
Percy Jackson And The Olympians | How Grover reminded Aryan Simhadri of his childhood
by Lauren Miles | Dec 27, 2023 | News, TV
Playing the Satyr character Grover in Percy Jackson And The Olympians brought up some forgotten memories from Aryan Simhadri's childhood....
Percy Jackson And The Olympians episode 3 review | The road trip begins
by Lauren Miles | Dec 26, 2023 | Reviews, TV
Percy, Annabeth and Grover face a variety of threats as they begin their quest - here's our Percy Jackson And The Olympians episode 3 review....
Scream 7 | Director Christopher Landon exits horror franchise
by Jake Godfrey | Dec 26, 2023 | News
Director Christopher Landon is not helming the seventh instalment of the Scream franchise, here are the details....
Doctor Who | Trailer released for Series 14 (or season 1)
by Jake Godfrey | Dec 26, 2023 | News, TV
Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson will return to headline the next series of Doctor Who, and the trailer for Series 14 - or Season 1 - here....
Next Goal Wins review | A normal, conventional sports underdog story
by Simon Brew | Dec 26, 2023 | Reviews
Next Goal Wins sees Taika Waititi threatening to have fun with a sports underdog story. Turns out, he's not in that kind of mood. Here's our review:...
Doctor Who | The Church On Ruby Road review (spoilers)
by Simon Brew | Dec 25, 2023 | Reviews, TV
Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson take the controls, as Doctor Who's new era fully gets underway: here's our The Church On Ruby Road review....
The best 2023 family films to watch this festive season
by James Harvey | Dec 25, 2023 | Feature
From chickens to chocolatiers and seances to shoes, 2023 is ripe with family flicks to watch this Christmas – here’s a choice selection....
The Day Before | Hapless zombie game to shut down after less than two months
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 22, 2023 | Gaming, News
From the most wishlisted game on Steam to oblivion, The Day Before is to shut down in January 2024, mere weeks after its launch....
PlayStation | Sony no longer removing Discovery TV shows from users' consoles
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 22, 2023 | Gaming, News, TV
Reversing an earlier announcement, Sony will no longer remove Discovery TV shows purchased by its consoles' owners....
Beauty And The Beast | Disney loses VFX court case
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 22, 2023 | News
A court has ruled against Disney in a trial over the use of a piece of VFX software in 2017's Beauty And The Beast....
Ken Loach suspended from Bectu amidst internal tensions in the union
by James Harvey | Dec 22, 2023 | News
Ken Loach, director and trade unionist of sixty years, has had his decision-making privileges as member of Bectu’s Writers, Producers & D...
James Wan reportedly adapting HP Lovecraft's The Call Of Cthulhu
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 22, 2023 | Gaming, News
Among James Wan's post-Aquaman projects is an adaptation of HP Lovecraft's The Call Of Cthulhu - and it'll also be a videogame, a report suggests....
How to watch Saltburn with your nan (with timestamps)
by James Harvey | Dec 22, 2023 | Feature
Emerald Fennell’s erotic comedy-thriller might not seem like an obvious family treat – but with just a few well-placed fast-forwards, Saltburn bec...
Before 4 | Julie Delpy turned Richard Linklater down
by Simon Brew | Dec 22, 2023 | News
Richard Linklater wanted to get Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke back for a fourth Before movie - but it's not to be....
Interview | Rebel Moon cast talk A Child Of Fire, its Extended Cut and The Scargiver
by Maria Lattila | Dec 22, 2023 | Feature
We sat down with the cast of Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child Of Fire to talk about Zack Snyder, the extended cut and The Scargiver.
Exclusive: Kenneth Branagh on planned follow-ups to In The Bleak Midwinter (aka A Midwinter’s Tale)
by Simon Brew | Dec 22, 2023 | News
Kenneth Branagh tells us that he has follow-ups in mind for his Christmas film, In The Bleak Midwinter (also known as A Midwinter's Tale)....
Naked Gun | Original creators are blocked from Naked Gun 4
by Simon Brew | Dec 22, 2023 | News
Writer Pat Proft says he's "blocked" from Naked Gun 4, as he and director David Zucker discuss the planned sequel....
An end of year letter to the readers of Film Stories
by Simon Brew | Dec 22, 2023 | Feature, News
As 2023 draws to a close, a few words from us to you, as well as an update on the website over the coming week or two....
Silent Night review | John Woo returns with a festive flurry of bullets
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 22, 2023 | Reviews
Joel Kinnaman puts on a Christmas jumper to kill gangsters in John Woo’s festive action flick, Silent Night. Our review......
The Film Stories Quiz of the Year - 23 questions about 2023
by Mark Harrison | Dec 22, 2023 | Feature
How well do you remember the year that Barbenheimer landed? Try our big 2023 movie quiz, including 23 film quiz questions and a bonus round......
Podcast: In The Bleak Midwinter (aka A Midwinter's Tale) live, with Kenneth Branagh, Michael Maloney, Julia Sawalha, Nicholas Farrell, Gerard Horan and Mark Hadfield
by Simon Brew | Dec 22, 2023 | Podcasts
Kenneth Branagh and his cast join us for a very, very special lookback at In The Bleak Midwinter......
Some words for those who struggle with the festive season
by Simon Brew | Dec 22, 2023 | Feature
A few words for those who aren't having the best of times at this point of the year, in the hope that there's a smile out there for you somewhere....
Emerald Fennell on her scrapped DC Zatanna project
by Dan Cooper | Dec 22, 2023 | News
Emerald Fennell was at one point set to take on the DC Comics sorcerer as part of JJ Abrams' Justice League Dark project. Fennell reveals a few...
Director's Guild of America | Diversity statistics paint gloomy picture
by Dan Cooper | Dec 22, 2023 | News
New diversity statistics suggest that films from female and people of colour haven't grown in number over the past five years, at least not in cinema....
