Film Stories

Dave Bautista linked with Damien Chazelle's prison movie

by Dan Cooper | Jun 09, 2025 | News

Damien Chazelle's untitled prison movie looks to be adding Dave Bautista to its line-up. More on the story this way....

The Lost Bus trailer | Matthew McConaughey stars, Paul Greengrass directs

by Dan Cooper | Jun 09, 2025 | News

Apple TV+'s The Lost Bus sees Paul Greengrass back directing, with Matthew McConaughey in the lead. Here's the trailer....

Alien | When one monster isn’t enough for a single franchise

by Ryan Lambie | Jun 09, 2025 | Feature, News, TV

This summer’s Alien: Earth TV series serves up more than one kind monster - something we’ve seen before in the long-running Alien franchise… NB...

Podcast | The HD DVD disc format (2006) and Nightcrawler (2014)

by Simon Brew | Jun 09, 2025 | Podcasts

In this Film Stories podcast, the format war battle that saw HD DVD defeated, and the tale behind the terrific Nightcrawler......

Madame Web was made by people without "a creative bone in their body" says Dakota Johnson

by Ryan Lambie | Jun 06, 2025 | News

Dakota Johnson has continued to be candid about her thoughts on the 2024 film she headlined, Madame Web, and the people who made the creative...

Falling Into Place review | Skye's the limit

by Maria Lattila | Jun 06, 2025 | News, Reviews

Two strangers strike up a close and unexplainable bond in Aylin Tezel’s first feature. Here’s our Falling Into Place review. ...

Ang Lee is finally making another film again

by Simon Brew | Jun 06, 2025 | News

It's been 2019 since Ang Lee made Gemini Man. Now, after struggling to get his Bruce Lee biopic going, Old Gold Mountain has been announced....

Dracula | Luc Besson has had a go, trailer here

by Dan Cooper | Jun 06, 2025 | News

There's a new take on Dracula heading our way this year, with Luc Besson directing. Here's the trailer for the latest iteration....

Tim Curry has written his memoir, due out in October

by Simon Brew | Jun 06, 2025 | News

Tim Curry's memoir, Vagabond, is going to be published in October. Here's more information on what's in store for us....

Alien: Romulus sequel set to shoot in October

by Dan Cooper | Jun 06, 2025 | News

In a surprisingly quick turn of events, it looks like Fede Alvarez's Alien: Romulus sequel will go before cameras later this year....

Street Fighter | Walton Goggins set to play the villain, M Bison

by Dan Cooper | Jun 06, 2025 | News

White Lotus and Fallout star Walton Goggins is reportedly in talks to play M Bison, the main villain in the forthcoming Street Fighter movie....

Ballerina | Had the film followed the original script, Ana de Armas would have killed over 1,400 people

by Ryan Lambie | Jun 06, 2025 | Feature, News

The original script for Ballerina was even more bloodthirsty than this year’s finished film, with a death count of over 1,400. We compare and c...

Podcast | In conversation with Dean DeBlois

by Simon Brew | Jun 06, 2025 | Podcasts

Writer/director Dean DeBlois on the How To Train Your Dragon films, live action movies, losing his father, Ireland, and a whole lot more......

Alien: Earth | The full trailer bursts out

by Ryan Lambie | Jun 05, 2025 | News, TV

Ghost In The Shell meets the xenomorph (kind of) in Alien: Earth. Here's the first trailer, with some eyeball-popping moments....

007 First Light | As a movie remains AWOL, a videogame again steps in to fill the gap

by Ryan Lambie | Jun 05, 2025 | Gaming, News

The makers of Hitman are making the newly-revealed 007 First Light. It's not the first time a videogame has filled a gap between Bond films....

Ridley Scott returning to Bee Gees project in November; talks jadedly about Alien

by Ryan Lambie | Jun 05, 2025 | News

The ever-prolific Ridley Scott says he plans to start making his Bee Gees film in November, and elsewhere expresses doubt about directing another...

Saw | Franchise’s future might have been sorted out, as stake changes hands

by Simon Brew | Jun 05, 2025 | News

Blumhouse buys into the Saw franchise, which might just lead to Saw XI finally getting off the ground. More here......

Mikey Madison replacing Sydney Sweeney on A24's Masque Of The Red Death

by Dan Cooper | Jun 05, 2025 | News

The A24 adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's The Masque Of The Red Death is to shoot this year, with Mikey Madison replacing Sydney Sweeney in the lead....

The Exorcist | Mike Flanagan says his movie is delayed, Universal agrees

by Dan Cooper | Jun 05, 2025 | News

Director Mike Flanagan has said his take on The Exorcist won't make its March 2026 release date, while Universal has removed it from its schedule....

Ma 2 | Octavia Spencer returning for Blumhouse horror sequel

by Dan Cooper | Jun 05, 2025 | News

More Ma is in the pipeline, with Blumhouse set to revive Octavia Spencer's creepy matriarch Sue Ann for Ma 2....

Shark films and why humans are (still) the real villains

by Maria Lattila | Jun 05, 2025 | Feature

Sean Byrne’s Dangerous Animals hits cinemas this week and serves as a clever reminder that humans truly are at the bottom of the food chain. Some w...

Film Stories Podcast Network | Mission Impossible's final reckoning, Doctor Who's epic conclusion, Twin Peaks and more

by A J Black | Jun 05, 2025 | Film Stories Podcast Network, News

This week on the Film Stories Podcast Network: extreme stunts, twisting realities, lots of cups of coffee and much more. Here’s what we’ve been up to…...

Waking up snotface | Drop Dead Fred at 34

by James Harvey | Jun 05, 2025 | Feature

Cat Davies and director Ate de Jong revisit cult Rik Mayall hit, Drop Dead Fred....

Ballerina review | Is this John Wick spin-off en pointe or tutu much?

by Ryan Lambie | Jun 04, 2025 | News, Reviews

Ana de Armas makes a convincing action star in the rather loud John Wick spin-off, Ballerina. Our review: ...

Clint Eastwood | 'Phony' interview comprised snippets dating back to 1976

by Ryan Lambie | Jun 04, 2025 | Feature, Interviews

A mysterious interview recently published by an Austrian outlet, and denounced as 'phony' by Clint Eastwood himself, is revealed to have been rather...

Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan | A series rejuvenated

by A J Black | Jun 04, 2025 | Feature

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan reinvigorated the franchise in 1982. In the first of a multi-part series, AJ Black explores its themes of sacrifice and rejuvenation.