Film Stories

Marvel releases an 8-hour video of Hugh Jackman breathing

by Maria Lattila | Apr 09, 2025 | News

If you’ve ever wanted to watch Hugh Jackman breathing heavily, this is your chance as Marvel releases a whopping 8-hour video of it. ...

China could completely ban US films as trade war escalates

by Dan Cooper | Apr 09, 2025 | News

Donald Trump's bizarre trade war is likely to now see China banning Hollywood movies from its cinemas. More here....

Sinners | Ryan Coogler covered the cost of budget overruns

by Simon Brew | Apr 09, 2025 | News

Ryan Coogler's Sinners was expected to cost $80m. But when it went over that amount, Coogler stepped in to cover the extra costs....

Bloodsport | A24 has eyes on a remake

by Dan Cooper | Apr 09, 2025 | News

The 1988 Jean Claude Van Damme favourite Bloodsport has emerged as a remake candidate for A24. More here....

Hershey’s chocolate is, er, becoming a movie

by Simon Brew | Apr 09, 2025 | News

The story of Kitty and Milton Hershey, and the formation of the Hershey chocolate empire, is heading to the movies....

Dan Trachtenberg's back in the world of Predator for Predator: Killer Of Killers - and here's the first trailer for the incoming feature.

Predator: Killer Of Killers | First trailer lands

by Dan Cooper | Apr 09, 2025 | News

Dan Trachtenberg's back in the world of Predator for Predator: Killer Of Killers - and here's the first trailer for the incoming feature....

The 1980s films of Michael Caine | Sweet Liberty (1986)

by John Upton | Apr 09, 2025 | Feature, News

After a couple of iffy choices earlier in the decade, Michael Caine made the surprisingly sweet and enjoyable comedy, Sweet Liberty in 1986. We take a...

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Mental Health Matters | Brain fog

by Sarah Myers | Apr 09, 2025 | Feature

In our weekly mental health spot, a few words on the challenges of brain fog, and trying to cope with it. More right here....

Gobby Flicks Comedy | A night of stand-up comedy and films coming to MAC Birmingham

by Maria Lattila | Apr 08, 2025 | News

In need of a laugh? Gobby Flicks Comedy is bringing a night of comedy and film to Birmingham and the proceeds go towards funding more films. ...

Star Wars | Original 1977 version being screened at the BFI's Film On Film Festival

by Ryan Lambie | Apr 08, 2025 | News

This June's Film On Film Festival will include an original 1977 print of Star Wars, shown on the big screen for the first time in decades....

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood | David Fincher-directed sequel set in 1977

by Ryan Lambie | Apr 08, 2025 | News

Said to tell "the further adventures of Cliff Booth," David Fincher's sequel to Once Upon A Time In Hollywood is set eight years after that film's...

ITV Retro | A channel dedicated to vintage TV shows appears on YouTube

by Ryan Lambie | Apr 08, 2025 | News, TV

A new channel, ITV Retro, has quietly appeared on YouTube, containing episodes of Thunderbirds, The Raccoons and more....

Threads | Just what we need, a new TV remake is coming

by Simon Brew | Apr 08, 2025 | TV

A remake of 1984's Threads is confirmed, this time as a television series from the company behind Adolescence. More here....

Scream 7 | Jenna Ortega confirms her exit from film was nothing to do with scheduling

by Simon Brew | Apr 08, 2025 | News

Jenna Ortega was said to have left Scream 7 over scheduling issues. That, she confirms, was actually not the case at all....

Paramount and Skydance merger still stuck, pending approval from Trump-overseen FCC

by Simon Brew | Apr 08, 2025 | News

The merger between Paramount and Skydance misses a deadline, as it seeks to get approval from the Trump administration....

JFK assassination thriller adds Robert Carlyle, Jefferson White

by Simon Brew | Apr 08, 2025 | News

November 1963, from Roland Joffe, is the latest film to explore the JFK assassination on screen. Building up quite a cast too....

G20 | Final trailer sees Viola Davis play an action-ready, non-evil US President

by Dan Cooper | Apr 08, 2025 | News

Viola Davis stars as a tough, actually decent US President foiling a terrorist plot in the forthcoming Prime Video thriller, G20. Here's the trailer....

A Minecraft Movie, and why the videogame adaptation curse never existed

by Ryan Lambie | Apr 08, 2025 | Feature, Gaming, News

Warner Bros has landed an unexpectedly huge hit with A Minecraft Movie. But then, videogame adaptations have long attracted sizeable audiences…...

Film Stories Podcast Network | Flow, Late Night With The Devil, Bean and more

by A J Black | Apr 08, 2025 | Film Stories Podcast Network, News

This week on the Film Stories Podcast Network: big-screen Bean, TV devils, brand new non-Hollywood animation and much more......

A Quiet Place: Day One's Michael Sarnoski to write and direct A24’s Death Stranding movie

by Maria Lattila | Apr 07, 2025 | Gaming, News

A Quiet Place: Day One director Michael Sarnoski has boarded A24’s Death Stranding adaptation, we hear. ...

A Minecraft Movie, and its 28 writers

by Simon Brew | Apr 07, 2025 | Gaming, News

Sitting atop the global box office is A Minecraft Movie, a film that's taken 11 years and 28 writers to get to the screen....

Happy Death Day 3 is “moving forward” star and director confirm

by Maria Lattila | Apr 07, 2025 | News

Director Christopher Landon and star Jessica Rothe have confirmed that Happy Death Day 3 is still alive and well. More on that below. ...

Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff in WandaVision

Marvel isn't "the art I consume" says Scarlet Witch star Elizabeth Olsen

by Ryan Lambie | Apr 07, 2025 | News

Elizabeth Olsen has expressed her desire to make movies outside the Marvel franchise that are more to her "personal taste."...

A Minecraft Movie soars, sequel and Fortnite movie now seem inevitable

by Simon Brew | Apr 07, 2025 | Gaming, News

A Minecraft Movie's box office means few will be betting against A Minecraft Movie 2 and a Fortnite film going forward......

James Bond 26 | Alfonso Cuarón edges towards director's chair

by Dan Cooper | Apr 07, 2025 | News

Gravity director Alfonso Cuarón might just be closing in on the director's chair for James Bond 26. More on the growing rumours here....

Glen Powell I Making The Running Man was 'the hardest thing I’ve done in my life'

by Dan Cooper | Apr 07, 2025 | News

Glen Powell has Arnold Schwarzenegger's blessing for Edgar Wright's The Running Man film - but it was tough to make....

Tron: Ares | First trailer hits, goes down rather well

by Dan Cooper | Apr 07, 2025 | News

Over a decade and change since Tron: Legacy, the trailer for Tron: Ares suggests the franchise might be on track....

Mission To Mars | Revisiting Brian De Palma's sedate space odyssey

by A J Black | Apr 07, 2025 | Feature

A quarter of a century has passed since director Brian De Palma's Mission to Mars. As we re-evaluate the cinema of 2000, does it stand up to scrutiny?...