Vertigo remake is ‘swirling around’ in Steven Knight’s head
by Dan Cooper | Mar 05, 2025 | News
Steven Knight confirms that the remake of Vertigo he's writing is still active, and he says he's "an idiot" to try and adapt it....
Prince documentary director on Netflix cancellation: ‘It’s a joke’
by Dan Cooper | Mar 05, 2025 | News
Ezra Edelman offers his version of events following the scrapping of his Prince documentary for Netflix, arguing people are being served "slop."...
A Complete Unknown | UK DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray confirmed for April
by Simon Brew | Mar 05, 2025 | News
James Mangold's A Complete Unknown is heading to DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray in the UK next month. More here....
Birmingham's Electric Cinema fails to get listed status
by Simon Brew | Mar 05, 2025 | News
The iconic Electric Cinema in Birmingham - the oldest working cinema in the country - hits another setback. Its future remains bleak....
The challenge of selling 1997’s Boogie Nights
by Simon Brew | Mar 05, 2025 | Feature, News
Paul Thomas Anderson’s Boogie Nights is set against the backdrop of the sex industry. New Line’s marketing team had to find a way to sell it....
Mental Health Matters | Half a glass of water
by Sarah Myers | Mar 05, 2025 | Feature
Pessimism and optimism in our latest mental health column, as we consider the idea of a glass half full or empty....
A new studio that makes movies with AI releases five minutes of its debut, and the results won't haunt your dreams for all eternity
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 04, 2025 | News
Staircase Studios will make $500,000 movies using AI to reduce budgets. Its debut, The Woman With Red Hair, has a five-minute preview which is in no...
Wolf Man coming to 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD in April
by Maria Lattila | Mar 04, 2025 | News
Allow director Leigh Whannell scare you senseless in April when creature feature Wolf Man arrives on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD. ...
Daredevil: Born Again | Marvel releases final trailer ahead of release
by Dan Cooper | Mar 04, 2025 | News
The Marvel Cinematic Universe's take on Daredevil is almost here. A new trailer has emerged for Daredevil: Born Again just to remind us....
Tiana | Animated Princess And The Frog series cancelled by Disney+
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 04, 2025 | TV
Over four years after it was first announced, Tiana, an animated spin-off TV series based on The Princess And The Frog, has been cancelled at Disney+....
Mark Kermode’s book about movie music goes up for pre-order, ten years late
by Simon Brew | Mar 04, 2025 | News
Mark Kermode and Jenny Nelson have written Mark Kermode’s Surround Sound: The Stories Of Movie Music - and it arrives this year....
The Woman In The Yard | Full trailer released for new horror
by Dan Cooper | Mar 04, 2025 | News
Jaume Collet-Serra's follow-up to last year's Carry-On is a Blumhouse horror called The Woman In The Yard. Here's the new trailer:...
Film Stories Podcast Network | The Monkey, Sir Christopher Frayling, the Oscars and more
by A J Black | Mar 04, 2025 | Film Stories Podcast Network, News
This week on the Film Stories Podcast Network: organ grinder monkeys, legendary critics, Oscar predictions and more. Here’s what we’ve been up...
Cord Jefferson to director neo-Western next
by Dan Cooper | Mar 04, 2025 | News
American Fiction director Cord Jefferson is set to follow up his 2023 Oscar-winner with a neo-Western: more here....
Twin Peaks | In praise of David Lynch's enduring TV masterpiece
by A J Black | Mar 04, 2025 | Feature, TV
In the wake of David Lynch's passing, we look back at one of his most-loved works - the singular TV series, Twin Peaks......
George Miller | Mad Max sequel 'not something I would do next'
by James Harvey | Mar 03, 2025 | News
In a new interview, director George Miller has confirmed a Mad Max 6 script exists - and that he's got no plans to make it any time soon......
Flow’s Oscar should be an inspiration for indie filmmakers everywhere
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 03, 2025 | Feature
A Latvian animator, working with open source software and a small team, just managed to win an Oscar for his second feature, Flow. ...
The cinematic history of Battersea Power Station
by Robert Prendergast | Mar 03, 2025 | Feature
Robert Prendergast takes a look into the cinematic history of an iconic London landmark....
Anora | Best Picture Oscar winner heads to Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray in May
by Simon Brew | Mar 03, 2025 | News
Sean Baker's Oscar-winning Anora is coming to Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray this May in the UK. More here....
Timotheé Chalamet reportedy offered the lead in new Sleepy Hollow
by Dan Cooper | Mar 03, 2025 | News, TV
Timotheé Chalamet has been offered the title part in Disney's Ichabod, a live-action take on Washington Irving’s The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow....
John Wick 5 | Keanu Reeves downplays chance of another film
by Dan Cooper | Mar 03, 2025 | News
A new trailer for Ballerina lands, and Keanu Reeves has been suggesting that John Wick 5 is now unlikely to happen....
Tooth Fairy star Dwayne Johnson was 2024’s top earning actor, with $88m for two films
by Simon Brew | Mar 03, 2025 | News
Dwayne Johnson had two films out in 2024, and they've earned him slightly about the national minimum wage. More here....
Oscars 2025 | Sean Baker's Anora the big success story
by Dan Cooper | Mar 03, 2025 | News
Anora picks up five Oscars, in a surprisingly mixed Oscars 2025. Here's the run down of what won and what didn't....
Scream 3 | An underrated post-modern deconstruction of the horror film
by A J Black | Mar 03, 2025 | Feature
A quarter of a century of cinema has passed since Wes Craven's Scream 3. As we re-evaluate the cinema of 2000, were we too harsh on it?...
Podcast | X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and Scent Of A Woman (1992)
by Simon Brew | Mar 03, 2025 | Podcasts
A turning point film in the X-Men saga, and the film that won Al Pacino an Oscar: stories of both are in this podcast episode....
Doctor Who | Series 2 trailer (or season 15), April debut
by Simon Brew | Mar 02, 2025 | News, TV
Doctor Who series 2, with Ncuti Gatwa in the lead, will debut in April on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, it's been revealed....
Sun, secrets and Sondheim | The lost genius of The Last Of Sheila
by Henry Bulmer | Feb 28, 2025 | Feature
The story behind forgotten gem The Last Of Sheila, a whodunnit written by Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim…...
Impact Winter | Francis Lawrence and Netflix working on a new horror series based on a podcast
by Maria Lattila | Feb 28, 2025 | News, TV
Netflix has acquired the rights to Impact Winter, a horror podcast series, and is working with Francis Lawrence to bring it to the small screen. ...
Billy Crystal was the best modern Oscars host - just check out all his opening songs
by Maria Lattila | Feb 28, 2025 | Feature, News
Ahead of the Academy Awards this weekend, a look back at legendary Oscars host Billy Crystal and his classic opening songs....
The Assessment | Alicia Vikander and Elizabeth Olsen sci-fi thriller looks delightfully sinister
by Ryan Lambie | Feb 28, 2025 | News
Starring Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Olsen and Himesh Patel, The Assessment is a wonderfully dark-looking dystopian thriller. Trailer and details...
