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Tom Cruise Mission: Impossible

No, generative AI does not count as fair use, EU report finds

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 15, 2025 | News

A paper written by the European Parliament concludes that using creative material for AI training does not count as fair use, and that "timely reform"...

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Superman | The Film Stories Spoiler Chat is here

by Maria Lattila | Jul 15, 2025 | News, Video

Team Film Stories has got together again to chat about James Gunn's Superman - with heaps of spoilers. More on that below....

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Resident Evil | Director Zach Cregger won't be "completely obedient" to videogame lore

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 15, 2025 | News

Weapons director Zach Cregger plans to make a new Resident Evil adaptation next, which he says won't slavishly stick to the survival horror...

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Doctor Who | 32-year old Ncuti Gatwa quit because “I’m getting old”

by Simon Brew | Jul 15, 2025 | TV

Ncuti Gatwa admits that he left Doctor Who because "I'm getting old" and "my body was tired." More on the story here....

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WeTransfer updates T&Cs, allows it to use your data to train AI

by Simon Brew | Jul 15, 2025 | News

The WeTransfer service, used by creatives to transfer their work, is the latest to want to use your work to train AI models. More here....

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Even after 20 years, The Descent remains one of the best British horror films

by Maria Lattila | Jul 15, 2025 | Feature, News

Now 20, The Descent has lost none of its impact. Here's what modern horror films could learn from director Neil Marshall's modern classic....

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Rian Johnson says he's developing an original sci-fi concept

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 14, 2025 | News

Knives Out director Rian Johnson suggests he's moving back into Looper sci-fi territory with a "high-concept" sci-fi idea he's developing after Wake...

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Donkey Kong | Copyright filing hints at Universal movie plans

Donkey Kong | Copyright filing hints at Universal movie plans

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 14, 2025 | News

A recent copyright filing suggests that Nintendo and Universal are planning to make a Donkey Kong movie....

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Superman (2025) thoughts | Kindness is a superpower

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 14, 2025 | Feature, News

In a climate of division, cynicism and conflict, Superman emerges as a disarmingly sincere plea for kindness. ...

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Naked Gun 33

Podcast | Naked Gun 33 1/3 (1994) and Cast Away (2000)

by Simon Brew | Jul 14, 2025 | Podcasts

Leslie Nielsen's swansong as Frank Drebin in Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult, and the long production of 2000's Cast Away. Both stories told here....

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Practical Magic

Practical Magic 2 | Original stars Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing set to reprise their roles

by Maria Lattila | Jul 11, 2025 | News

The cast for Practical Magic 2 keeps growing and Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing are set to reprise their roles from the original. ...

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The Backrooms

The Backrooms | Mark Duplass joins A24 film adaptation of viral YouTube series

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 11, 2025 | News

Directed by Kane Parsons, and an adaptation of his viral YouTube series, The Backrooms has added Mark Duplass and more to its cast....

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Road House 2 | Director Guy Ritchie is said to have left the production

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 11, 2025 | News

Weeks before filming was due to begin, director Guy Ritchie has left the production of the Jake Gyllenhaal-starring action sequel, Road House 2,...

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Superman III | The childhood nightmares chat

Superman III | The childhood nightmares chat

by Simon Brew | Jul 11, 2025 | Feature, News

Superman III was supposed to be (and is, in large part) a family friendly movie - right up to the part involving Annie Ross and a massive computer....

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Deep Cover

Podcast | In conversation with Nick Mohammed

by Simon Brew | Jul 11, 2025 | Podcasts

He's starring in Deep Cover, and there's more on the way - Nick Mohammed joins us for a Film Stories podcast conversation....

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Christopher Reeve in Street Smart

Street Smart | The Christopher Reeve thriller that got made thanks to Superman IV

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 10, 2025 | Feature, News

Superman star Christopher Reeve played a much darker kind of journalist in 1987’s Street Smart - a fascinating thriller based on a pack of lies....

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Lost In Space

Lost In Space | 1998 space adventure getting 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 10, 2025 | News

Arrow Films is giving the 1998 space adventure Lost In Space the fancy 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray treatment this September....

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G20

G20, The Accountant 2 hit big on streaming – the new home of action cinema

by Simon Brew | Jul 10, 2025 | News

G20 and The Accountant 2 are the latest films to demonstrate action cinema is the lifeblood of movie streaming. More here....

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Superman review | Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue

by Maria Lattila | Jul 09, 2025 | News, Reviews

James Gunn’s take on the Man of Steel is highly anticipated, but is it worth the wait? Here’s our Superman review. ...

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HBO Max | Name change kicks in today, UK launch still 2026

by Simon Brew | Jul 09, 2025 | News

HBO Max became Max. Now Warner Bros Discovery officially rebrands it as HBO Max again. Heading to the UK in 2026....

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Hypnotic | In 2023, Robert Rodriguez casually dropped one of the weirdest heist scenes ever

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 09, 2025 | Feature, News

Starring Ben Affleck, the thriller Hypnotic slipped into cinemas in 2023. But its heist sequence really has to be seen to be believed…...

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Film Stories Podcast Network | M3GAN, Daredevil, Twelve Monkeys and more

by A J Black | Jul 09, 2025 | Film Stories Podcast Network, News

This week on the Film Stories Podcast Network: deadly dolls, men without fear, apocalyptic pathogens and much more. Here’s what we’ve been up to…...

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Coffee

Mental health & wellbeing matters: resources for those going through difficult times

by Jane Roberts | Jul 09, 2025 | Feature

Just a few organisations and places that offer support - and please add any more you think we should have on the list....

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Dune Messiah is officially titled Dune: Part Three, will only be partly shot in IMAX

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 08, 2025 | News

Long said to be called Dune Messiah, Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi sequel will now be called Dune: Part Three. Also: less IMAX than previously thought....

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The glorious line-crossing of Pink Flamingos

by George Wood | Jul 08, 2025 | Feature

George Wood looks at how Pink Flamingos throws good taste to the wolves - and gets away with it....

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Eruption

Eruption | Jurassic World hits (again), another Michael Crichton book gets moving

by Simon Brew | Jul 08, 2025 | News

Eruption, a volcano thriller from the late Michael Crichton, is moving at Sony Pictures with new screenwriters now hired....

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Heads Of State and streaming’s love of martial arts

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 08, 2025 | Feature, News

Although they don't advertise it, action thrillers like Prime Video’s Heads Of State and Netflix's The Old Guard 2 owe a clear debt to the martial a...

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Sinners featured period costumes once intended for Marvel's Blade

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 07, 2025 | News

Where Marvel's Blade has faltered, its costumes found a second life in another period horror: Ryan Coogler's vampire hit, Sinners....

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Cinema

Three US cinema chains up pre-movie ads to 30 minutes

by Simon Brew | Jul 07, 2025 | News

AMC, Regal and Cinemark in the US are running pre-film adverts and shows that are adding 30 minutes to the start time of a movie....

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TikTok AI babies in danger and a future of more of what you like, forever 

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 07, 2025 | Feature, News

TikTok is filling up with weird AI-generated videos of babies in peril. It’s the sign of a strange new era in entertainment…...

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