Film Stories

Just Die Already preview: whipper-snapper

by Ian Dransfield | Sep 21, 2020 | Gaming, Previews

What would you do in a world that wants you to... well, just die already?

Tom Hardy as James Bond rumours spark up again

by Simon Brew | Sep 21, 2020 | News

Could Tom Hardy be the man to replace Daniel Craig as James Bond? That's certainly the argument of the latest rumour to spring up....

Jim Caviezel confirms The Passion Of The Christ 2 still in active development

by Dan Cooper | Sep 21, 2020 | News

16 years after it was originally released, talk of a sequel to Mel Gibson's The Passion Of The Christ is still continuing....

Joker is getting an Ultimate Collector’s Edition 4K release

by Simon Brew | Sep 21, 2020 | News

A posh collector's set of the Oscar-winning 2019 Joker film is heading to stores this coming October - more details here....

Date and trailer land for Steve McQueen's Small Axe

by Dan Cooper | Sep 21, 2020 | News

Steve McQueen's upcoming anthology of films is heading to the BBC towards the end of November, it's been confirmed....

Podcast: Super 8 (2011) and Good Morning Vietnam (1987)

by Simon Brew | Sep 21, 2020 | Podcasts

In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, a film designed to be something of a surprise, and a comedy that a major studio abandoned....

Bringing back the DVD commentary track

by David Hughes | Sep 21, 2020 | News

David Hughes explains the thinking behind his new movie audio-commentary podcast, Rogue Commentary, that's bringing the yack track back....

Stargate, and the short life of the 'making of' CD-ROM

by John Abbitt | Sep 21, 2020 | Feature, News

For a brief period, it look as if 'making of' CD-ROMs were going to be the next big thing - and Stargate was chosen to get them off the ground....

Elijah Wood as Frodo in The Lord Of The Rings

Lord Of The Rings trilogy 4K release is coming this year

by Simon Brew | Sep 18, 2020 | News

The Ultra HD 4K Blu-ray release of Peter Jackson's The Lord Of The Rings trilogy will just about be with us before Christmas....

Mulan: early reports suggest big take up for the film

by Simon Brew | Sep 18, 2020 | News

It looks as if Disney's decision to pretty much skip cinemas for its release of Mulan has paid off financially, according to a new report....

Charlie Kaufman, Mark Kermode, and when filmmakers and critics clash

by Simon Brew | Sep 18, 2020 | Feature, News

In his new novel, writer and filmmaker Charlie Kaufman has taken a swipe at film critic Mark Kermode - and it turns out there's something of a long...

Podcast: Bill & Ted Face The Music (2020), with director Dean Parisot

by Simon Brew | Sep 18, 2020 | Podcasts

In a special episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, Simon goes through the prolonged gestation of Bill & Ted Face The Music - and then brings in...

Film Quiz Friday: Wibbly-Wobbly, Timey-Wimey

by Mark Harrison | Sep 18, 2020 | Feature

We’re writing this week’s film quiz from the middle of Round 2, which covers time travel and time travellers in the movies....

40 British movie podcasts of the week worth checking out

by Em McGowan | Sep 18, 2020 | Feature

Here's a full list of the British movie podcasts that we've been recommending over the past year, and how to find out more about them all....

Filming resumes on The Batman after second Covid shutdown

by Dan Cooper | Sep 18, 2020 | News

Batman returns, as production gets up and running for the third time on 2021's return of the Dark Knight, The Batman....

Miller & Lord's new film Connected pushed back from October slot

by Dan Cooper | Sep 18, 2020 | News

The cycle of delayed films continues, as the animated movie Connected is pushed back further into 2020 (with no named release date now confirmed)....

Holograms, tanks, psychics… Atari’s unexplored creative paths

by Howard Scott Warshaw | Sep 17, 2020 | Feature, Gaming

A game that developed psychic abilities? Howard recalls some of Atari’s weirder eighties developments

Noah Hawley reveals the approach of his in-limbo Star Trek film

by Dan Cooper | Sep 17, 2020 | News

Fargo creator Noah Hawley explains the typically inventive take that his planned (and on hold) Star Trek movie was going to follow....

The Nest trailer arrives, US release date set for this week

by Dan Cooper | Sep 17, 2020 | News

Sean Durkin's psychological drama The Nest gets a trailer, although no UK release has been set for the Jude Law and Carrie Coon-headlined film....

The new Super Mario movie confirmed for 2022, won't be like the last one

by Simon Brew | Sep 17, 2020 | News

A new attempt to bring Super Mario Bros to the big screen will land with us the year after next, it's been confirmed....

Bait: acclaimed movie gets its free to air TV debut tonight

by Simon Brew | Sep 17, 2020 | News

The hugely acclaimed Bait is on Film4 tonight, offering a chance to see one of 2019's must-see films on free to air television....

Rocks review: a flat-out must see British triumph

by Anna Cale | Sep 17, 2020 | News, Reviews

From director Sarah Gavron comes the film Rocks - and it's an astonishingly good piece of work, that deserves lots of support....

Batman Forever, and its villain problem

by Mark Harrison | Sep 17, 2020 | Feature, News

Tommy Lee Jones and Jim Carrey famously didn’t get on when making Batman Forever, but could the film have used that? Mark reconsiders two mismatched v...