Film Stories

Wellbeing Matters: the ties that bind

by Jane Roberts | Sep 02, 2020 | Feature

Welcome to the spot on the site where we chat about wellbeing and mental health - and this week, a word about ties, and finding a way to loosen them a...

James Bond: full steam ahead for No Time To Die

by Simon Brew | Sep 02, 2020 | News

The promotional campaign for the new James Bond film gets back underway, suggesting No Time To Die will be with us in November....

Twin Mirror preview: Dontnod’s thriller follow-up to Life is Strange

by Ian Dransfield | Sep 01, 2020 | Gaming, Previews

The French studio reflects on its upcoming psychological thriller

Film Stories & Film Stories Junior: an update on the magazines

by Simon Brew | Sep 01, 2020 | Feature, News

A few words on where Film Stories and Film Stories Junior currently are, and the plan for both of them going forward....

Scream - a picture of Ghostface (the killer) wearing a halloween mask and holding a bloody knife.

New Scream and Paranormal Activity movies heavily delayed

by Simon Brew | Sep 01, 2020 | News

Paramount delays a bunch of films by up to a year - including Scream 5, and the Clifford The Big Red Dog movie as well....

Rocky IV director's cut announced but alas, no robot!

by Dan Cooper | Sep 01, 2020 | News

As promised earlier this year, Sylvester Stallone is pressing ahead with a new cut of Rocky IV - but he's planning to cut the robot out of it....

Trailer lands for The Doorman, starring Ruby Rose

by Dan Cooper | Sep 01, 2020 | News

Ruby Rose, Jean Reno and fisticuffs aplenty in the trailer for the upcoming action film The Doorman - and you can see it here....

When David Cronenberg found out there was another movie called Crash coming out

by Simon Brew | Sep 01, 2020 | Feature, News

There's no crossover between the 1996 Crash and the 2004 Crash - except the latter adopted the same title, and there was nothing that could be done...

Can you guess the film from its international title?

by Dan Cooper | Sep 01, 2020 | Video

We've put together a little quiz to test your knowledge of overseas film titles - see how many of these you can get right....

Podcast: The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) and Salt (2010)

by Simon Brew | Aug 31, 2020 | Podcasts

In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, a huge sequel and what was supposed to be the start of a franchise....

FrightFest 2020: Clapboard Jungle Review

by Matt Edwards | Aug 31, 2020 | Reviews

If you want to get an insight as to how films get made, than this might just be the documentary for you - here's our review of Clapboard Jungle....

FrightFest 2020: Hail To The Deadites review: a documentary for Evil Dead fans

by Matt Edwards | Aug 31, 2020 | News, Reviews

A new documentary exploring the fandom that's sprung up around the Evil Dead series of films (and TV show) - here's our review of Hail To The...

FrightFest 2020: Dark Place review

by Matt Edwards | Aug 31, 2020 | Reviews

A new anthology horror movie, here's our review of Dark Place, that made its UK debut at FrightFest 2020 in August....

FrightFest 2020: The Horror Crowd review

by Matt Edwards | Aug 31, 2020 | Reviews

A new documentary about the world of horror, that captures the sense of community around it, here's our review of The Horror Crowd....

FrightFest 2020: Skull: The Mask review

by Matt Edwards | Aug 31, 2020 | Reviews

Messing around with ancient skulls and masks? Well, that never goes wrong - here's our review of Skull: The Mask....

FrightFest 2020: AV The Hunt review

by Matt Edwards | Aug 31, 2020 | Reviews

A film with interesting ideas, here's our review of AV The Hunt, a new horror feature that sets things up really rather well....

X-Men: The New Mutants review: out with the old...

by Mark Harrison | Aug 31, 2020 | News, Reviews

In more ways than one, Josh Boone's The New Mutants marks the end of a long goodbye to Fox's X-Men franchise - here's our review....

FrightFest 2020: A Ghost Waits review

by Matt Edwards | Aug 30, 2020 | Reviews

The haunted house movie gets a slightly different spin on it in A Ghost Waits, a horror low on fright, but full of much to love and enjoy....

FrightFest 2020: 12 Hour Shift review

by Matt Edwards | Aug 30, 2020 | News, Reviews

A dark, inventive and quick brilliant film, here's our review of 12 Hour Shift, that's just played at FrighFest 2020....

FrightFest 2020: The Columnist review

by Matt Edwards | Aug 30, 2020 | News, Reviews

A horror film with something to say about internet troll culture, here's our review of The Columnist, from FrightFest 2020....

Chadwick Boseman

by Simon Brew | Aug 29, 2020 | News

Life really is spectacularly unfair sometimes: Chadwick Boseman has left us, at the age of just 43 years old....

The nine seconds cut from Tenet in the UK

by Simon Brew | Aug 28, 2020 | News

Tenet lost nine seconds to get a 12A certificate in the UK, and it's now become clear just what was slice out of the film in Britain....

Cloudpunk review: doesn’t quite deliver

by Dave Hurst | Aug 28, 2020 | Gaming, Reviews

You’re a futuristic courier in Ion Lands’ atmospheric yet flawed deliver-‘em-up

Tenet, and admitting you haven’t a clue what’s happening in a film

by Simon Brew | Aug 28, 2020 | Feature, News

As more and more people find the narrative of Christopher Nolan's Tenet near-impossible to follow, a few words about admitting you haven't a bloody...

Film Quiz Friday: The 180-Minute Edition

by Mark Harrison | Aug 28, 2020 | Feature

Find a comfy seat and reconsider that extra-large soft drink, because this week’s film quiz covers some movies that are more than three hours long....