Film Stories

Vive la révolution: catching up with Pikuniku

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 28, 2020 | Feature, Gaming

Ryan takes a belated trip to Sectordub’s delightful island dystopia

Lost Words: Beyond the Page review - LiveJournalling

by Vikki Blake | Jul 27, 2020 | Gaming, Reviews

A Hard Day's Write

The companies putting new films into UK cinemas now

by Simon Brew | Jul 24, 2020 | News

Just because the blockbusters have abandoned the UK cinema industry, it doesn't mean everyone has: meet the companies still willing to put their...

The meaning of a massacre: GTA V and protest art

by Edwin Evans-Thirlwell | Jul 24, 2020 | Feature, Gaming

How Joseph DeLappe sought to tackle America’s paralysis over gun violence by turning Grand Theft Auto into protest art

Details emerge of 'trippier' planned sequels to Terminator: Genisys

by Dan Cooper | Jul 24, 2020 | News

Terminator: Genisys was was designed as as the first instalment in a planned trilogy - and now we learn what direction the story was going to take....

Ryan Reynolds time travel movie moves from Paramount to Netflix

by Dan Cooper | Jul 24, 2020 | News

Paramount offloads more of its slate to streaming services, this time in the form of a planned Shawn Levy-directed, Skydance-produced adventure film....

A letter to the readers and listeners of Film Stories

by Simon Brew | Jul 24, 2020 | News

A quick note about the next week or two on the Film Stories website, as well as an update on the magazines and the podcast as well....

The big UK movie premieres that didn't take place in Leicester Square

by Simon Brew | Jul 24, 2020 | Feature

Remembering the times when George Clooney was sent to Birmingham, and Val Kilmer was shuttled up to Leicester for UK movie premieres....

Paramount set to sell Without Remorse to Amazon

by Simon Brew | Jul 24, 2020 | News

Tom Clancy adaptation Without Remorse, starring Michael B Jordan, will not now be getting a cinema release it's been revealed....

Now Mulan has been pulled from release schedules too

by Simon Brew | Jul 24, 2020 | News

Disney announces that Mulan has been delayed indefinitely, as fresh delays hit new Star Wars and Avatar films as well....

Bill & Ted Face The Music: new trailer, new release plan

by Simon Brew | Jul 24, 2020 | News

Bill & Ted Face The Music will be getting a cinema and a premium video on demand release side by side, it's been announced....

A Quiet Place 2, Top Gun: Maverick delayed to 2021

by Simon Brew | Jul 24, 2020 | News

A Quiet Place 2 and Top Gun: Maverick are now set to arrive a year later than originally planned, as Paramount announces a release date shuffle....

Film Quiz Friday: the Jeffrey Lebowski edition

by Mark Harrison | Jul 24, 2020 | Feature

What happens when two very different movies happen to share a title? You get a round in this week’s Friday film quiz, that’s what....

The Shows Must Go On on its summer break

by Simon Brew | Jul 24, 2020 | News

The YouTube channel bringing fresh musicals for free every week is still on its summer break, with new musicals not due til August....

British movie podcast of the week: All The Right Movies

by Em McGowan | Jul 24, 2020 | Feature

Our latest independent UK movie podcast recommendation? Here's why All The Right Movies is worth treating your eardrums to....

The Flower Collectors review - a room with a view of the past

by Paul Walker-Emig | Jul 23, 2020 | Gaming, Reviews

A balcony, a pair of binoculars, and a Barca-loner

Edgar Wright to direct Stage 13 for Amblin

by Dan Cooper | Jul 23, 2020 | News

A tale about a haunted movie set is on the cards in Edgar Wright's latest project, as he signs up to direct another new movie....

Donald Glover to return as Lando Calrissian, according to fresh rumour

by Dan Cooper | Jul 23, 2020 | News

After debuting his take on the role in Solo, Donald Glover looks like he's going to get another run at playing Lando Calrissian in Star Wars....

Digital video sales rocket in the UK, physical media falling sales reversed

by Simon Brew | Jul 23, 2020 | News

New figures have shown that many of us having been buying lots of films in the UK during lockdown, with the decline in physical media sales halted....

The behind the scenes battles of Cloud Atlas

by Mark Harrison | Jul 23, 2020 | Feature

Co-directed by the Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer, Cloud Atlas is arguably the most ambitious film of this century, but it had an uphill struggle to get...

Vanilla Ice biopic edging ahead, Dave Franco to star

by Simon Brew | Jul 23, 2020 | News

Dave Franco will be playing Vanilla Ice in a biopic of the rap star, although the project has hit a slight delay due to current circumstances....

Tenet: worldwide roll-out now planned from late August

by Simon Brew | Jul 23, 2020 | News

Warner Bros still sounds like it wants to get Christopher Nolan's Tenet out late summer, but its release plan is changing, with Europe likely to get...

National Theatre At Home comes to an end

by Simon Brew | Jul 23, 2020 | News

The National Theatre At Home programme of free streaming plays has now ended, as UK cinemas reopen their doors....

Why 1980’s Stir Crazy remained significant

by Simon Brew | Jul 23, 2020 | Feature

Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder scored one of their biggest hits with Stir Crazy - and the film set a record that wouldn't be broken for some time....

Talking to computers, for game writers

by Antony de Fault | Jul 22, 2020 | Feature, Gaming

Most potential video game writers lack the building blocks of interactive storytelling. Let’s change that

The future of cinema has been revealed... and it's surprisingly vertical

by Dan Cooper | Jul 22, 2020 | News

French company Oma have revealed its designs for the future of the humble cinema - and yet it looks like it harks from long time ago, in a galaxy...

Proposed UK feature film tackling social issues on funding drive

by Dan Cooper | Jul 22, 2020 | News

Planned film Boy In The Corner has reached the halfway point in its crowdfunding drive, with just over a week to go - and it needs a bit of support....