Film Stories

Wellbeing Matters: Summer Break

by Jane Roberts | Jul 22, 2020 | Feature

Our weekly slot on the site where we chat about mental health and wellbeing, and as we head into our summer break, a natter about how things have...

Saint Frances review: a film well worth seeking out

by Freda Cooper | Jul 22, 2020 | Reviews

Out now in the UK is Saint Frances, a terrific drama starring Kelly O'Sullivan, playing a woman who becomes pregnant and faces some key choices....

Total Knightmare: the perils of adapting video games for TV

by Aaron Potter | Jul 21, 2020 | Feature, Gaming

The creators of Knightmare and Last Commander describe the tricky process of introducing video game elements to television shows

Grease is getting a prequel movie, possible franchise being eyed

by Simon Brew | Jul 21, 2020 | News

Paramount returns to the world of Grease with the film Summer Lovin' - and further productions may be on the way, too....

Denzel Washington & Julia Roberts reunite for Netflix thriller

by Dan Cooper | Jul 21, 2020 | News

Over a quarter of a century since last working together, Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington will share the screen again in Leave The World Behind. ...

The Conjuring 3 delayed by nine months

by Simon Brew | Jul 21, 2020 | News

With filming unable to be completed on The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, Warner Bros delays the film to next summer....

Tenet taken off the release schedules, still planned for 2020

by Simon Brew | Jul 21, 2020 | News

Christopher Nolan's Tenet isn't going to be landing in mid-August anymore, and it looks as though its cinema release is now set to be staggered....

Paramount inks new home entertainment deal in the UK

by Simon Brew | Jul 21, 2020 | News

From the start of 2021, Paramount will be putting its UK disc releases through a company owned by Lionsgate and StudioCanal....

The lost Doctor Who movies

by Alex Westthorp | Jul 21, 2020 | Feature

Since the late 1960s, there have been many attempts to bring Doctor Who back to the big screen - and some got a little closer than others....

Mark Kermode Live In 3D: see last night's show for free here

by Simon Brew | Jul 21, 2020 | News

Mark Kermode returned with his MK3D show, and guests included Simon Pegg and Shazia Mirza - details on how to watch for free right here....

Guess the film from its 1980s computer game tie-in!

by Dan Cooper | Jul 21, 2020 | Feature, Video

Here's a test for you: identify the popular movie, purely off the back of how its 1980s computer game version looked....

Skelattack review - grinding to dust

by Ian Dransfield | Jul 20, 2020 | Gaming, Reviews

Dead on arrival

Tetris: Taron Egerton to star in movie about the game’s controversy

by Simon Brew | Jul 20, 2020 | News

Director Jon S Baird will follow up the wonderful Stan & Ollie by diving into the hugely convoluted legal battle behind the videogame Tetris....

The much darker alternate ending to Die Hard With A Vengeance

by Simon Brew | Jul 20, 2020 | News

Two different endings were filmed to Die Hard With A Vengeance: see the much darker one they didn't use right here....

The King’s Man: new posters land for upcoming prequel

by Simon Brew | Jul 20, 2020 | News

The third Kingsman film, The King's Man, is firmly on the release schedules still for September - and two new posters have landed....

Podcast: Die Hard With A Vengeance (1995) and Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)

by Simon Brew | Jul 20, 2020 | Podcasts

In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, a sequel that went through a fair few ideas, and a comedy that heavily stumbled at the box...

The Crow: City Of Angels and the lost fan edit

by John Abbitt | Jul 20, 2020 | Feature

How a fan re-edit became the closest cut of The Crow: City Of Angels to how director Tim Pope envisaged the film - and that's according to Pope...

Willow: how the studio overplayed its hand trying to sell the film into cinemas

by Simon Brew | Jul 20, 2020 | Feature, News

Even George Lucas' name couldn't persuade cinema owners of the 1980s to give Willow the run its parent studio wanted....

The history of space games - part 2: 2000 - 20XX

by Ian Dransfield | Jul 17, 2020 | Feature, Gaming

The second part of a potted look at the vast, all-encompassing history of gaming’s oldest genre: space. Is space a genre? Still no idea.

No Time To Die: new rumour suggests delay to summer 2021

by Simon Brew | Jul 17, 2020 | News

The next James Bond film - No Time To Die - may now be pushed back further to summer 2021, according to a new report....

You’ve Been Trumped Too getting full release after four years of legal battles

by Simon Brew | Jul 17, 2020 | News

A feature documentary about Donald Trump and the impact of his Scottish golf course is finally cleared of legal mire and able to be fully released....

New trailer: X-Men: The New Mutants

by Simon Brew | Jul 17, 2020 | News

A new 50 second promo trailer for X-Men: The New Mutants arrives, and it might just be that this film is finally going to be released....

Misbehaviour poster featuring Keira Knightly, Jessie Buckley and Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Misbehaviour finally heading to DVD in September

by Simon Brew | Jul 17, 2020 | News

It's taken longer than expected, but Misbehaviour is getting a DVD release - although there's no sign of a Blu-ray version....

The Show Must Go On taking its summer break

by Simon Brew | Jul 17, 2020 | News

Don't expect any free streaming musicals for the next few weeks, as The Shows Must Go On programme is taking a short break....

How the DVD and Blu-ray market is facing a very tricky winter

by Simon Brew | Jul 17, 2020 | Feature

It's no secret that physical media has been facing tough times - and it's going to be up to catalogue releases more than ever come the end of the...

Film Quiz Fridays: To the Moon and Back!

by Mark Harrison | Jul 17, 2020 | Feature

Check your left ear, right ear, and final frontier for a Friday film quiz that takes in movie music, sound effects, and space exploration on the big...