2024 | Film Stories’ 31 best movies of the year
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 18, 2024 | Feature, News
With an emphasis on the low-budget, the genre-based, daring and imaginative, here’s our pick of the 31 best movies of 2024....
Mental Health Matters | End of the year stuff
by Sarah Myers | Dec 18, 2024 | Feature
A few thoughts on the week or two ahead, as the world moves into Christmas and New Year mode. All in our Mental Health Matters spot....
Mufasa: The Lion King review | When Barry Jenkins met Disney
by Maria Lattila | Dec 17, 2024 | News, Reviews
Barry Jenkins’ prequel toes the line between Disney’s house style and his own. Here’s our Mufasa: The Lion King review. ...
Karate Kid: Legends | Trailer released for martial arts drama
by Jake Godfrey | Dec 17, 2024 | News
Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan join forces to help a young kung-fu prodigy in Karate Kid: Legends. Take a look at the first trailer for the new sequel....
Bluey movie officially in the works via Disney and BBC Studios
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 17, 2024 | News
Disney has made a deal with BBC Studios to make a movie based on animated TV series, Bluey. It's due out in 2027....
Short film review | Twenty
by Maria Lattila | Dec 17, 2024 | News, Reviews
A young, homeless ballet dancer gets an audition of a lifetime, but first she needs to find somewhere to sleep. Here’s our review of Twenty which s...
Depot cinema | The East Sussex cinema with flowers on its roof
by Zoe Dowsett | Dec 17, 2024 | Feature, News
How a Sussex-based community cinema became one of Europe’s most green-friendly arts venues....
The man who made Superman fly
by Amy Coop | Dec 17, 2024 | Feature
The granddaughter of Denys N Coop tells the cinematography pioneer's story, from The Third Man to Richard Donner's Superman....
Sgt Rock | Director Luca Guadagnino's comic book adaptation to shoot next autumn
by Dan Cooper | Dec 17, 2024 | News
Challengers filmmaker Luca Guadagnino looks set to make his comic book adaptation Sgt Rock, starring Daniel Craig, in late 2025....
Madden | Christian Bale joins Nicolas Cage in NFL biopic
by Dan Cooper | Dec 17, 2024 | News
David O Russell's upcoming biopic of the American Football legend John Madden will star Christian Bale and Nicolas Cage. Not a combustible trio at...
Captain America (1990) | The alternate cut of the film appears to have been found
by Simon Brew | Dec 17, 2024 | News
Matt Salinger starred as Captain America in Albert Pyun's 1990 film - and the original cut of the movie has been discovered....
Warfare | Trailer released for Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland's war film
by Jake Godfrey | Dec 17, 2024 | News
Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland reunite for the war movie Warfare, and here's the trailer for the 2025 film....
Man Vs Baby | Rowan Atkinson returning to Netflix for slapstick Man Vs Bee sequel
by Jake Godfrey | Dec 17, 2024 | News, TV
Rowan Atkinson is returning to Netflix to follow up Man Vs Bee with slapstick sequel series Man Vs Baby....
The White Lotus | Trailer released for season 3
by Jake Godfrey | Dec 17, 2024 | News, TV
Writer-director Mike White returns to the opulent world of The White Lotus for season 3. Here's the trailer for the new series....
Jamie Lee Curtis in line to lead Murder, She Wrote
by Dan Cooper | Dec 17, 2024 | News
Jamie Lee Curtis is looking likely to take over from the late Angela Lansbury in a new take on Murder, She Wrote. More here....
Tales Of The Unexpected | Ranking series one's nine episodes
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 17, 2024 | Feature, News, TV
Murder, infidelity, gambling, and sinister bed and breakfasts. We rank the stories in Tales Of The Unexpected’s first series…...
Podcast | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) and Juror #2 (2024)
by Simon Brew | Dec 17, 2024 | Podcasts
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and its lack of a UK cinema release. Juror #2 and its limited US cinema release. Both stories told here....
Silo renewed for two more seasons, will finish after season 4
by Maria Lattila | Dec 16, 2024 | News, TV
AppleTV+’s Silo has two more seasons coming, but the streamer is concluding the series after the fourth season. Read more about it below. ...
Yellowstone season 5 episode 14 review: Life Is A Promise | Cleaning house for the next spin-off
by Simon Brew | Dec 16, 2024 | Reviews, TV
Yellowstone season 5 comes to an end, and here's our spoiler-filled review of Life Is A Promise. Read on at your peril......
Dune: Prophecy episode 5 review | What is this abomination?
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 16, 2024 | News
Veteran TV actor Barbara Marten is the standout in another uneven Dune: Prophecy chapter. Our review of episode 5:...
Skeleton Crew | Is this the boost Star Wars needs right now?
by Maria Lattila | Dec 16, 2024 | Feature, News
Skeleton Crew has been warmly received by critics and audiences alike so far. Could the series be exactly what Star Wars needs right now? A few...
Gavin And Stacey | Trailer released for Christmas finale
by Jake Godfrey | Dec 16, 2024 | News, TV
Gavin And Stacey is back for a final, feature-length Christmas special. And here's the trailer, which includes James Corden....
The Gardener | Jean-Claude Van Damme to tend your plants in 2025
by Simon Brew | Dec 16, 2024 | News
Jean-Claude Van Damme is the gardener who people want dead in The Gardener. More details on the 2025 film right here......
Constantine | Keanu Reeves headlined film heading to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray in February
by Simon Brew | Dec 16, 2024 | News
2005's Constantine, starring Keanu Reeves, lands on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray in the UK in February 2025. More here....
LG to stop making Blu-ray and 4K Ultra Blu-ray players
by Simon Brew | Dec 16, 2024 | News
LG's range of Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray players is coming to an end, at least for the time being. More details here....
Malcolm In The Middle | Four episode sequel mini series in the works
by Jake Godfrey | Dec 16, 2024 | News, TV
Malcolm In The Middle is back for a four episode sequel series for Disney+, and details of the return are right here....
Queer review | A tequila-soaked tale of obsession
by James Harvey | Dec 13, 2024 | News, Reviews
Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey star in Luca Guadagnino's slightly depressing romance that's hard to watch at times. Here's our Queer review....
Kraven The Hunter review | A comic book movie that should have been a crime thriller
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 13, 2024 | Reviews
Aaron Taylor-Johnson sinks his claws into Kraven The Hunter - a Spider-Man-adjacent movie that is at its best when it forgets about comics. Our...
Up The Catalogue director interview | ‘It was called 4Q for a reason’
by James Harvey | Dec 13, 2024 | Feature, Interviews, News
Alastair Siddons hated making his first film – so he made his psychological teleshopping parody Up The Catalogue a little differently…...
Quentin Tarantino says something
by Simon Brew | Dec 13, 2024 | News
Quentin Tarantino has said some words, and some people have disagreed with them, as modern movie discourse continues....
