Film Stories

Summerland, starring Gemma Arterton – first trailer

by Simon Brew | Jul 15, 2020 | News

A summer treat looks to be heading into cinemas at the end of July - here's the first trailer for Summerland, starring Gemma Arterton....

How Money Train ended up with one of the biggest movie sets of all time

by Simon Brew | Jul 15, 2020 | Feature

The reunion of Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson for Money Train wasn't supposed to end up with a record-breaking movie set - but then logistics got...

Wellbeing Matters: keeping your body going in a pandemic

by Jane Roberts | Jul 15, 2020 | Feature

In our weekly spot where we chat about mental health and wellbeing, a few words on the impact on the body for the less able during lockdown....

Starmancer preview: space carpeting shenanigans

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 14, 2020 | Gaming, Previews

Care for a station full of space colonists – or if everything goes horribly wrong, clean up the corpses and grow a new batch

Odeon parent company AMC reaches debt agreement to keep going

by Simon Brew | Jul 14, 2020 | News

The AMC chain in the US - which owns Odeon over here - has come up with a debt agreement that'll keep the company solvent until at least next spring....

Krabi, 2562 review - a film worth seeking out

by Vanessa Thompsett | Jul 14, 2020 | Reviews

Available on demand now is the extraordinary Krabi, 2562 (named after a province in Thailand) - and here's our review of the film....

Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes films getting UK 4K disc release

by Simon Brew | Jul 14, 2020 | News

Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows have both been confirmed for a physical 4K disc release next month in the UK....

Tenet: might it be time to abandon the simultaneous global release?

by Simon Brew | Jul 14, 2020 | Feature, News

As California cinemas close their doors for the foreseeable future, the idea of a global film release seems even further away - and that may have...

Beetlejuice is getting a 4K release this August

by Simon Brew | Jul 14, 2020 | News

It's showtime! Tim Burton's Beetlejuice is getting a release on the Ultra HD 4K Blu-ray format this autumn, with an impressive collectors' set lined...

The Procession to Calvary review - tiny, grumpy lions

by Lewis Packwood | Jul 13, 2020 | Gaming, Reviews

Point and Mich-elangelo

TRON 3: where can the franchise go next?

by Dan Cooper | Jul 13, 2020 | Feature

It finally looks as though TRON 3 has taken a new step forward - and we've been examining the story so far, and the future path for the franchise....

The Old Guard review: a lively and engaging Netflix superhero movie

by Mark Harrison | Jul 13, 2020 | News, Reviews

Charlize Theron and KiKi Layne front a team of immortal soldiers of fortune in Gina Prince-Bythewood’s The Old Guard, a possible franchise-starter f...

Greyhound review: a pared-down Tom Hanks WW2 thriller

by Mark Harrison | Jul 13, 2020 | News, Reviews

Tom Hanks writes and stars in Greyhound, a short, sharp, and single-minded suspense thriller that’s as brisk as its title suggests - here's our r...

Podcast: Executive Decision (1996) and Men In Black 3 (2012)

by Simon Brew | Jul 13, 2020 | Podcasts

In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, two hit movies with two very different stories behind them....

Prisoners: a second ending was shot for the film

by Simon Brew | Jul 13, 2020 | News

Very light spoilers, as director Denis Villeneueve has been discussing the ending of his thriller Prisoners, and how it ended up with the one it got....