Film Stories

Ballerina | Lionsgate releases another teaser for the film

by Dan Cooper | Dec 09, 2024 | News

Lionsgate has revealed a short teaser for the upcoming John Wick spin-off flick Ballerina, set to release next summer....

Scrubs | Reboot of medical comedy in development

by Jake Godfrey | Dec 09, 2024 | News, TV

Medical sitcom Scrubs is set to be rebooted, creator Bill Lawrence is onboard and the majority of the original cast are in talks to return....

Reacher | Trailer released for Season 3

by Jake Godfrey | Dec 09, 2024 | News, TV

Alan Ritchson returns for season three of Lee Child's Reacher, and here's the trailer for the show's new episodes....

Podcast | Dirty Harry (1971) and Anita And Me (2002)

by Simon Brew | Dec 09, 2024 | Podcasts

How Clint Eastwood and Don Siegel fashioned an American classic, and how Meera Syal's 1996 novel Anita And Me fought its way to the screen....

Stop taking physical media fans for granted

by Simon Brew | Dec 09, 2024 | Feature, News

Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray collectors are often willing to pay top dollar for releases of films - but they still deserve value for money....

Network premieres | How UK TV is fighting off streaming this Christmas

by James Harvey | Dec 06, 2024 | Feature, News

In 2024, a film's TV debut is hardly ever an event to remember. Not so this Christmas, when the cinema event of the year might just premiere on the...

solaris, by Andrei Tarkovsky, now on YouTUbe

Solaris, and other films by Andrei Tarkovsky now available for free on YouTube

by Ryan Lambie | Dec 06, 2024 | News

Andrei Tarkovsky classics Solaris, Stalker, The Mirror and more besides are now available in full (and legally) on YouTube....

Silo season 2 episode 4 review | Could this be the best episode yet?

by Maria Lattila | Dec 06, 2024 | News, Reviews, TV

The fourth episode of Silo season 4 might be the sci-fi drama’s best one yet. Here’s our review. ...

Mufasa | director Barry Jenkins on CG animation: "It's not my thing"

by Dan Cooper | Dec 06, 2024 | News

Barry Jenkins, Oscar-winner for Moonlight, has been making Mufasa: The Lion King for four years. It does not sound like he's had fun....

Kevin Smith | Why his end credits for The 4:30 Movie go on so long

by Simon Brew | Dec 06, 2024 | News

Kevin Smith's latest film, The 4:30 Movie, is a brisk affair, with hefty end credits. He tells us the story of what happened....

Panic Carefully | Elizabeth Olsen joins Julia Roberts in director Sam Esmail's latest film

by Dan Cooper | Dec 06, 2024 | News

Elizabeth Olsen will join Julia Roberts in Panic Carefully, Sam Esmail's follow-up to 2023's Leave The World Behind....

The Lonely Musketeer review | A bold debut

by Maria Lattila | Dec 06, 2024 | News, Reviews

A man finds himself trapped in a room with no way out in director Nicolai Schümann’s thriller. Here’s our The Lonely Musketeer review. ...

Harry Potter | HBO series to shoot at Leavesden in summer 2025

by Jake Godfrey | Dec 06, 2024 | News, TV

The new take on the Harry Potter books is going to be filming in 2025, ahead of a 2027 debut on HBO. More here....

Body Snatchers | Why Abel Ferrara’s 1993 sci-fi horror deserves a second look

by Ryan Lambie | Dec 06, 2024 | Feature, News

Abel Ferrara’s sci-fi horror Body Snatchers was largely overlooked in 1993, but it’s aged remarkably well in the decades since....

Film Quiz Friday | Doctor Strangelove Actually

by Mark Harrison | Dec 06, 2024 | Feature

Enter the multiverse of mad movie-title mashups in this week’s film quiz, which features 30 questions with answers smashed or unsmashed…...

Podcast | In conversation with Kevin Smith: The 4.30 Movie, Waterworld, indie cinema and more

by Simon Brew | Dec 06, 2024 | Podcasts

Kevin Smith joins Simon for a podcast special, with The 4.30 Movie, Waterworld, indie filmmaking and more on the agenda....

The Thing: Remastered gets unexpected 5th December release

by Ryan Lambie | Dec 05, 2024 | News

Originally released in 2002, survival horror spin-off The Thing: Remastered is coming out incredibly soon - on the 5th December to be precise....

Doctor Who | Christmas Special trailer emerges

by Ryan Lambie | Dec 05, 2024 | TV

It's almost the season of yule, which means we're getting close to this year's Doctor Who Christmas Special. Here's a trailer to remind us:...

Future, the publisher that recently closed Total Film magazine, announces OpenAI deal

by Ryan Lambie | Dec 05, 2024 | News

British publisher Future has signed a deal with OpenAI, allowing the tech firm to train its chatbot on the former's specialist magazines and websites....

Star Wars | Lucasfilm has actually wrapped filming on a new movie

by Simon Brew | Dec 05, 2024 | News

Over half a decade since anybody could write this words, a new Star Wars film from Lucasfilm has wrapped production: The Mandalorian & Grogu....

Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.

Pirates Of The Caribbean | One version of the next film features Johnny Depp

by Dan Cooper | Dec 05, 2024 | News

The door's being kept open for Johnny Depp's return to Pirates Of The Caribbean, with two different versions of the script reportedly being developed....