Film Stories

Podcast: The Lone Ranger (2013) and Muriel's Wedding (1994)

by Simon Brew | Jan 27, 2020 | Podcasts

In the latest episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, one massively expensive blockbuster, and an indie hit that had to scrape every penny...

Robert Zemeckis is set to make Disney’s live action Pinocchio

by Simon Brew | Jan 27, 2020 | News

Robert Zemeckis looks set to jump from The Witches to Pinocchio....

Her Smell interview: talking costume design on an indie movie

by Dan Cooper | Jan 27, 2020 | Feature, Video

Amanda Ford chats to us about costume design....

Planet Zoo review | Micromanagemania

by Andrew Fisher | Jan 24, 2020 | Gaming, Reviews

Menus will gobble the lion’s share of your time

No Time To Die: early rumours suggests it’s going to be a very long film

by Simon Brew | Jan 24, 2020 | News

The next James Bond film might just be edging towards three hours, according to early reports....

The gang's all here: when characters are shoehorned back into movie sequels

by Guy Buckland | Jan 24, 2020 | Feature, News

Hollywood can’t resist bringing beloved characters back for sequels; even when there’s little or no good reason to do so. Guy takes a look at some of...

The Spawn movie reboot is being helped by Joker's success

by Simon Brew | Jan 24, 2020 | News

Plans remain afoot for a new Spawn film, with Todd McFarlane revealing that Joker's success is greasing the wheels....

Spectre: Daniel Craig finished filming with a broken leg

by Simon Brew | Jan 24, 2020 | News

Daniel Craig was tempted to walk away from the role of 007, in part down to the injury he suffered making Spectre....

Homeless Ashes: British indie lands February cinema release

by Simon Brew | Jan 24, 2020 | News

Marc Zammit's debut feature as director is heading to British cinemas over the next month or two....

It looks like the script for the Dungeons & Dragons movie is done

by Simon Brew | Jan 24, 2020 | News

Progress on the Dungeons & Dragons film, as one of its co-directors suggests the script is now ready....

British Movie Podcast of the Week – I Understood That Reference

by Em McGowan | Jan 24, 2020 | Feature

Our weekly British independent movie podcast of the week slot returns, with this one being an Anglo-Irish collaboration....

Frozen 2 UK DVD and Blu-ray release details

by Simon Brew | Jan 24, 2020 | News

Frozen 2 arrives on disc in the UK in March - and if you get the Blu-ray version, you're getting a lot of extras....

New book to celebrate the work of Rik Mayall out now

by Simon Brew | Jan 24, 2020 | News

Rik Mayall: Comedy Genius salutes the work of the late, great comedy hero....

Justice League Dark, and its development hell history

by James Palmer | Jan 23, 2020 | Feature

It looks like we're finally getting films based around DC's Justice League Dark - but as James charts, it's been a project stuck in development hell...