Film Stories

Gerard Butler signs up for a hostage thriller called The Plane

by Simon Brew | Oct 31, 2019 | News

Gerard Butler is set to successfully land a troubled plane, and find himself in more trouble....

Eddie Murphy “can’t imagine wanting to do movies again”

by Simon Brew | Oct 31, 2019 | News

As things stand, the Coming To America sequel may just be Eddie Murphy's final film - at least for a while....

Amazon to send its movies to streaming faster, speeding up their cinema run

by Simon Brew | Oct 31, 2019 | News

Amazon confirms that it's not going to be so loyal to its 90 day theatrical window for future releases....

Dolemite Is My Name review: Eddie Murphy leads a great ensemble in this Netflix treat

by Mark Harrison | Oct 31, 2019 | Reviews

Eddie Murphy is on terrific form in the profound and profane biopic Dolemite Is My Name, now available on Netflix....

Untitled Goose Game review | Honk if you like avian stealth

by Ian Dransfield | Oct 30, 2019 | Gaming, Reviews

Driving everyone quackers. Wait, no: ‘honkers’

Mark Kermode's The Exorcist documentary: The Fear of God review

by Dan Cooper | Oct 30, 2019 | News, Reviews

We take a look at the exclusive new cut of Mark Kermode's The Exorcist documentary, that's on BBC iPlayer from 10am on October 31st....

HBO Max: the new streaming service is apparently not coming to the UK

by Simon Brew | Oct 30, 2019 | News

It looks as though HBO’s newly-expanded deal with Sky means we won’t be getting HBO Max in Britain. I...

Terminator: Dark Fate opens at number 4 in the UK

by Simon Brew | Oct 30, 2019 | News

Terminator: Dark Fate actually landed in fourth place at the UK box office in its opening weekend, behind the likes of Joker and The Addams Family....

Alice Lowe, Kris Marshall to headline new talent show murder dark comedy

by Simon Brew | Oct 30, 2019 | News

Filming is underway on Paul Dodds' Deadly Lunch Break - details here....

Chadwick Boseman stars in 21 Bridges: new trailer

by Simon Brew | Oct 30, 2019 | News

21 Bridges is a new cop thriller heading our way in November - and here's the trailer....

Special screening of Nureyev lands at Birmingham Film Festival

by Simon Brew | Oct 30, 2019 | News

See the documentary Nureyev for free at the upcoming Birmingham Film Festival....

Netflix responds to 1.5x playback speed criticisms

by Simon Brew | Oct 30, 2019 | News

The filmmaker backlash against Netflix's faster playback option has led to the company clarifying and defending its test....

Quiz Answers: 30th October 2020 (Happy Halloween!)

by Mark Harrison | Oct 30, 2019 | Feature

Here are the answers to our quiz from 30th October 2020 – how did you do?...

Cleanin’ Up The Town: Ghostbusters documentary getting IMAX premiere

by Simon Brew | Oct 30, 2019 | News

A new British documentary celebrating the Ghostbusters heads to cinemas in December - details here....

Confirmed: Mark Kermode’s The Exorcist documentary heading to BBC iPlayer

by Simon Brew | Oct 30, 2019 | News

The full version of Exorcist documentary The Fear Of God is to be made available for broadcast for the first time this Halloween....

Richard Jewell: trailer for Clint Eastwood’s new film, UK release date confirmed

by Simon Brew | Oct 30, 2019 | News

Clint Eastwood directs Richard Jewell, starring Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde - and here's the trailer for the film, that's...

GreedFall review | A janky yet engrossing RPG

by Joe Parlock | Oct 29, 2019 | Gaming, Reviews

Fairly sure pride comes before the fall, not greed?

The big movie teaser trailers that aren't being released online

by Abi Silverthorne | Oct 29, 2019 | Feature, News

Both Birds Of Prey and Christopher Nolan's Tenet have released cinema-only teaser trailers this year - is this the slow start of a new trend? Abi...

Asda is now selling Spider-Man movie download codes in a box - for £15

by Simon Brew | Oct 29, 2019 | News

A week ahead of the disc release of Spider-Man: Far From Home, you can now buy digital codes for it in a box - for £15....

Solo’s box office slump led to Obi-Wan project going to TV

by Simon Brew | Oct 29, 2019 | News

The Ewan McGregor-headlined Obi Wan Star Wars TV show was, as rumoured, first supposed to be a movie....

Knives Out: final trailer for Rian Johnson’s murder mystery movie

by Simon Brew | Oct 29, 2019 | News

Chris Evans, Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis and more star in whodunnit Knives Out - and here's the trailer....

Bait proves to be a box office smash

by Simon Brew | Oct 29, 2019 | News

Black and white Cornish film Bait moves passed £400,000 at the UK box office - and it's still playing two months after its initial release....

The Grudge remake: first trailer lands

by Simon Brew | Oct 29, 2019 | News

The Grudge is back - and here's the trailer for the new take on the horror hit....

Damage: premiere confirmed for Birmingham Film Festival

by Simon Brew | Oct 29, 2019 | News

Short film Damage gets its premiere in the next week, ahead of plans to turn it into a feature....

Game Of Thrones showrunners quit their Star Wars trilogy

by Simon Brew | Oct 29, 2019 | News

In a blow to Disney and Lucasfilm, David Benioff and D B Weiss walk away from their planned trilogy of future Star Wars features....

Future of Film Summit comes to London this November

by Simon Brew | Oct 29, 2019 | News

A special event in London is attracting some excellent speakers, and looking to discuss the future of the movies and storytelling....

Cris Tales: a time-warping JRPG homage

by Alan Wen | Oct 28, 2019 | Gaming, Previews

Dreams Uncorporated take us inside their love letter to Japanese RPGs

The 2017 Power Rangers film, planned sequels, and diversity in the movies

by Edward Cleary | Oct 28, 2019 | Feature, News

The 2017 Power Rangers movie was supposed to be the first of six - yet its lower than expected box office seemed to have ended a movie franchise with...