Podcast: Batman Forever (1995) and Pride (2014)
by Simon Brew | Sep 09, 2019 | News, Podcasts
In the latest episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, a comic book movie drastic course change and a small budget hit with an awful lot of...
Stephen King’s It: plans afoot for an extra 90 minutes
by Simon Brew | Sep 09, 2019 | News
Director Andy Muschietti has plans to add 90 minutes to his pair of It films....
Elstree Studios announces plans for two new stages on the site of the old Big Brother house
by Simon Brew | Sep 09, 2019 | News
Elstree announces two new 'super stages', as it looks to meet the demand of film and TV productions....
Batman 1989: The first arthouse superhero movie?
by Simon Brew | Sep 06, 2019 | Video
This week, Dan considers the possibility of a Phoenix/Pattison arthouse Batman movie and considers whether we already got one of those with 1989's Tim...
Can Androids Pray review | Demise of the Robots
by Dave Hurst | Sep 06, 2019 | Gaming, Reviews
A single, peaceful, 25-minute conversation unfolds in the exemplary Can Androids Pray. Here's our review......
Film Stories issue 9 (September 2019): full details, and order your copy right here!
by Simon Brew | Sep 06, 2019 | News
Noel Clarke headlines the jam-packed new issue of Film Stories: details here, including how to order your copy....
When Michael B Jordan was offered Creed III to direct
by Simon Brew | Sep 06, 2019 | News
According to producer Irwin Winkler, an offer was made to Creed star Michael B Jordan to direct the next film in the series....
No Time To Die: the James Bond team is using takedown notices against footage taken in public
by Simon Brew | Sep 06, 2019 | News
Location filming of 007 adventure No Time To Die is ending up online - and takedown notices are being issued, in spite of the filming being in...
Why Nicholas Parsons was only asked to appear in one Carry On film
by Simon Brew | Sep 06, 2019 | News
Chatting to Richard Herring's podcast, Nicholas Parsons talks about the time he wasn't asked back to the Carry On series of movies....
A guide to 80s movie snacks
by Film Stories | Sep 06, 2019 | Feature
We may settle at home to watch a film with some microwave popcorn now, but in the 80s, it was very different....
The Church in the Darkness review | A cult offering
by Jon Bailes | Sep 05, 2019 | Gaming, Reviews
The first cult is the deepest in Paranoid Productions' roguelike
The growing number of films that are getting a release on DVD, but not Blu-ray
by Simon Brew | Sep 05, 2019 | Feature, News
A growing number of films, if they do get a physical disc release, are now bypassing Blu-ray - we've been taking a look....
Rambo: Last Blood – final trailer for incoming sequel
by Simon Brew | Sep 05, 2019 | News
Sylvester Stallone is ready for one last rumble as John Rambo - here's the last trailer for Rambo: Last Blood....
Assemble With Care | Well packaged
by Jordan Oloman | Sep 04, 2019 | Gaming, Reviews
Locked inside your heart-shaped box
Neo Cab preview: Uber alles
by Ian Dransfield | Sep 04, 2019 | Gaming, Previews
Neo Cab sees you maintaining your humanity in a future bereft of it
Peaky Blinders' Steven Knight joins plan to ‘supercharge’ West Midlands screen industry
by Simon Brew | Sep 04, 2019 | News
Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight is one of the names to join a new body aiming to attract screen production to the West Midlands....
Hustlers: new trailer for upcoming movie, starring Jennifer Lopez
by Simon Brew | Sep 04, 2019 | News
A group of former strip club workers turn the tables on their 'clients' in the upcoming Hustlers - here's the trailer....
Peter Capaldi has joined The Suicide Squad movie
by Simon Brew | Sep 04, 2019 | News
Former Doctor Who Peter Capaldi will join the likes of Margot Robbie and Jai Courtney in The Suicide Squad....
Trailer lands for Taika Waititi’s JoJo Rabbit
by Simon Brew | Sep 04, 2019 | News
Taika Waititi writes, directs and co-stars in Jojo Rabbit - and here's the trailer....
Quiz Answers: 4th September 2020 (Re-Disneyfied)
by Mark Harrison | Sep 04, 2019 | Feature
Here are the answers to our quiz from 4th September 2020 – how did you do?...
Beats review
by Film Stories | Sep 04, 2019 | Reviews
Two teenage boys head to an illegal rave in Beats, that heads to DVD next week - here's our review....
It Chapter 2 review
by Simon Brew | Sep 03, 2019 | News, Reviews
A disappointing conclusion after a promising start, here's our review of It Chapter 2....
E.T.: Why it was a victim of its own schedule
by Howard Scott Warshaw | Sep 03, 2019 | Feature, Gaming
Designer Howard Scott Warshaw revisits the making of E.T., and explains how it was broken by its own brutal timetable
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood becomes Tarantino’s biggest film at the UK box office
by Simon Brew | Sep 03, 2019 | News
Quentin Tarantino has his biggest ever hit in Britain....
Starting from scratch: bringing Homeless Ashes to the screen
by Film Stories | Sep 03, 2019 | Feature, News
Marc Zammit on the long journey to bring his feature directorial debut to the big screen....
Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker, and why they went their separate ways as directors
by Film Stories | Sep 03, 2019 | Feature, News
It's not often you see three directors credited with a run of movies - but comedy directorial legends Zucker Abrahams Zucker ultimately had to go...
Inna De Yard review
by Film Stories | Sep 03, 2019 | Reviews
Now in cinemas is a new documentary about reggae music - here's our review of Inna De Yard....
Contra: Rogue Corps preview - RoboPanda
by Ian Dransfield | Sep 02, 2019 | Gaming, Previews
Konami’s classic run-and-gunner becomes a twin-stick shooter
The morality of taking your own sweets into the cinema
by Film Stories | Sep 02, 2019 | Feature
Smuggling snacks in, or paying over the top prices to support your local cinema - what's the best to do, asks Simon....
Pain And Glory review
by Film Stories | Sep 02, 2019 | Reviews
Pedro Almodóvar's Pain And Glory lands in UK cinemas - and here's our review....
