Film Stories

Trailer for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater documentary released

by Kirsten Howard | Sep 04, 2019 | Gaming, News

Grind on

Konami says high-end console games are "most important" to them

by Kirsten Howard | Sep 04, 2019 | Gaming, News

Can we get a new Silent Hill or not?

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....

No rush to make Star Wars Battlefront 3

by Kirsten Howard | Sep 03, 2019 | Gaming, News

Battlefront II design director says "not the same hunger" for sequels as there used to be

Modus Games acquires The Balance

by Kirsten Howard | Sep 03, 2019 | Gaming, News

The developer behind Override: Mech City Brawl is now officially with Modus

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

Ubisoft talks new IP plans

by Kirsten Howard | Sep 02, 2019 | Gaming, News

"We feel that it’s also a good moment now to go onto investing in new IPs"

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....

Podcast: Alien: Covenant (2017) and The Lawnmower Man (1992)

by Simon Brew | Sep 02, 2019 | News, Podcasts

In the latest episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, a sequel that needed to win an audience back over, and a groundbreaking low budget sci-fi...

Last Night In Soho: filming wraps on Edgar Wright’s new movie

by Simon Brew | Sep 02, 2019 | News

Edgar Wright posts a new image from Last Night In Soho, and confirms that the main block of filming is done....

Venom 2 is set to film in the UK

by Simon Brew | Sep 02, 2019 | News

Andy Serkis is set to direct Tom Hardy in Venom 2, and work is underway in the UK....

Podcast: Flight Of The Navigator (1986) and more, with director Randal Kleiser

by Simon Brew | Aug 31, 2019 | Podcasts

In a special episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, Simon is joined by director Randal Kleiser, to talk about 1986's Flight Of The Navigator, and...

Poetry in motion - FMV's unlikely revival

by Steven T Wright | Aug 30, 2019 | Feature, Gaming

The FMV games of yesteryear may be largely forgotten, but some fans of these cult ‘classics’ are determined to bring back the era of multimedia – and they’re succeeding