Film Stories

Send Help | Sam Raimi is finally set to direct another horror film

by Simon Brew | Jul 10, 2024 | News

For the first time since Drag Me To Hell, Sam Raimi is set to direct a brand horror film himself: Send Help....

Longlegs | The personal stories that went into making a singularly effective horror film

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 10, 2024 | News

Nicolas Cage and director Osgood Perkins have both talked about the personal histories they mined for Longlegs, one of 2024's most acclaimed horror...

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Mental Health Matters: hospital visitors

by Simon Brew | Jul 10, 2024 | Feature

In our regular mental health and wellbeing spot, a few thoughts on visiting people in hospital, and some of the unsaid things....

Saving Bikini Bottom | Trailer released for Netflix Spongebob film

by Jake Godfrey | Jul 10, 2024 | News

Spongebob Squarepants film Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie is heading to Netflix, here's the trailer....

Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 heads to digital ahead of Chapter 2 release next month

by Simon Brew | Jul 10, 2024 | News

Kevin Costner's Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 is speeding to video on demand, ahead of the release of Chapter 2....

Podcast | The Discourse - Prequels at the Box Office, Unpalatable Punditry & Re-Loaded

by A J Black | Jul 10, 2024 | News

In The Discourse podcast, the conversation turns to Furiosa, tennis, and magazines from the 1990s. Listen in right here......

The Umbrella Academy | Trailer for final season emerges

by Maria Lattila | Jul 09, 2024 | News, TV

The Umbrella Academy’s final season will soon be with us, and Netflix has unveiled the first trailer for it. Take a look below. ...

Time Bandits | Apple TV+ series gets a new trailer

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 09, 2024 | TV

Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement have created and appear in Time Bandits, an upcoming series based on Terry Gilliam's fantasy film. Here's a trailer:...

Tom Hardy in a still from Venom: Let There Be Carnage

Havoc | Gareth Evans' thriller, shot in 2021, is now undergoing reshoots

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 09, 2024 | News

Director Gareth Evans has provided an update for his long-delayed thriller, Havoc, saying that 'additional photography' is now underway....

Fly Me To The Moon review | Uneven rom-com burns up on re-entry

by James Harvey | Jul 09, 2024 | Reviews

A marketing hotshot (Scarlett Johansson) teams up with NASA’s chief engineer (Channing Tatum) to save NASA in a rom-com that never quite escapes E...

IF arrives on digital next week, DVD and Blu-ray in August

by Maria Lattila | Jul 09, 2024 | News

John Krasinski’s IF will be available on digital sooner rather than later with a DVD and Blu-ray release in August. ...

The Thursday Murder Club | Richard E Grant among new additions to cast

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 09, 2024 | News

Murder mystery adaptation The Thursday Murder Club has added yet more names to its cast, including the great Richard E Grant....

Nicolas Cage as himself in The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent

Nicolas Cage on retirement | "Maybe three or four more lead roles"

by Dan Cooper | Jul 09, 2024 | News

"Maybe three or four more lead roles," says Nicolas Cage as he clarifies his eventual plan to quit movies: more on his words this way....

The story of Jet Li, and his 1996 trip to London

by Tim Murray | Jul 09, 2024 | Feature

In 1996, Jet Li was the biggest martial arts star in the world - and he was lured to London for a very special movie event......

tom cruise and emily blunt in Edge of Tomorrow

Doug Liman on Edge Of Tomorrow 2: "We keep talking about it"

by Dan Cooper | Jul 09, 2024 | News

Doug Liman, Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt are all said to be keen on a return to Edge Of Tomorrow. We've been down this road before though....

The Devil Wears Prada 2 being explored

by Dan Cooper | Jul 09, 2024 | News

Aline Brosh McKenna is said to be returning to write The Devil Wears Prada 2: more on the story right here....

Agatha All Along | Teaser trailer released for Marvel Wandavision spin-off

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

Kathryn Hahn reprises her role as Agatha Harkness in Marvel's Agatha All Along. Here's the first trailer for the upcoming series....

Moana | Live action version will start filming this summer

by Simon Brew | Jul 09, 2024 | News

Dwayne Johnson will be returning for a new version of Moana, that's going to start filming shortly: more on Disney's remake here....

Fuze | Filming begins on Aaron Taylor-Johnson headlined heist thriller

by Simon Brew | Jul 09, 2024 | News

Aaron Taylor-Johnson and director David Mackenzie have started filming their new movie, Fuze, in and around London. More here:...

The Traitors UK | Series 1 gets surprise DVD release in the UK

by Simon Brew | Jul 09, 2024 | News, TV

Nine hours of The Traitors across a three DVD set: The Traitors series 1 heads to DVD in the UK this November. More here....

Podcast | The Magic Box - In Conversation: Revising Lost

by A J Black | Jul 09, 2024 | News, TV

The TV show Lost is under the microscope in The Magic Box podcast, as it arrives on Netflix in the US for the first time....

Madame Web | Supporting star Emma Roberts says "I really enjoyed the movie"

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 08, 2024 | News

Emma Roberts, who appeared alongside Dakota Johnson in this year's Madame Web, has defended the superhero thriller....

House Of The Dragon season 2 episode 4 review | Civil war gets warm

by James Harvey | Jul 08, 2024 | Reviews

Things are hotting up as Westeros prepares for civil war. Here’s our House Of The Dragon season 2 episode 4 review....

Ti West on MaXXXine’s shocking ending

by Maria Lattila | Jul 08, 2024 | News

Ti West’s MaXXXine is now in cinemas and we chatted to the director himself about the film’s ending. ...

Arkham Asylum TV show no longer happening

by Maria Lattila | Jul 08, 2024 | News

The Arkham Asylum TV show is no longer moving forward at Max, we hear. More on the story below. ...

Longlegs review | Brace yourself for an outlandish, atmospheric serial killer horror

by Ryan Lambie | Jul 08, 2024 | Reviews

Writer-director Osgood Perkins crafts a suspenseful, captivatingly strange serial killer horror with Longlegs. Our review:...

Wolverine once came to my home town

by Alyssa Marie | Jul 08, 2024 | Feature

For a few blissful seconds, the small town of Picton, Australia was Hollywood royalty. Here's what it's like to have a big film like The Wolverine...

Terminator Zero | Expect 1984 'serial killer' vibes from the upcoming anime series

by Dan Cooper | Jul 08, 2024 | News

The soon-to-release Netflix anime series Terminator Zero will channel the slasher horror tone of the original 1984 film according to its showrunner....