Film Quiz Friday | Buenos Diaz
by Mark Harrison | Jan 17, 2025 | Feature
Cameron Diaz is Back In Action in the new Netflix movie of the same name, so this week’s film quiz celebrates her previous work…...
Podcast | In conversation with Leigh Whannell - Wolf Man, Invisible Man, Upgrade, Police Academy
by Film Stories | Jan 17, 2025 | Podcasts
Writer/director Leigh Whannell joins the podcast to chat about Wolf Man, Upgrade, Police Academy and a bit of Turner & Hooch....
Why is Hollywood so smitten by body horror right now?
by Maria Lattila | Jan 17, 2025 | Feature, News
A Different Man, The Substance, Wolf Man… Body horror films have seen a sudden surge in Hollywood. We take a look at why that might be. ...
Until Dawn | First look at video game film reveals how it adapts the game's unique mechanic
by Maria Lattila | Jan 16, 2025 | Gaming, News
Until Dawn still doesn’t have a trailer, but a first look at the film reveals how the crew replaced the video game’s gameplay mechanic....
Skeleton Crew | The Star Wars series that would have worked even better as a movie
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 16, 2025 | Feature, TV
As Star Wars adventure Skeleton Crew reaches its climax, we wonder whether it would have been more successful as a movie... Spoilers ahead....
The Goonies didn’t get a sequel in the 1980s, but the tie-in videogame did
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 16, 2025 | Feature, Gaming
Warner Bros may finally be getting around to making a sequel to The Goonies, but NES gamers got a follow-up back in 1987…...
The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin axed at AppleTV+ as Noel Fielding pulls out of season 2
by Maria Lattila | Jan 16, 2025 | News, TV
Noel Fielding has reportedly pulled out of the shoot for season 2 of The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin leading to the series’ demise. M...
Ryusuke Hamaguchi heading to France for next project
by Dan Cooper | Jan 16, 2025 | News
Drive My Car and Evil Does Not Exist director Ryusuke Hamaguchi is heading west for a French-Japanese co-production....
Blade Runner | Ridley Scott says film's financiers didn't know who Harrison Ford was
by Dan Cooper | Jan 16, 2025 | News
Ridley Scott has been chatting about his experience with 1982's Blade Runner, and having to explain who Harrison Ford was....
James Mangold views Swamp Thing as a standalone film
by Dan Cooper | Jan 16, 2025 | News
James Mangold is making Swamp Thing for Warner Bros and DC - but he's insistent that the film will be standing alone....
The cinema of language
by Alice Dunn | Jan 16, 2025 | Feature
We take a look at the films that introduced new phrases to the dictionary – there are more than you might think…...
Josh Gad | Sort-of-memoir, In Gad We Trust, is now on sale
by Simon Brew | Jan 16, 2025 | News
Actor Josh Gad's book, In Gad We Trust, has now gone on sale, and includes some of his own film stories. More here....
Warner Bros | Studio reportedly planning Gremlins 3, Goonies 2
by Jake Godfrey | Jan 16, 2025 | News
Warner Bros is reportedly in the early stages of developing new Goonies and Gremlins films, according to a new report....
A history of annoying ways cinemas make you pre-book tickets
by Simon Brew | Jan 16, 2025 | Feature, News
Cinemas want you to pre-book your tickets. Historically, cinemas have also not made this job particularly easy....
Wolf Man review | A gnarly monster movie
by Maria Lattila | Jan 15, 2025 | News, Reviews
Director Leigh Whannell follows The Invisible Man with a much more generic, traditional creature feature that is nevertheless still fun. Here’s our W...
Daredevil: Born Again trailer teases a more violent entry into the MCU
by Maria Lattila | Jan 15, 2025 | News, TV
Marvel has released the first look at Daredevil: Born Again and it’s a bone-crunchingly good trailer. Some words on it below. ...
BAFTA nominations 2025 | Hugh Grant gets surprise nod as Conclave leads the pack
by James Harvey | Jan 15, 2025 | Feature, News
The 2025 BAFTA Film Awards nominations are in - here's a look at the snubs and the snub-ies....
Sing Sing builds momentum with a US prison release and an off-Broadway play
by Maria Lattila | Jan 15, 2025 | Feature, News
Sing Sing, one of 2024’s finest films, is being released in prisons across the US. Meanwhile, the play within the film is heading off-Broadway. A f...
Alien: Romulus | Fede Alvarez says he's taking his sequel "into uncharted waters"
by Dan Cooper | Jan 15, 2025 | News
Director Fede Alvarez enjoyed success with Alien: Romulus, but says his planned sequel will show us "things you've never seen before."...
Sebastian Stan to star in Justin Kurzel's Burning Rainbow Farm
by Dan Cooper | Jan 15, 2025 | News
The Order and Nitram director could be about to team up with Sebastian Stan on the true-life thriller, Burning Rainbow Farm....
Unrated | The 1980s age of video games based on 18-rated films
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 15, 2025 | Feature
Throughout the 1980s, 18-rated films were commonly made into games, released unrated, and enjoyed by kids of all ages. Obviously, it couldn’t last f...
The Woman In The Yard | Trailer for Blumhouse's next movie
by Dan Cooper | Jan 15, 2025 | News
Blumhouse's next big horror flick is arriving in March, and it's called The Woman in The Yard. Here's the trailer......
Film Stories Podcast Network | Nosferatu, Golden Globes, Batman Forever and more
by A J Black | Jan 15, 2025 | Film Stories Podcast Network, News
This week on the Film Stories Podcast Network: Gothic monsters, award ceremonies, rubber-nippled heroes and more. Here’s what we’ve been up to…...
Six | Hit musical heading to UK cinemas this Easter
by Simon Brew | Jan 15, 2025 | News
A filmed version of hit musical Six is heading to UK cinemas in April, with the original West End cast of the show involved....
The Alto Knights | Trailer released for Robert De Niro dual role mob drama
by Jake Godfrey | Jan 15, 2025 | News
Robert De Niro goes up against Robert De Niro in biographical gangster drama The Alto Knights. Here's a trailer....
Big Boys | Trailer released for series 3 of Channel 4 sitcom
by Jake Godfrey | Jan 15, 2025 | News, TV
Jack Rooke’s sweet, award-winning sitcom Big Boys is returning for a third series, and here's the trailer for it....
Mental Health Matters | Pet peeves and unsupportive comments
by Sarah Myers | Jan 15, 2025 | Feature
A few words on some pet peeves, and unsupportive social media comments, in this week's mental health spot....
When film characters vanish into black holes and vortexes
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 15, 2025 | Feature
From 2001: A Space Odyssey onwards, cinema has offered up a succession of black holes and vortexes. We take a look into them....
Presence | Final trailer released for Steven Soderbergh's you-are-the-ghost horror
by Dan Cooper | Jan 14, 2025 | News
Steven Soderbergh's unique-sounding horror Presence releases in the UK next week, and we have a new trailer to stoke our anticipation....
With its AI action plan, the UK government risks selling us out to chatbots
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 14, 2025 | Feature
The UK government’s AI action plan is high on credulity, low on clear-eyed thinking about how it’ll affect our creative industries. A few tho...
