Film Stories

Back To The Future musical gets its London opening date

by Simon Brew | Sep 08, 2020 | News

The big West End musical of Back To The Future is heading to London from May of 2021, it's been revealed - more details here....

The wonderful-sounding Muppets movie that we never got

by Brendon Connelly | Sep 08, 2020 | Feature, News

Before we got 2011's The Muppets, plans were afoot for a brilliant-sounding Muppet adventure, that ultimately never got made - here's its story....

Dog Soldiers gets a 4K remaster, new release next month

by Simon Brew | Sep 08, 2020 | News

Dog Soldiers is getting a remastered re-release in October, and the trailer for it has just been released - more details right this way....

Mulan review - a distinctive Disney do-over

by Mark Harrison | Sep 08, 2020 | Reviews

Disney’s long-awaited live-action take on Mulan prizes loyalty, bravery, and truth, but humour goes out the window - here’s our review....

Cats And Dogs is now a trilogy, trailer for third film

by Simon Brew | Sep 08, 2020 | News

A third Cats & Dogs film will pick up the story this October, and in theory complete the trilogy as it does so - more details here....

Podcast: The New Mutants (2020) and Bowfinger (1999)

by Simon Brew | Sep 07, 2020 | Podcasts

In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, a film finally released nearly three years after filming, and a comedy that was a comeback of...

Alien Covenant which doesn't star Timothy Olyphant

Alien: Ridley Scott on where next for the franchise

by Simon Brew | Sep 07, 2020 | News

Ridley Scott is still planning to make another Alien film - although it looks as though he's abandoning the path of Prometheus and Alien: Covenant....

Lily James and Kristin Scott-Thomas in Rebecca, directed by Ben Wheatley.

Director Ben Wheatley adamant his upcoming Rebecca adaptation for Netflix is not a Hitchcock remake

by Dan Cooper | Sep 07, 2020 | News

The latest adaptation of the Daphne du Maurier novel Rebecca will be hitting Netflix next month - and director Ben Wheatley has been chatting about...

New film by director Isaac Tomiczek close to funding goal with just three days left

by Dan Cooper | Sep 07, 2020 | News

A fresh take on the boxing redemption story is agonisingly close to meeting its funding goal - more details on the film right here....

Poltergeist trilogy getting a UK Blu-ray release

by Simon Brew | Sep 07, 2020 | News

The three original Poltergeist films are coming together in a new boxset in the UK - details right this way....

The special reward for Lethal Weapon 3’s filmmakers

by Simon Brew | Sep 07, 2020 | Feature, News

When Lethal Weapon 3 hit big, Warner Bros went to great lengths to keep the creatives involved with the film happy - and it involved an extra gift to...

Sorry To Bother You, and starting production with less than half of the locations locked

by Dan Cooper | Sep 07, 2020 | News, Video

How the terrific 2018 film Sorry To Bother You came together in spite of still needing more locations when filming had already begun....

Ghost of Tsushima review: Sakura Punch

by Nic Reuben | Sep 04, 2020 | Gaming, Reviews

Our verdict on Sucker Punch Productions’ Kurosawa-‘em-up

Why I think Film Stories Junior matters

by Simon Brew | Sep 04, 2020 | News

Film Stories Junior is the world's only print film magazine for under 15s, that's primarily written by them too - and we need your help to keep it...

Mark Kermode’s Secrets Of Cinema looks like it’s on the way back

by Simon Brew | Sep 04, 2020 | News

It's looking like the excellent Mark Kermode's Secrets Of Cinema will be making a return to BBC Four in the near future....

Daisy Ridley, Kristin Scott Thomas and Nina Hoss to team for World War II drama

by Dan Cooper | Sep 04, 2020 | News

Daisy Ridley, Kristin Scott Thomas and Nina Hoss will play widows of conspirators who plotted against Hitler in the planned adaptation of the...

Eddie The Eagle: a live action family film that deserves a lot more love

by Simon Brew | Sep 04, 2020 | Feature

To find a live action family film that all generations can watch and get something out of is increasingly rare - and few recently have managed it...

Film Quiz Friday: The Re-Disneyfied Edition

by Mark Harrison | Sep 04, 2020 | Feature

There’s no Premiere Access required for this week’s quiz, which includes questions about Disney’s live-action remakes and various other bits of movie...