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Where are the breakout documentaries of 2023?
The Best Documentary categories of major awards ceremonies are usually sure bets for some of the most interesting films of the year. But in 2023, it’s hard to find what stands out from the pack. The...
View ArticleFilms to watch on BBC iPlayer right now
Who needs Netflix and Prime? BBC iPlayer has a terrific collection of films to watch – here’s our updated list of what to watch right now (and when they’re leaving the service). Whilst all eyes tend to...
View ArticleThe Boy And The Heron review | Another animated masterpiece by Hayao Miyazaki
Master animator Hayao Miyazaki weaves a personal and complex fantasy in The Boy And The Heron. Our review: Few animators are as capable of creating a sense of weight, volume, mass, or sheer oomph like...
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Most anticipated TV shows of 2024
With 2023 drawing to a close, the Film Stories team takes a look at the most anticipated TV shows of 2024. Written by: Maria Lattila, James Harvey, John Moore 2024 is shaping up to be a great year...
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Neill Blomkamp revisited: District 9
Our exploration of Neill Blomkamp’s movies begins with his 2009 feature debut: the violent yet intelligent sci-fi action of District 9. Science fiction at its best is brave. It speaks to the human...
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2023 | A brilliant, weird, awful year for videogames
We’ve seen some incredible videogames appear in 2023, some absolutely horrendous job losses, and some plain weird news, too. We take a look back… Nintendo couldn’t possibly have known it at the time,...
View ArticleUK Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Steelbook release date calendar
A glimpse at upcoming UK Steelbook release dates until early 2024: here’s what’s getting the fancy treatment and when. The incredibly fancy (and, truth be told, a little more expensive) Steelbook...
View ArticleUK DVD and Blu-ray release dates confirmed: up to the end of 2024
A glimpse at upcoming UK DVD and Blu-ray release dates until the end of 2024: here’s what’s coming to disc and when. Here, then, are a few of the upcoming dates for new movies on DVD and Blu-ray that...
View ArticleOne Life review: Nicholas Winton’s extraordinary life story brought to the...
Anthony Hopkins and Johnny Flynn headline One Life – and here’s our review of the true life drama. On a Sunday night back in the 1980s, as part of a BBC television magazine show that would zip from a...
View ArticleBeverly Hills Cop III & Beverly Hills Cop trilogy heading to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
Eddie Murphy’s Axel Foley adventures are coming to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, as Beverly Hills Cop III gets announced for the format. 2024 is the year that the long-mooted fourth film in the Beverly Hills...
View ArticleBunk’d | Disney Channel’s longest running sitcom to end after seven series
Bunk’d, which is currently the Disney Channel’s longest running sitcom, is to conclude after the seventh series. From early 2000s classics like Even Stevens and Lizzie McGuire to The Suite Life...
View ArticleTim Burton’s Catwoman film, and its script problems
Disagreements over the script for a Michelle Pfeiffer-headlined Catwoman movie from Tim Burton have been revealed: more here. By the time he came to the end of shooting 1992’s Batman Returns, director...
View ArticleSociety Of The Snow review | Chilling true-life survival horror
JA Bayona brings visual flair and existential dread to a true story of survival. Our review of Society Of The Snow: An air of cosmic horror lingers over Society Of The Snow. When you’re faced with...
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James Cameron, 4K remasters, and the use of AI
The 4K remasters of James Cameron’s The Abyss, True Lies and Aliens are coming in for criticism – and AI is getting some of the blame. James Cameron has long been one of my favourite directors, and...
View ArticleGodzilla Minus One is now the biggest Godzilla film ever
Godzilla Minus One has surpassed 2016’s Shin Godzilla at the global box office, making it the biggest entry in Toho’s blockbuster series of films. What great news to start the year with. Godzilla...
View ArticleMickey’s Mouse Trap | Trailer emerges for new slasher
Following in the footsteps of Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey, Mickey’s Mouse Trap is taking full advantage of a famous character being in the public domain now. Well, it was bound to happen. With...
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134 movie sequels currently on the way
Hollywood still loves its follow-ups – here’s our round-up of 134 (and counting) sequels currently on the way. Hollywood has got just a little warier of sequels over the past few years, and many that...
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Even after a record-breaking year, 2024 is looking dire for films made by women
Even after the success of films like Barbie and Five Nights At Freddy’s, 2024 finds women left on the side lines again. 2023 was an excellent year for women making films, as we pointed out in our 2023...
View ArticleMarvel’s Thunderbolts loses Steven Yeun
Steven Yeun has exited the Marvel Studios project, reportedly due to scheduling issues following last year’s strikes. We already know that Marvel Studios is having to carefully ponder what to do with...
View ArticleAliens | 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray confirmed for April UK release
The UK release of James Cameron’s Aliens on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray is running a couple of weeks behind the US date. More here. There are three hugely anticipated catalogue 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray releases...
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