Titanic | Kate Winslet flotsam sells at auction for over $700,000
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 26, 2024 | News
The prop panel that Kate Winslet floated about on in James Cameron's Titanic has sold at auction for a bank account-emptying $718,750....
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Road House | The cunning trickery behind the remake's hard-hitting fight scenes
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 26, 2024 | News
Road House stunt coordinator Garrett Warren came up with a clever means of making the remake's fights look realistic without breaking any bones....
10 remarkable things about Firestarter (2022)
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 26, 2024 | Feature
Firestarter was a bit of a misfire for Blumhouse in 2022, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of remarkable things about it. Things like the...
Baldur's Gate 3 | Dungeons & Dragons rights holder responds to Larian Studios' decision to move onto other projects
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 25, 2024 | Gaming, News
Despite being one of 2023's biggest hits, Baldur's Gate 3 will be Larian Studios' last Dungeons & Dragons game. Its rights holder has talked about...
Flowervale Street | Filming begins on It Follows director David Robert Mitchell's mystery thriller
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 25, 2024 | News
Paparazzi photos of Anne Hathaway reveal that filming has officially begun on It Follows director David Robert Mitchell's next film, currently known...
The Departed | Mark Wahlberg explains why he had "weird hair" in Martin Scorsese's Oscar winner
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 25, 2024 | News
Years after he appeared in Martin Scorsese's Oscar-winning thriller, The Departed, Mark Wahlberg talks about his "weird hair" and how it came about....
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | The emotional story buried under a frozen lake of subplots and nostalgia
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 25, 2024 | Feature
Reduced to little more than a subplot, Phoebe Spengler’s story is Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’s real emotional core. Too bad it’s buried under all t...
Undawn | The $140m zombie survival game starring Will Smith that bombed while nobody was looking
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 22, 2024 | Gaming, News
Zombie survival game Undawn, despite a $140m budget and the starry presence of Will Smith, was such a sales disappointment that its maker is...
Road House | "I've very publicly lost here," says Doug Liman of his "war with Amazon"
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 22, 2024 | News
Director Doug Liman still insists that Road House was intended for a cinema release, but concedes that he's "very publicly lost" his fight to get the...
Has CGI become unfashionable among mainstream filmmakers?
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 22, 2024 | Feature, News
Films like Barbie and Oppenheimer were (falsely) said to have been made without CGI. Are VFX artists being unfairly airbrushed from movie-making, Ryan...
Late Night With The Devil | Directors release statement about film's brief use of AI imagery
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 21, 2024 | News
"We experimented with AI," the directors of acclaimed horror Late Night With The Devil have said in a statement about its use of generative imagery....
Road House review | Jake Gyllenhaal is the standout in a boisterous remake
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 21, 2024 | Reviews
Jake Gyllenhaal plays an unflappable bouncer with a murky past in the remake of Road House. Our review of a raucous, glossy action flick:...
Alien: Romulus | James Cameron has "seen the movie and loved it"
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 21, 2024 | News
Fede Alvarez has talked about his upcoming sci-fi horror sequel, Alien: Romulus, and reveals that James Cameron has seen a cut of the film and "loved...
Alien: Romulus | Combing the first trailer for nerdy clues
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 21, 2024 | Feature
Judging by the first trailer, Alien: Romulus draws heavily on the 1979 original. We comb the new promo for nerdy clues and details…...
Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | Reboot title has appeared online
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 20, 2024 | News
Disney's upcoming reboot of Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day appears to have a slightly different title, according to a...
Marathon | Bungie's shooter reboot gets a new director
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 20, 2024 | Gaming, News
Bungie's reboot of the 1994 shooter Marathon, due out in 2025, has suddenly acquired a new director after losing its original project lead....
The Neverending Story | New series of film adaptations on the way
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 20, 2024 | News
A new series of films based on The Neverending Story is in the works, which will seek to tackle the fantasy tale in "a fresh way"....
Monopoly Go | Free-to-play mobile game spent $500m on marketing
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 19, 2024 | Gaming, News
Free-to-play mobile game Monopoly Go has been a huge success, but it took a marketing spend of $500m to get there....
3 Body Problem | Showrunners say they need three or four seasons to "tell the whole story"
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 18, 2024 | News, TV
Netflix sci-fi series 3 Body Problem isn't out yet, but showrunners Dan Benioff and DB Weiss have talked about their future plans for it. "We'd need...
Fantasia 2000 | The story of the first IMAX feature film
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 18, 2024 | Feature
Before Oppenheimer and Dune: Part Two, Disney made the first ever feature film presented in IMAX. Here’s the story of Fantasia 2000....
Robot Dreams review | A tenderly observed animated film about friendship and loneliness
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 18, 2024 | Reviews
Friendship blooms between a dog and a robot in 1980s Manhattan in the exquisitely animated, Oscar-nominated Robot Dreams. Our review:...
Nicolas Cage has had a "conversation" about starring in a Spider-Man Noir spin-off
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 15, 2024 | News, TV
Although it's far from a confirmation, Nicolas Cage has revealed he's had a "conversation" about playing the role of a grizzled Spider-Man Noir in...
Snowpiercer | Shelved season 4 rescued by AMC
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 15, 2024 | News, TV
Completed yet shelved by Warner Bros Discovery, Snowpiercer season 4 will finally get an airing thanks to a deal with AMC....
Embracer sells developer and publisher Saber Interactive for $247m
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 14, 2024 | Gaming, News
Saber Interactive, which owns 3D Realms, 4A Games and more, has been sold by Embracer Group in a deal worth $247m...
The Mothership | Scrapped Netflix film had the "makings of a classic" says artist who worked on it (exclusive)
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 14, 2024 | News
Cancelled Netflix sci-fi thriller The Mothership was "full of mystery and threat" and had "the makings of a classic," its storyboard artist tells us....
Rebel Moon | Zack Snyder ponders "visceral" critical reaction to A Child Of Fire
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 14, 2024 | News
Ahead of Rebel Moon: Part Two, Zack Snyder has talked about the "visceral" reviews of Rebel Moon: Part One, and his plans for R-rated cuts of both...
Deliver Us Mars developer takes to social media to pitch five new projects
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 13, 2024 | Gaming, News
Seemingly desperate for support, Dutch developer KeokeN, of Deliver Us Mars fame, has made the unusual step of appealing to its social media followers...
The Man With The Bag | Arnold Schwarzenegger is making a new Christmas movie
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 13, 2024 | News
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jack Reacher's Alan Ritchson are to co-star in a Christmas movie for Amazon/MGM called The Man With The Bag....
Venom 3 is now called Venom: The Last Dance
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 13, 2024 | News
Sony has announced that Venom 3's official title is Venom: The Last Dance, and has moved its US release date forward from November to October 2024....
The Marvels | Teyonah Parris had no idea who she was acting next to when she performed post-credits scene
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 12, 2024 | News
Actor Teyonah Parris, who played Monica Rambeau in The Marvels, says she didn't know who else was in her post-credits scene until after the film came...
Beetlejuice 2 | Michael Keaton has seen it, calls it "great" and "emotional"
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 12, 2024 | News
Tim Burton's belated sequel Beetlejuice 2 - or Beetlejuice Beetlejuice - has an early fan in star Michael Keaton, who describes an early cut as...
Coyote Vs Acme is still "screening" for a potential buyer, its writer suggests
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 11, 2024 | News
Writer Samy Burch has said that, despite earlier reports that Coyote Vs Acme has been shelved, attempts to sell it are "ongoing"....
