Tubi | The 35 best cult and genre films available to watch for free
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 23, 2024 | Feature, News
Horror, martial arts, sci-fi and more - here’s our pick of 35 genre films you can watch for free on Tubi....
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William Friedkin and Tobe Hooper's 2014 stage discussion is equal parts rambling, funny and heart-warming
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 22, 2024 | News
In 2014, William Friedkin and Tobe Hooper took to the stage for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre's 40th anniversary. It's essential viewing....
Christopher Nolan’s rumoured to be making a vampire horror film - but he’s been unsettling audiences for years
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 22, 2024 | Feature, News
As a rumour emerges that Christopher Nolan might be making a vampire horror next, we look at some unsettling moments from his earlier work....
Blue Thunder | An underrated 1980s classic contains some of the best aerial action scenes you’ll ever see
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 22, 2024 | Feature, News
In light of the Christopher Nolan rumours, we take a look back at 1983’s Blue Thunder - a high-tech thriller that deserved more attention on its r...
Ballerina, and the best and worst of movie reshoots
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 21, 2024 | Feature
As word again surfaces that John Wick spin-off Ballerina has been heavily retooled, we look at whether reshoots always spell doom for a movie…...
The Electric State on Netflix | When is an adaptation not an adaptation?
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 18, 2024 | Feature, News
Netflix’s upcoming sci-fi adventure The Electric State adapts a much-loved art book by Simon Stalenhag. Or does it? We weigh up what counts as an a...
Smile, The Exorcist, and how far to push realism in horror
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 18, 2024 | Feature, News
As Smile 2 emerges in cinemas, we explore the 2022 original, its parallels with The Exorcist, and the impact of realism in horror....
It’s What’s Inside and the rise of the stately home horror subgenre
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 17, 2024 | Feature
On Netflix now, It’s What’s Inside is the latest film to throw anxious young people in a mansion. A look at the rise and meaning behind the sta...
2073 review | Senna director Asif Kapadia issues a stark warning from the future
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 16, 2024 | News, Reviews
Senna and Amy filmmaker Asif Kapadia turns to dystopian filmmaking with 2073, starring Samantha Morton. Here’s our review:...
Terrifier 3 and Joker 2 | A box office tale of two clowns
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 14, 2024 | Feature
As Joker Folie à Deux falters in its second week, horror sequel Terrifier 3 has soared. Does the latter tap into previously-overlooked movie-goer...
Filmmaking and AI | Will the industry survive, and what will be left of it?
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 14, 2024 | Feature, News
Will AI end traditional filmmaking as we know it? We take a look at some differing opinions, as well as the 1980s popularity of the SodaStream....
The Rubber-Keyed Wonder review | A detailed, affectionate documentary about the ZX Spectrum
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 11, 2024 | Gaming, News, Reviews
From the makers of From Bedrooms To Billions comes The Rubber-Keyed Wonder, a documentary about the ZX Spectrum and its inventor, Sir Clive Sinclair....
Forbidden Planet | Screenwriter J Michael Straczynski on James Cameron's unmade sci-fi movie
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 10, 2024 | Feature, News
Screenwriter J Michael Straczynski says that the combination of Avatar and a "miffed" studio led to the shelving of a new, James Cameron-directed...
The Rubber-Keyed Wonder interview | Filmmakers Nicola and Anthony Caulfield on their new ZX Spectrum documentary
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 10, 2024 | Feature, Gaming, Interviews, News
"The microchip revolution was our rock and roll." Nicola and Anthony Caulfield tell us about their new feature-length ZX Spectrum documentary, The...
Alien: Isolation 2 | Sequel to 2014's classic space anxiety simulator announced
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 08, 2024 | Feature, Gaming, News
To mark the original's 10th anniversary, developer Creative Assembly has announced space horror sequel Alien: Isolation 2....
Qantas Airlines screened the R-rated Daddio on a flight: "You should've heard the audible gasps across the plane"
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 08, 2024 | News
Passengers on a flight from Sydney to Tokyo were subjected to an unexpected screening of Daddio, which contains "sexual material and brief graphic...
Withnail & I | The heartbreak that lies beneath its quotable dialogue
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 08, 2024 | Feature
Bruce Robinson’s 1987 comedy-drama is one of the most quotable British films of all time. But there are some deeper, heartbreaking undercurrents in W...
Princess Mononoke | A trailer for Studio Ghibli's animated classic remade using AI
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 04, 2024 | News
What would Studio Ghibli's beautiful animated eco fable Princess Mononoke look like if it were remade using AI? An awful, smelly trailer has the...
Francis Ford Coppola is (allegedly) a fan of the ZX Spectrum
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 04, 2024 | Gaming, News
The makers of the upcoming documentary The Rubber-Keyed Wonder have a fascinating anecdote about Megalopolis director Francis Ford Coppola and his...
Police Story, Jackie Chan and one of the most influential action sequences ever made
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 04, 2024 | News
In 1985, Jackie Chan grabbed an umbrella and ran towards a moving bus. Here’s how Police Story changed action cinema forever....
The Big Lebowski 1998 press conference gloriously highlights the futility of press conferences
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 03, 2024 | Feature, News
Berlin, 1998. John Goodman and filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen sat down for a press conference to promote The Big Lebowski. Good lord is it awkward....
Killer Heat and the return of the acceptable mid-budget thriller
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 03, 2024 | Feature
Rather than try to rewrite the thriller rulebook, Prime Video mystery Killer Heat is content to be just fine - which is far from a bad thing....
The Mandalorian And Grogu could be a trilogy of Star Wars movies
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 02, 2024 | News
Actor Giancarlo Esposito has revealed that Lucasfilm and Disney have plans to make The Mandalorian And Grogu the first in a trilogy ("or more") of...
Stuntman review | A sincere tribute to the golden age of Hong Kong action cinema
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 01, 2024 | News, Reviews
A stunt choreographer tries to recapture his 80s and 90s youth in a movie that pays tribute to Hong Kong action cinema. Our Stuntman review:...
Hellboy: The Crooked Man | How the dwindling of home media has affected a cult comic book franchise
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 01, 2024 | Feature, News
Hellboy’s back in cinemas with The Crooked Man, but its budget is drastically reduced from its 2000s heyday. A shrinking home video market may be t...
Titanic | A key scene wasn't filmed in the Atlantic, Kate Winslet reveals
by Ryan Lambie | Sep 30, 2024 | News
"It's terrible to admit these things," says Kate Winslet, as she reveals that a pivotal scene with Leonardo DiCaprio was shot in a water tank....
James Cameron, Brian Sewell and Judi Dench: a weird week in AI, reviewed
by Ryan Lambie | Sep 27, 2024 | Feature, News
Previously a skeptic, James Cameron is now a Stability board member. Plus: fake Keir Starmer and Brian Sewell. We review a weird week in AI....
PS5 Pro | 30th anniversary console has sold out, despite costing almost a grand
by Ryan Lambie | Sep 26, 2024 | Gaming
Pre-orders of a limited-edition PS5 Pro 30th anniversary edition have sold out within seconds of going live - despite costing £960....
Whatever happened to RoboCop Returns?
by Ryan Lambie | Sep 26, 2024 | Feature
For years, it looked as though 1987’s RoboCop would be getting a direct sequel, based on its screenwriters’ decades-old script. We look at the fat...
Wolfs review | Two Hollywood stars, one two-star thriller
by Ryan Lambie | Sep 26, 2024 | Reviews
Spider-Man: Homecoming director Jon Watts turns to the thriller genre with Wolfs, starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt. Our review:...
The twisted allure of Red Rooms
by Ryan Lambie | Sep 25, 2024 | News
With spoilers, we look at Pascal Plante’s mesmerising thriller, Red Rooms, and how Arthurian legend might unlock the meaning of its final act....
Stellar Blade | Makers of action game sued by film production firm over its name
by Ryan Lambie | Sep 24, 2024 | Gaming, News
Film production company Stellarblade is suing the makers of PlayStation 5 action game Stellar Blade over its name....
