The Fred Rogers biopic starring Tom Hanks has undergone a title change. Formerly known as You Are My Friend, the film has now been officially titled A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, after the theme song of Rogers’ beloved television series. Directed by Marielle Heller (Diary of a Teenage Girl), the film stars Hanks as Mr. Rogers, […]
End of an era as BBC cancels long-running Film show after 48 years
In this era of YouTube trailers and breaking news movie reviews trending on Twitter, it was a miracle that the BBC’s late-night flagship film show had lasted this long, but today it has been announced that the Film… series, made popular by Barry Norman, will not be given a 2019 iteration. First broadcast in 1971, […]
The Favourite leads the Online Film Critics Society Awards nominations
The Online Film Critics Society has announced the nominees for its 2019 awards, with Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite leading the field with eight nominations including Best Picture, Best Director (Lanthimos), Best Lead Actress (Olivia Colman) and Best Supporting Actress (Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone). Following hot on The Favourite’s heels is Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma with seven nominations, […]
DC Universe teases 2019 line-up with sizzle reel trailer
DC Entertainment has unveiled a new 2019 sizzle reel trailer showcasing some of the original and classic content coming to the DC Universe streaming service in the next twelve months. This January sees the launch of its second original series Young Justice: Outsiders, which will be followed later in the year by Doom Patrol, Swamp […]
Glass gets two new international posters
With less than a month to go until the release of M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass, we’ve got two new international posters for the hotly-anticipated superhero thriller featuring Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson), David Dunn (Bruce Willis), and Kevin Wendell Crumb (James McAvoy); take a look here… SEE ALSO: M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass tracking $75 million […]
Trailer for Teen Spirit starring Elle Fanning
Bleecker Street has released a new trailer for writer-director Max Minghella’s upcoming musical drama Teen Spirit which stars Elle Fanning, Rebecca Hall, Zlatko Buric, and Agnieszka Grochowska; watch it here… Violet (Elle Fanning) is a shy teenager who dreams of escaping her small town and pursuing her passion to sing. With the help of an unlikely […]
The Millennium Films Problem
Tom Jolliffe looks at the output and upcoming slate of Millennium Films… For around 20 years now, Millennium – which spawned off as a theatrical venture from their lucrative straight to video production company Nu Image (which produced countless action and horror pics in Africa, and then more prominently, Bulgaria) – has been producing mid-budget […]
Two new promo posters for Captain Marvel
Marvel Studios is set to kick off the 2019 superhero season this March with the release of the Brie Larson-headlined Captain Marvel, and with the marketing campaign now picking up pace two new promotional posters have arrived online, which we have for you here… SEE ALSO: Captain Marvel tops list of the most anticipated movies […]
David Harbour on the brutality of the Hellboy reboot
From the moment it was first announced that the Hellboy franchise would be rebooted, we’ve been told that the new movie would offer a departure from Guillermo del Toro’s two films, instead offering a hard-R adaptation of the comic book series that is “more violent and more bloody” than its predecessors. Well, we didn’t get […]
DC’s Aquaman dominates the Christmas box office, passes $600 million worldwide
After comfortably fending off competition from Mary Poppins Returns and Bumblebee over the Friday to Sunday period with $72.1 million, Warner Bros. and DC Films Aquaman continued its dominance of the North American box office over Christmas with a total five-day opening of $105 million. The Jason Momoa-headlined superhero blockbuster earned $22.1 million on Christmas […]