(Credits: Far Out / Medusa Distribuzione) Thu 26 December 2024 9:00, UK Over the years, Hollywood has become overpopulated with remakes and reboots, with studios like Disney and Marvel coming up with endless ways to tell the same story repeatedly. This might sound like an impressive accomplishment, but when you look at the upcoming live-action […]

(Credits: Far Out / Press) Wed 25 December 2024 11:00, UK With a constant stream of movies being released, knowing where to start can sometimes be hard. You feel guilty when you miss the highly anticipated indie darling or disappointed when you finally sit down to watch the film that everyone has been raving about, […]

(Credits: Far Out / Alamy) Wed 25 December 2024 10:36, UK Cinema’s legendary ‘Master of Suspense’ was never the sentimental type, so the prospect of Alfred Hitchcock abandoning a career built on tightly wound thrillers and riveting psychological stories in favour of celebrating the festive season always seemed slim. The director was never one for […]

(Credit: Pan American Pictures) Wed 25 December 2024 10:34, UK The ‘Video Nasty’ panic, in which the government was so concerned that impressionable young minds were too fragile to avoid being warped by the increased gore and gratuitous violence taking over the horror genre that movies were being outlawed on a regular basis, does not […]

(Credits: Far Out / Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) Tue 24 December 2024 11:00, UK Having already conquered the world of pop music, Lady Gaga has successfully branched out into acting. Her Oscar-nominated turn in Bradley Cooper’s A Star is Born caught everyone’s attention, which she followed up with a more divisive appearance […]

(Credits: Sony Pictures Releasing) Tue 24 December 2024 10:11, UK After a troubled press tour in support of It Ends With Us, the film’s lead actor, Blake Lively, accused director and co-star Justin Baldoni of creating a smear campaign against her following her claims of sexual harassment. Now, another co-star, Brandon Sklenar, has posted in […]

(Credits: Raph Pour-Hashemi) Tue 24 December 2024 10:03, UK It’s getting to that time of year when we all start to reflect upon the past 365 days and drum up some resolutions to see us into the new year. For Sir Paul McCartney, who has just finished his incredible Got Back world tour, his new […]

(Credits: Far Out / YouTube Still) Mon 23 December 2024 11:29, UK After the intense success of Barbie in 2023, it is no surprise that Mattel are committing more of their iconic names to the silver screen. Most notably, a film based on the Masters of the Universe franchise is currently in the works with […]

(Credits: Far Out / CBS Television) Mon 23 December 2024 11:00, UK Lucille Ball was a groundbreaking comedian during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Starting her career as an actor playing supporting roles in boilerplate musicals and film noirs, she made the leap to the then-obscure and experimental medium of television in 1951. Teaming up […]

(Credits: Far Out / Alamy) Mon 23 December 2024 10:00, UK Although he’s sometimes grouped in with the punk movement of the 1970s, Ian Dury‘s musical style stretched far wider than three chords. With the Blockheads, he combined funk, reggae, new wave and jazz with classic rock and roll, which helped to mark the group […]