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Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein may be coming to Netflix this autumn, but it’s not the only new movie about the classic horror arriving within the next year.Christian Bale stars as Frankenstein’s monster opposite Jessie Buckley’s Bride of Frankenstein in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s upcoming movie The Bride!The new film’s synopsis reads: “A lonely Frankenstein (Bale) travels to 1930s Chicago to ask groundbreaking scientist Dr Euphronious (five-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening) to create a companion for him.“The two revive a murdered young woman and The Bride (Buckley) is born. What ensues is beyond what either of them imagined: Murder! Possession! A wild and radical cultural movement! And outlaw lovers in a wild and combustible romance!”The bonkers first trailer has landed for the new take on...

Avengers Doomsday recently wrapped filming just outside of London, featuring an epic Marvel cast.Joining Robert Downey Jr’s Doctor Doom are the likes of Chris Hemsworth’s Thor, Thunderbolts, Fantastic Four and the original 2000s X-Men cast.The multiverse epic is just part 1 ahead of 2027’s Avengers Secret Wars, which the Russo Brothers have also returned to direct.No stills have been released from the highly secretive set just yet, but official promotional art on a piece of merchandise clothing has leaked.Shared by scooper MyTimeToShineHello on X, the image features a first look at characters in costume.

Putting Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell opposite one another in a romcom would appear to be a perfect recipe. However, the recent release of A Big Bold Beautiful Journey would beg to differ. The film, released on September 19, has received mixed reviews from fans and critics alike.A Big Bold Beautiful Journey is a 2025 American romantic fantasy film directed by Kogonada and written by Seth Reiss. The film stars Kevin Kline, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge alongside Robbie and Farrell.The film's synopsis reads: "Some doors bring you to your past. Some doors lead you to your future. And some doors change everything. Sarah (Robbie) and David (Farell) are single strangers who meet at a mutual friend's wedding and soon, through a surprising twist of fate, find themselves on A Big Bold Beautiful Jou...

It has been a big year for cinema, with the release of the likes of Sinners, Celine Song's Materialists, and the final instalment of Mission Impossible. Yet, as of this month, film releases are levelling up ahead of Oscar season. This month has offered the most variety of the entire year, and now, BBC Culture has revealed the nine best films to watch this September.It said: "Here are the films to see this month, including Leonardo DiCaprio’s comedy-action-thriller, a sequel to music mockumentary Spinal Tap and the last Downton Abbey."So, if you're looking for some inspiration, here is a little bit about the best nine films to watch this month.One Battle After AnotherOne Battle After Another is a 2025 American epic action thriller film written, produced, and directed by Paul Thomas Ander...

There are certain directors and actors that, when their names appear in the credits, you already know the film is going to be special. Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are one of those pairings. The duo have created some of the most memorable films of the last few decades. Among their many collaborations is a film that has been described as “one of the greatest psychological thrillers ever made”.The movie was released in 2010 and immediately became a box office success, grossing nearly $295 million worldwide. It also gave Scorsese his highest-grossing opening weekend at the time and went on to be named one of the top 10 films of the year by the National Board of Review.That film is Shutter Island. Set in 1954, it follows US Marshal Edward “Teddy” Daniels, played by DiCaprio, as he ...

Before the advent of CGI, film sets often had millions of pounds invested in them only to be abandoned after shooting. This was the case for the 1993 blockbuster The Fugitive, featuring Harrison Ford.In one memorable scene, Ford's character leaps off a waterfall, but it's his dramatic escape sequence that truly stands out. Here, a freight train collides with fugitive Richard Kimble's transport bus, resulting in utter devastation.Remarkably, this wreckage was never cleared away and remains as a frozen snapshot in time in the Great Smoky Mountains between Tennessee and North Carolina. The scene was filmed on a section of the Smoky Mountain Railroad using a real train and bus, along with life-sized props instead of miniatures.The process was straightforward - filmmakers positioned a full-s...

Many fans of the film American Psycho — which tells the story of a wealthy New York investment banker — probably don't realise that there was a sequel to the 2000 release.The original plot tells the tale of yuppie Patrick Bateman, who leads a double life as a sadistic serial killer in a superficial world that sees him indulging his violent urges in a bid to feel alive.Set in the materialistic world of 1980s Wall Street, American Psycho follows a handsome and wealthy young man who hides a second life as a brutal and indiscriminate murderer.It stars Christian Bale as the protagonist, Willem Dafoe as a police detective, and Jared Leto as one of Bateman's coworkers, whom he later murders.Reese Witherspoon also stars as Bateman's fiance in the story, which is based on the 1991 novel by Bret ...

Mubi is an underrated global streaming platform that not everyone knows about. It is home to many independent arthouse movies and documentaries, but also many of the classics, from In the Mood for Love to Aftersun. The platform also produces and theatrically distributes films by emerging and established filmmakers, which are exclusively available on its platform - it's definitely worth checking out if you haven't already done so. The viewers of Mubi have been voting for the film that they rate the highest, this week the choice is Paterson. Paterson is a 2016 drama film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, and starring Adam Driver as a bus driver and poet named Paterson, and Golshifteh Farahani as his wife, who dreams of being a country music star while opening a cupcake business.The fi...

Movie lovers will be devastated to hear that a hit Hollywood classic hailed the ‘best’ film of all time will be leaving BBC IPlayer in a matter of hours. Released in 1972 this Oscar-winning adaptation of Mario Puzo’s epic bestseller The Godfather is a Shakespearean-style tragedy of a man's moral downfall.Focusing on the powerful Italian-American crime family of Don Vito Corleone, this mythic gangster film is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made. It is also hailed as a landmark of the gangster genre, breaking many box office records to become the highest grossing film of 1972. The Godfather was even nominated for seven awards at the 30th Golden Globe Awards.Starring Hollywood heavyweights such as Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, The GodFather went on to become...

Finnish World War 2 action movie Sisu is a hidden gem, having hit No 1 on the Netflix UK film chart last year.Set during 1944’s Lapland War, the original film follows a Finnish Army commando turned gold prospector attempting to defend himself from being robbed and murdered by a Waffen-SS platoon.Influenced by the Spaghetti Westerns of Sergio Leone and Rambo First Blood, this gory flick received critical acclaim upon release and is now getting a sequel.But now World War 2 has just ended, this time around, he’s not taking on the Nazis, but the Soviets, and specifically Stephen Lang’s Red Army commander.The first review reactions are in from the film’s premiere at Fantastic Festival in Austin, Texas and it sounds like another smash.Discussing FilmSISU: ROAD TO REVENGE absolutely rips. An e...