Movies

A fresh romance book adaptation is about to grace our screens in a few days, and it promises a delightful love story.Adapted from Emily Henry's cherished bestseller, People We Meet on Vacation became a sensation upon its 2021 release. The novel swiftly captured hearts on TikTok, with devoted readers eagerly anticipating its cinematic transformation.The story has now been brought to life by experienced director Brett Haley. The filmmaker has considerable experience adapting literature, having previously helmed Hulu's Looking For Alaska, based on John Green's widely acclaimed novel.Here's everything you need to know about People We Meet on Vacation from storyline to release date and how you can tune in.People We Meet on Vacation centres on unlikely best mates Poppy (portrayed by Emily Bad...

Netflix has just unveiled the official full-length trailer for an upcoming film starring huge Hollywood names, including Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. The crime thriller, which is just one of many 2026 films, follows a team of Miami cops who discover millions of dollars in a derelict stash house.Upon the discovery, trust amongst the group starts to fray and as outside forces learn about what has happened, there are doubts over who can be relied upon. Matt Damon said of the film: "In Miami, you have to count the money on-site, so that everybody knows how much is there."They know that it’s almost certainly cartel money that belongs to very dangerous people who are probably going to come get it. They’re on the clock, and they have to start thinking of defending where they are because they ca...

A film hailed as 'one of the best movies ever', based on a cherished franchise that recently marked its 40th anniversary, is now available for free streaming in anticipation of its eagerly awaited sequel.The family-friendly Super Mario Bros Movie has been added to ITVX at no additional charge, allowing an even wider audience to enjoy the film since its 2023 cinema debut without needing a premium subscription.This animated rendition of the Super Mario Bros series brings to life many beloved characters. The film pays homage to various classic Mario games, from his platforming roots to the wildly popular Mario Kart racing series.Yet it also puts a fresh spin on the characters, expanding the Mario family and offering a unique interpretation of how the famous brothers journey from New York t...

A new Bollywood film called Haq has just landed on Netflix following its cinema release in November 2025. The courtroom drama, which is just one of many on Netflix, centres on Bano (portrayed by Yami Gautam Dhar), a woman seeking legal recourse after her husband weds his cousin.The story chronicles her quest for justice amid the complicated intersection of faith, societal norms, and constitutional law. The Netflix production explores how legal frameworks address women's rights within the context of religious and civil legislation.Upon its original release, the film garnered widespread praise, with Filmfare's Devesh Sharma noting: "Haq is a reminder that clarity, reason and moral courage can indeed be cinematic. Watch it for its sincerity, for its grace, for its argument but above all, w...

Fans of war dramas are being urged to watch a movie on Netflix that is based on the true story of a soldier in the Iraq War. The film, which is one of many war dramas on Netflix, is set in 2003, at the start of the war, and follows Matt Ocre, a young civil affairs soldier with the Army Reserve.He had enlisted in July 2001 in order to earn some money for college and his squad was tasked with repairing a broken water system in the dangerous village of Baqubah. The film was written by Chris Roessner and was inspired by his experience as a soldier in the Iraq War.The film in question, Sand Castle, recalls his story as a machine gunner in Iraq's Sunni Triangle and it stars Nicholas Hoult in the lead role. The movie stars plenty of huge names, including Logan Marshall-Green and Henry Cavill a...

A horrific accident on a major Hollywood film set led to the tragic deaths of two children and the decapitation of 1970s film star Vic Morrow. The crew were filming for The Twilight Zone, which was co-directed by cinema titan Steven Spielberg – the creative force behind ET, Jaws, Jurassic Park and Gremlins.During the helicopter flight scene at 2.20am, on co-director John Landis' watch, seven-year-old Myca Dinh Le and six-year-old Renee Shin-Yi Chen lost their lives alongside Vic Morrow, 53; the fatal incident, reported by the New York Times, had taken place on July 23, 1982.What happened?Morrow, portraying a character named Bill Connor, was supposed to carry the two children from an abandoned village across a river during a US army chase scene, with the helicopter ominously hovering abo...

A spine-chilling horror thriller set to make viewers think twice about venturing into the water is set to air on Film 4 tonight. The Dive, a 2023 remake, recounts a terrifying event deep beneath the ocean's surface.Sisters Drew and May embark on a deep-sea diving adventure in one of the most isolated spots on earth.However, their trip takes a horrifying turn when a massive landslide sends enormous rocks crashing into the sea.One of the plummeting boulders strikes May, leaving her trapped 28 metres below the ocean's surface, immobilised and with critically low oxygen levels.It becomes a desperate race against time for Drew to save her sister's life, but in doing so, she risks her own and could pay the ultimate price.But with no help forthcoming, what other option does she have?The Dive i...

“This just might be Tarantino's masterpiece,” declares one critic, and for all intents and purposes, it really might just be.This 2019 period comedy-drama has been hailed one of iconic filmmaker Quentin Tarantino’s best directorials to date, and it’s not hard to see why.Written and helmed by Tarantino, the film is a co-production between the United Kingdom, United States, and China, and those hoping to catch it on streaming don’t have a lot of time left.Fans only have a few days to catch the film, as Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood is departing from Netflix’s loaded roster on January 7.Tarantino’s magnum opus features a star-studded cast including Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Al Pacino, Austin Butler, Dakota Fanning, Margaret Qualley, Emile Hirsch, Kurt Russell, and Tim...

Lovers of Westerns should be in the know about this 1968 classic. Once Upon a Time in the West is an epic spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Leone from a screenplay he co-wrote with Sergio Donati. It stars Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson, Gabriele Ferzetti, Woody Strode, Jack Elam, Lionel Stander, Paolo Stoppa, Frank Wolff, and Keenan Wynn.Leone decided to return after directing The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, with an aim to produce his film based on the novel The Hoods, which eventually became Once Upon a Time in America. However, he accepted an offer from Paramount Pictures, providing Henry Fonda and a budget were granted to produce another Western.When Clint Eastwood turned down an offer to play the protagonist, Bronson was offered the role, maki...

An Oscar-winning true-story film is coming to Netflix this month. Erin Brockovich is a 2000 American biographical legal drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Susannah Grant. The film is a dramatisation of the true story of Erin Brockovich, portrayed by Julia Roberts, who initiated a legal case against Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) over its alleged culpability in the Hinkley groundwater contamination incident. From 1952 to 1966, PG&E dumped about 370 million US gallons of chromium-tainted wastewater into unlined wastewater spreading ponds around the town of Hinkley, California.In 1993, legal clerk Erin Brockovich began an investigation into the health impacts of the contamination. A class-action lawsuit regarding the contamination was settled in 1996 f...