Cinema Is Becoming a Monopoly (Again)
Streaming services are ensuring a monopoly of the film industry, undermining the Sherman Antitrust Act that dissolved a studio monopoly in 1948. Read about how in this piece by Jamie Williams.
Read MoreStreaming services are ensuring a monopoly of the film industry, undermining the Sherman Antitrust Act that dissolved a studio monopoly in 1948. Read about how in this piece by Jamie Williams.
Read More2024 Oscars Documentary Short Subject nominee ‘Nai Nai & Wài Pó’, from director Sean Wang, is soft and easy cinema, a supreme aesthetic creation. Review by Joseph Wade.
Read MoreSingular director David Lowery turns his hand to the story of Peter Pan in new Disney Plus live-action fantasy film ‘Peter Pan and Wendy’ (2023), starring Jude Law. Review by Sam Sewell-Peterson.
Read MoreThe Sanderson Sisters return in Disney’s ‘Hocus Pocus 2’, starring Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker. It fails to live up to the original, but has moments of magic. Review by Emi Grant.
Read MoreRobert Zemeckis (‘Back to the Future’, ‘Forrest Gump’) reimagines classic Walt Disney Animation ‘Pinocchio’ in CG/live-action for Disney Plus. Review by Sam Sewell-Peterson.
Read MoreThe Predator has returned for Dan Trachtenberg’s 2022 film ‘Prey’, “a lean, mean and completely thrilling hunter vs hunted historical action movie”. Review by Sam Sewell-Peterson.
Read MoreTwentieth Century Studios are developing a new feature film adaptation of Alan Moore’s iconic comic series “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen”. Report by George Taylor.
Read MorePixar’s 2022 Disney Plus animated film ‘Turning Red’, a “passionate and personal work” from ‘Bao’ director Domee Shi, has “big emotional beats in abundance”. Review by Sam Sewell-Peterson.
Read More‘Home Sweet Home Alone’ (2021) dares to stand where a classic once did, this 6th ‘Home Alone’ film from Dan Mazer and available on Disney Plus now. Review by Joseph Wade.
Read MoreAll 2021 Warner Bros films will be available to stream on HBO Max the same day as they are released in cinemas. Full news story by Joseph Wade.
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