James Hanton

Edinburgh

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Thunderbolts* Leads The Way, Sinners Again Exceptional In Second (UK Box Office)

1 month ago | filmhounds.co.uk | James Hanton

Disney's Thunderbolts* has opened at the top of the UK box office, earning £5 million across its debut weekend. The 36th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) stars Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, and Wyatt Russell as part of a team of anti-heroes and criminals who need to join forces against a sinister threat. Lewis Pullman, David Harbour, and Hannah John-Kamen also feature.
Snow White Stays Top While A Working Man Opens In Second (UK Box Office)

2 months ago | filmhounds.co.uk | James Hanton

Snow White remains at the top of the UK box office for a second week, ahead of A Working Man which has opened in second place. Disney's latest live-action reimagining, starring Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot, is now up to £6.8 million following its second week in cinemas. Screen Daily reports that this is down on the £16.2 million recorded by The Little Mermaid (2023) at the same stage. It is, however, ahead of the £4.5 million grossed by the Emma Stone-starring Cruella (2021) after two weeks.
Keanu Reeves To Return For John Wick 5

2 months ago | filmhounds.co.uk | James Hanton

Lionsgate has confirmed that a fifth entry in the main John Wick franchise is in development, with Keanu Reeves set to return as the eponymous, legendary hitman. Lionsgate chair Adam Fogelson announced the news at CinemaCon. Fogelson also confirmed that long-time franchise director Chad Stahelski is returning for the new film. Thunder Road producers Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee are also involved, having produced all four previous films.
Arrow Video Shares Exclusive Clip From Booger

2 months ago | filmhounds.co.uk | James Hanton

Arrow Video has announced that they will be releasing Mary Dauterman's comedy-horror Booger on Blu-ray and digital next month, following its limited theatrical release last year. Arrow's official synopsis of Booger reads “Anna, a young New Yorker, is consumed with overwhelming grief after the sudden death of her best friend and roommate, Izzy. Struggling to cope, Anna becomes fixated on finding Booger, the stray cat she and Izzy took in together.
My Meat's Still Good: Mickey 17 And Male Bodily Autonomy

2 months ago | filmhounds.co.uk | James Hanton

Throughout the history of cinema, the male body has always been linked to the relentless grind of capitalism and the cruel whims of its enactors. Think of the toiling workers and their menial tasks in Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927), or Charlie Chaplin in Modern Times (1936). Since the advent of science fiction, movies have found even more imaginative ways to explore and dissect the idea that the performative, exploited, and spectacularised male body is an essential cog in the economic machine.
A Monstrous Wonder Of Science - Godzilla vs. Biollante (4K Review)

2 months ago | filmhounds.co.uk | James Hanton

Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) is the second film of Godzilla's Heisei era and the creature's cinematic resurgence in the 1980s. It follows directly from the events of The Return of Godzilla (1984), which after a prior decade full of kooky wonders and outlandishness returned the King of the Monsters to his sombre, darker roots. At the beginning of Godzilla vs.
Devil May Cry Trailer Released By Netflix

2 months ago | filmhounds.co.uk | James Hanton

Netflix has released a trailer for their upcoming anime series Devil May Cry. The new show, which adapts the game franchise of the same name, has been created by Castlevania (2017-2021) showrunner Adi Shankar. The cast includes Johnny Yong Bosch, Scout Taylor-Compton, Hoon Lee, and Chris Coppola. The Devil May Cry franchise centres on a demon hunter named Dante who thwarts supernatural, demonic invasions of Earth. To date, the games have sold over 32 million copies worldwide.
Mickey 17 Debuts Top of The Charts (UK Box Office)

2 months ago | filmhounds.co.uk | James Hanton

Bong Joon-ho's Mickey 17 has opened at the top of the UK box office with £2.1 million. The science fiction black comedy, starring Robert Pattinson, centres on a research worker who repeatedly dies on his missions and is then cloned so he can be sent out for more, complete with all his old memories and personality. This is complicated however when he unexpectedly returns from a mission to find that a new clone has already been produced.
Bridget Jones Stays Top While The Last Showgirl Opens In The Top Five (UK Box Office)

Mar 6, 2025 | filmhounds.co.uk | James Hanton

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy has stayed at the top of the UK box office for a third week, while Gia Coppola's The Last Showgirl opens in fifth. The fourth entry in the Bridget Jones franchise made an additional £4.1 million last weekend. This takes its box office total to £36 million. Mad About the Boy will overtake the total gross of Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) this week.
24th WOW Film Festival Details Released

Mar 3, 2025 | filmhounds.co.uk | James Hanton

Organisers have released details about the 24th WOW Wales One World Film Festival, which begins later this month. WOW is the only UK festival that specialises in screening films predominantly from Latin America, Asia, and Africa. The festival also showcases new feature-length and short films from Wales.