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Universal Picture’s 1998 slate had Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis, George Clooney and a pair of sequels – but the studio would struggle to find a hit

In our spot on the site where we chat about wellbeing and mental health, a few ideas for dealing with not easy things happening in life

How an Italian film of 2016 has already notched up 18 different remakes – and there are likely more on the way as well

In our spot where we recommend books for younger readers, one for young adult readers (and maybe their teachers)

As Henry Selick’s glorious animated take on James & The Giant Peach reaches 25, a personal response and a look at how films help us in dark times

Lee Greenhough on how he made a feature film shooting over four days for less than the price of a second hand car

A marketing idea for 2006’s Mission: Impossible III led to newspaper dispensers being blown up and Paramount Pictures facing a legal threat

To be or not to be? That is not one of the questions in this week’s film quiz, but we have got some Shakespeare-related movie teasers to offer

Our podcast recommendation of the week? It has something of a horror edge to it, and there are hundreds of episodes to enjoy

After the success of the Twilight films, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson have both built a terrific body of work – we take a look

Problem Child was originally going to be a much darker movie than the one we got – and it never shook those eventual Home Alone comparisons

In our spot on the site where we chat about mental health – and with a trigger warning – a conversation about suicide and loss