The highly anticipated silver screen return of Godzilla arrives with Godzilla Minus Zero which serves as the direct cinematic sequel following the events of Godzilla Minus One and has been given a 15 age rating in the UK for strong injury detail.

The movie stars Ryunosuke Kamiki who has been seen previously in Your Name~2016 and Fortunas Eye. It also stars Minami Hamabe, who has previously been seen in Godzilla Minus One and Detective Conan The Scarlet Bullet.

Directing duties go to Takashi Yamazaki, who has previously brought us Godzilla Minus One and Always Sunset On Third Street.

Movie Synopsis

War reduced Japan to zero, and Godzilla plunged it into minus. Two years have passed since then, and the country has faced agonizing struggles to achieve recovery and finally reclaim its daily life. Just as humanity managed to cling to a hard-won peace, a new threat strikes, crushing hope in an instant.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Godzilla Minus Zero
• BBFC age rating: 15 Certificate
• Reason: strong injury detail
• Classification Date: 6th November 2026
• Runtime: 135 minutes (2 hours 15 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Takashi Yamazaki
• Starring:
  • Ryunosuke Kamiki
  • Minami Hamabe
  • Yuki Yamada
  • Kuranosuke Sasaki

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The box office is officially swinging back into action. This weekend, Sony and Marvel Studios are finally launching the highly anticipated Spider-Man: Brand New Day across the UK. Thanks to Wednesday and Thursday preview screenings, the web-slinger has already scooped up an astonishing £5.82 million.

That jaw-dropping figure locks it in as the second-highest pre-screening take in UK cinema history. The ultimate box office crown is still safely held by Avengers: Endgame, which brought in a massive £11.9 million during its 2019 debut.

Beating the Avengers Across the Atlantic

While Spidey couldn't quite topple Earth's Mightiest Heroes in the UK, it absolute crushed them in North America. Spider-Man: Brand New Day completely rewrote the history books by pulling in $72 million over its Thursday previews. That effortlessly bypassed Avengers: Endgame, which previously held the record at $60 million.

With massive hype following Peter Parker's new grounded reality, the film is currently tracking toward a monumental global opening weekend. Some bullish predictions even suggest a worldwide debut pushing past $900 million.

A new poster has been released for upcoming movie Dumb Money which can seen in full if you scroll down this page.

Movie breakdown

• The movie is due for release in the UK on 1st January 1970
• It is due for release in North America on 22nd September 2023
• It stars among others Paul Dano (Where the Wild Things Are) and Pete Davidson (The Dirt)
• It is directed by Craig Gillespie
• The movie also stars America Ferrera, Nick Offerman and Seth Rogen

Synopsis for Dumb Money

In 2021, a group of rag-tag amateur investors from the Reddit page, Wall Street Bets, band together in a David-vs-Goliath GameStop short squeeze that crushes one of the biggest hedge funds on Wall Street and upends the establishment.

Check out the Salty Popcorn movie page for more information on this upcoming film.

Maverick director Paul Thomas Anderson chose a couple of upcoming stars for his latest movie which is a coming of age love story set in 1973 which has been given a 15 age rating.

The movie stars Alana Haim as the 25 year old love interest of Cooper Hoffman with help from Sean Penn and Tom Waits.

The movie is directed by Paul Thomas Anderson who is best known for his fantastic observation of the porn industry in Boogie Nights.

Movie Synopsis

A drama in which a teenager and his 25 year old crush navigate life and first loves whilst growing up in 1973 in the San Fernando Valley.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Licorice Pizza
• BBFC age rating: 15 Certificate
• Reason: strong language, sex references
• Release date: 1st January 2022
• Runtime: 134m (2 hour 14 minutes)
• Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
• Starring: Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Bradley Cooper

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Tivo have today announced that they are releasing what they call the 'Next Generation' of PVR to market later this year in the US and UK.

Unlike last time when the PVR giants tried the UK market and got crushed by Sky they are joining forces with Virgin Media ands their set top boxes.

So what's all the fuss about Next Generation? It all boils down to the new boxes being more user centric and they will be able to, not only show broadcast programmes from standard TV channels but also show internet based video from the likes of YouTube and iPlayer.

Making this even more powerful is the ability to use one search for all the internet channels and broadcast channels, so you could search for Eastenders and it would not only return results for iPlayed but any other outlet broadcasting Eastenders related material.

Tivo are also claiming that it will learn while you watch and start suggesting what programmes you may like based on what you have watched in the past, this is also a continual learning process.

The new boxes will be higher specked than the current boxes with larger hard drives and wireless internet connections that will be able to broadcast in full 1080p.

We're not sure this is the future of PVR's or simply a natural evolution but it's good to see Tivo trying the UK market again even if it is through a partnership with Virgin Media.

Check out more information on the Tivo website.