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The Attractions That Would Make Star Wars Land Perfect

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This week, Neil Calloway has some ideas that could make Disney’s Star Wars Land the ultimate theme park… You’re probably aware that Disney, not content with making new films in the Star Wars series, are going to create a “Star Wars Land” at their Theme Parks. Announced at the recent “D23” Disney event (it’s like […]

Why You Shouldn’t Trust Box Office Predictions

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This week in The Callow Way, Neil Calloway looks at projected box office takings… I saw the headline and was momentarily confused “Marvel’s Ant-Man tracking $55-$60 million domestic opening weekend”. “Hold on,” I thought, “The movie hasn’t been released yet.” Then I realised it referred to its predicted, rather than actual opening box office. As […]

The Callow Way – Why Lib Dems Hate R2-D2, But UKIP Supporters Love Darth Vader

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This week Neil Calloway uncovers a poll that surveys both voting intention and favourite Star Wars characters, with some unexpected results… On Thursday, the trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens dropped at around the same time as leaders of British political parties (minus David Cameron and Nick Clegg, who obviously stayed at home to […]

The Callow Way – On the changing face of the global box office

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This week Neil Calloway looks at box office statistics from around the world… Earlier this week Flickering Myth reported on the Motion Picture Association of America Theatrical Market Statistics with the headline “Transformers: Age of Extinction officially better than The LEGO Movie…” it was true of, course, in terms of audience appeal; Michael Bay’s film […]

The Callow Way – Why I’m stopping watching trailers

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This week, Neil Calloway is suffering from trailer fatigue… 1st July 2015, 6th November 2015, 17th December 2015. What are you doing on those dates? I bet some of you know already. For those that don’t know, they are the release dates for Terminator: Genysis, the new Bond film, Spectre, and the latest film in […]

The Aquaman TV Show That Failed To Make A Splash

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Neil Calloway looks at the less than successful Aquaman TV pilot from 2006… Having been the butt of so many jokes for decades, the character of Aquaman has enjoyed a rebirth and reinvention courtesy of Jason Momoa’s portrayal in the DC Extended Universe – his appearances in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League […]

The Wonder Woman They Didn’t Want Us To See

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Neil Calloway looks at the 2011 Wonder Woman pilot… 2017’s Wonder Woman marked the return of the Amazon Princess to the big screen, the first time the character had appeared in her own live action project since the Lynda Carter fronted TV show ended in 1979. It wasn’t meant to be that way, though. Like […]

Why You Shouldn’t Be Worried About Harry Styles Appearing In Dunkirk

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This week, Neil Calloway looks forward to the former boy band star appearing in Christopher Nolan’s next film… This week the first set photos of Christopher Nolan’s forthcoming war film Dunkirk emerged, as well as the news that Tom Hardy had signed up to appear in the film. He joins a cast that includes Mark […]

The Calloway Way – Why The New Alien Movie Might Disappoint

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This week Neil Calloway is wary of Neill Blomkamp’s Alien film… When Neill Blomkamp released some of the artwork for his proposed Alien film, I was impressed – concept art for science fiction films is often better than the films themselves – and mentally filed it in my “great unmade films” drawer. It sat there […]