Neil Calloway On Why The English Accent Still Reigns Supreme With Hollywood Villains… I was watching, and enjoying Logan Lucky earlier this week; it’s a well made, fresh, fun film that will make you laugh. One moment, however, had me wincing into the drink I’d snuck into the cinema (if you think I’m paying the […]
The Batman Films That Were Never Made
Neil Calloway looks at Batman movies that were planned but never shot… If you are over 30, by the end of this month you will have seen five actors play Batman on the big screen. That might seem like a lot, but it’s entirely possible that there could have been even more Batman movies down […]
His Sequel Trilogy Ideas Were George Lucas’ Worst
Neil Calloway is glad we never got the Star Wars sequels George Lucas wanted… Han smuggling monsters in The Force Awakens, the over egged Iraq War overtones of Rogue One, the jokes in The Last Jedi, that shower scene in Solo. What’s your least favourite part of the new Star Wars films? It doesn’t matter. […]
Netflix Is Great, But Cinema is Special
Neil Calloway argues that despite the strides made by streaming services, cinema is still a cut above… It’s become such a cliché that you probably sigh every time you hear it, but received wisdom is that nowadays the best TV is at least as good as, if not better than, films. First HBO, and now […]
Are Our Star Wars Expectations Too High?
Neil Calloway argues that everyone should relax when it comes to films set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… Just as the road to hell is paved with good intentions, the road to something as successful as the MCU is paved with thousands of franchises that crashed and burned before they […]
The Films That Should Be TV Shows
This week, Neil Calloway suggests some films that would work well as TV shows… With the new series of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. now underway, the Limitless TV show having just debuted in the US, and talk of a Game of Thrones movie being made (later denied). There’s even a TV show (the second, following a […]
Hollywood’s Lack Of Diversity And What BAFTA Are Doing To Change Theirs
Neil Calloway looks at the lack of diversity among directing talent in Hollywood, and what is being done about it in Britain… You probably spent most of the week laughing hysterically at the idea of a crowdfunded remake of The Last Jedi – go for it guys, I’ll be waiting – you may have missed […]
Solo: A Star Wars Story Isn’t Terrible, But It’s Not Great Either
The latest Star Wars movie wasn’t as bad as Neil Calloway expected… Back in December last year I wrote a provocative piece stating that Solo: A Star Wars Story would be terrible. As it turns out, I was wrong. It’s not terrible, but it’s not great either. On the Star Wars scale it’s more prequel […]
The Good and Bad of Danny Boyle’s Bond
Neil Calloway looks at the pitfalls and pluses of Danny Boyle directing the new Bond… After months of speculation, it’s finally been confirmed that Danny Boyle is to direct the next Bond film. First he has to get through the ordeal of making a Richard Curtis script into a film starring Ed Sheeran (just typing that […]
Lars von Trier Is Deliberately Winding You Up. Don’t Let Him.
Neil Calloway thinks we should all just ignore directors who provoke on purpose…. Since Lars von Trier’s The House That Jack Built was screened at Cannes last week, prompting walkouts from assembled critics, the Danish Dogme director has received publicity on a scale not seen since, well, since the last time he was at Cannes […]
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