This week, Neil Calloway argues that it doesn’t matter how old an actor is… On Tuesday it was reported that, from next year, websites like the IMDb will have to remove details of people mentioned on the site when requested. The Customer Records bill AB-1687 might not sound like much (I thought AB-1687 was a […]
Why Liking Bad Films Means You’re Smarter Than Average
If you’re constantly getting abuse from your friends about your taste in films, Neil Calloway says help may be at hand from a recent study… In what appears to be the cinematic equivalent of those studies that receive an inordinate amount of publicity when they trumpet the fact that gorging yourself on chocolate and red […]
Why Are Film Sets Increasingly Troubled Places?
This week, Neil Calloway looks at why franchise movies seem to spawn arguments between film-makers and studios… Rumours of a troubled production – and two differing cuts – of Suicide Squad add to a growing list of films that appear to have led to arguments and disagreements between the creative teams behind them and the […]
In Praise Of The Short Series
Neil Calloway wishes TV producers would quit while they are ahead… The news was as disappointing as it was depressingly inevitable. The Night Manager – the best “limited drama” (we used to call them miniseries, but that makes it sound like a cheap daytime melodrama) of last year, is getting a sequel. I should be […]
The new Ghostbusters film will disappoint, and it’s all your fault
This week, Neil Calloway argues that toying with classics only leads to disappointment… This week the much-anticipated first trailer for the much-anticipated Ghostbusters remake debuted, to a lukewarm reaction (from the Flickering Myth team here at least). Now, you can’t judge films on trailers, and this might come back to haunt me when the film […]
Five Films From The 1980s That Need An All-Female Remake
This week Neil Calloway looks at more 80s films that would benefit from a gender reversal remake… With the official synopsis of the new Ghostbusters film announced this week, soon after Dan Aykroyd saying it might be better than the original (given that he has a cameo in the new film, he’s probably contractually obliged […]
Why Are More Actors Than Ever Appearing In Commercials?
This week, Neil Calloway looks at why more actors than ever are promoting products… The imminent release of the new Bond film, means we can expect a few things; exotic locations, impressive stunts, thinly veiled misogyny and, perhaps most importantly, lucrative commercial tie ins. If you’ve been to the cinema in Britain recently, or even […]
When Actors Stop Acting And Start Living A Role
This week, Neil Calloway argues that method acting is often unnecessary… This week it was revealed that Jared Leto sent pornography and condoms to his Suicide Squad co-stars in preparation for his role as the Joker. When I did that with my work colleagues I got arrested, but it turns out to be OK if […]
Why Are The Highest Paid in Hollywood All Men?
This week in The Callow Way, the release of the highest paid actors in film coincided with the news of a study of the lack of diversity in film… When he was in and out of court, and court ordered rehab, and prison, at the turn of the century, you’d have got decent odds that […]
The Actors Who Could Have Starred In Films, But Didn’t
Star Wars famously takes place a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, and this week we found out about a parallel universe of casting in the film series. Neil Calloway looks at the actors who didn’t star in films, but could have… The news that Michael Jackson wanted to play Jar Jar […]
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