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The Actors Who Could Have Starred In Films, But Didn’t

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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 […]

The Callow Way – The Death Of The Theatrical Premiere?

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This week Neil Calloway looks at the changing face of how films are released… This week, two unrelated stories seemed like they could herald the end of films debuting in the cinema. First there was the news that Ricky Gervais’s new film, Special Correspondents, his third as director, would get its premiere on Netflix. This […]

Interview: Craig Johnson Co-Writer/Director of The Skeleton Twins

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Craig Johnson chats about The Skeleton Twins, out on DVD and Digital HD now… Harrison Pierce: Can you talk a little bit about the genesis of this project? Craig Johnson: I co-wrote it with my buddy, Mark Heyman, while we were still grad students at N.Y.U. [New York University]. Mark actually knew someone who was […]

Interview: Director Rob Baard talks The Ninja Immovable Heart

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david j. moore chats with The Ninja Immovable Heart director and star Rob Baard… The endurance of the ninja genre is evident in 2015 with Rob Baard’s debut feature film The Ninja Immovable Heart, currently out on DVD across the US (and out in the UK as Ninja on April 20). Baard, a 4th degree […]

The Big Risks: Hollywood’s big gambles in 2015

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Anghus Houvouras on Hollywood’s big gambles of 2015… 2015 has the potential to be a landmark year for film. By now you’re familiar with the slew of big budget blockbusters being lined up at theaters this year. There’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Jurassic World, as well as new installments […]

The Callow Way – How a Hollywood flop got £20 million from the British taxpayer

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This week Neil Calloway looks how 47 Ronin qualified for a subsidy from the UK government… Have you seen 47 Ronin? If you haven’t, I wouldn’t bother if I was you. It’s That-Historical-Film-You’ve-Seen-A-Hundred-Times-Before. An outsider, after being saved by the daughter of a great man, helps a group of natives. It’s very very loosely based […]

The Oscar Race or the Oscar Master Race: Sexism, Racism, and the All-White Award Show

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Anghus Houvouras on the Academy Awards and a lack of diversity… ‘Armchair quarterback’. It’s a popular phrase here in the United States, referring to those know-it-all fans who sit in their armchairs yelling at the screen during a football game. Some d-bag who is certain that he or she can make better decisions than the […]

Interview: Noah Emmerich on The Americans Season 2

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Paul Risker chats with Noah Emmerich about The Americans Season 2… Ten years after graduating from Yale University, New Yorker Noah Emmerich began mapping his route to the big screen. Unlike many others, whose sights are set on being a leading man in Hollywood, Emmerich found his voice in character roles such as friend and […]