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The Calloway Way – A Record Year at the UK Box Office?

February 8, 2015 by Neil Calloway

This week Neil Calloway looks at the recently released figures for UK film in 2014… This week the BFI research and statistics unit released figures for the UK box office in 2014. The good news is that it was a record year for UK films in 2014. The bad news is that UK cinema admissions […]

Birdman: Let Down By a Terrible Ending

February 6, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Anthony Stokes on Birdman and its ending (major spoilers follow)… When I first heard about Birdman, I was cautious; I tend to get annoyed with any movie that does the “one long take” gimmick because it seems to serve little purpose besides drawing attention to itself, and add in the idiosyncratic score, and it seemed […]

Is the landscape of gaming changing?

February 3, 2015 by Tom Powter

Tom Powter on whether the landscape of gaming is changing… When it was released in 2012, Journey quickly became one of the most critically acclaimed games of the generation. The utterly beautiful little adventure showed people that games didn’t have to be dark, gritty and full of guns. Nor did they have to be big-budget, […]

The Callow Way – The Possible Future of Cinema?

February 1, 2015 by Neil Calloway

This week Neil Calloway looks at two new technologies that could change our film-going experience… If you go to watch Kingsman: The Secret Service in Milton Keynes this weekend, you might be in for a surprise if your seat starts shaking. Don’t worry, it’s not an earthquake, but you’re watching a 4D release of the […]

The Callow Way – Why We Like Special Forces Movies

January 25, 2015 by Neil Calloway

This week Neil Calloway looks why American Sniper is breaking box office records… I’ve read a lot about American Sniper since it was released; about the fake plastic babies it uses instead of real children, about how Michael Moore said snipers were cowards (and then backtracked and said he liked the film), about how it […]

Interview: Noah Emmerich on The Americans Season 2

January 25, 2015 by Gary Collinson

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 […]

The Game of Thrones Season 5: The Extension for a Globally Popular Franchise

January 23, 2015 by Gary Collinson

There was great news for Game of Thrones fans recently, as for the first ever HBO has commissioned not one but two seasons of the same show. This means that season five is going to be premiered in America on the 12th April 2015, while it is thought that the sixth season will be released […]

Sniping at American Sniper

January 22, 2015 by Gary Collinson

D.J. Haza on American Sniper… This week I ventured out into the cold to see the much hyped and discussed American Sniper. With 6 Oscar nominations in the bag and Clint Eastwood at the helm I was hoping for an interesting watch. However, it’s the aftermath that seems to be grabbing the headlines! A good […]

Winter Is Coming – Are You Ready for a New Season of Game of Thrones?

January 20, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Game of Thrones is one of the most successful television series out and has had audiences hooked since 2011. The popular fantasy drama is based on a book series by the American writer George R. R. Martin and this spring sees the show return for its fifth season. If you prefer watching the show or […]

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

January 19, 2015 by Anghus Houvouras

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 […]