With True Romance turning 30 this weekend, we look at the films Quentin Tarantino wrote but didn’t direct… Everyone knows Quentin Tarantino went from geeky video store clerk to geeky film director, but he didn’t just explode onto the scene with Reservoir Dogs (which, and this has been airbrushed out of history now, he developed […]
The Lost In Space Show That Disappeared
Neil Calloway looks at a failed attempt to bring the Lost in Space franchise back to TV… You’ll probably be familiar, if only by name or a vague recollection of a repeat when you were a kid, of the original 1960s Lost in Space, a campy pre-Star Trek sci-fi TV show about the Robinson family […]
The Wonder Woman They Didn’t Want Us To See
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 […]
The Aquaman TV Show That Failed To Make A Splash
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 […]
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. […]
Why Dirty Sci-Fi Is The Best Sci-Fi
This week Neil Calloway argues that one thing unites all the best science fiction… Guardians of the Galaxy, the original Star Wars movies, Alien, and Firefly all have something in common. The obvious thing is that they’re all science fiction, but if I was just listing sci-fi surely I’d have included Star Trek, too. They’re […]
When Classics Turn Out To Be Boring
Neil Calloway Fails To Watch Films He Has Been Told Are Great… I’ll start this by saying that I know this makes me a terrible person, I should be ashamed of myself and I need to immediately present myself at the nearest film re-education camp. I know all this, but I don’t care. The thing […]
We Love It When Actors Hate a Movie They’re In
Neil Calloway looks at when an actor realises one of their movies is a turkey… For reasons that it would take a long German word to explain, we like it when films go wrong, and we also like it when actors spill the beans about unpleasant filming experiences they’ve had. Two stories this week reinforced […]
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 […]
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 […]
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