Flickering Myth

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Let’s Not Ban A Show Before It’s Made

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Neil Calloway thinks we should wait to see if Confederate is any good… While some of us are intrigued and excited by the news this week that HBO are planning an alternate history series Confederate, which portrays a United States where slavery is still legal, there are others who have taken a different view. A […]

Are These Really The Best British Films Ever?

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A new list says more about Britain than it does the films it honours… To mark the opening of the refurbished Vue West End in London this week, a poll was released showing what the public though was the best British film. Of course, if we’ve learnt anything over the past eighteen months then it’s […]

Paying Men Less Isn’t The Answer To Gender Equality In Hollywood

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Neil Calloway is unimpressed with new revelations this week… Friday saw an interview with Emma Stone published, where she admitted that some of her male co-stars had taken pay cuts so that she received an equal salary to them. Now, I’d happily appear in a film alongside Emma Stone for the price of a bag […]

Are Disney The Best People For Star Wars?

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Neil Calloway thinks the troubled Han Solo film proves Disney’s hearts aren’t in the right place… So, with the news that Phil Lord and Chris Miller have left the Han Solo movie, it’s time to ask if Disney really are the best people to move the Star Wars franchise forward. Of course, films run into […]

Tom Cruise And Why Top Gun 2 Should Be Canned

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Neil Calloway says it’s time Hollywood started saying no to Cruise… It’s a cliché to say success has many fathers while failure is an orphan, but it’s no less true for that. The most recent example of this in Hollywood is everyone disowning The Mummy and blaming its poor box office on star Tom Cruise […]

Five TV Shows and Films That Need Virtual Reality Spin Offs

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Neil Calloway imagines some projects that you should be able to enjoy in Virtual Reality… This week’s news that Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan wants to “do something” involving the show and Virtual Reality may seem odd, but in a world where we want increasing interactivity, it’s not too surprising that familiar properties will want […]