Matthew Lee ranks Guy Ritchie’s films from worst to best… To coincide with the release Guy Ritchie’s latest comedy spy caper The Man from U.N.C.L.E., we’re looking back on his prior films to see how they stand today. Let’s see if time has been either kind, or harsh, towards his back catalogue. Sometimes retrospect can add further appreciation to […]
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 […]
Sherlock Holmes 3 is on the way; Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law are “very interested”
On the press tour for Guy Ritchie’s The Man From U.N.C.L.E., his producing partner Lionel Wigram announced that they were working on a third Sherlock Holmes movie. “We’re working on a Sherlock Holmes 3 script” Wigram told IGN. “I think we would all love to do one if we could come up with something that […]
Interviews: Try a New Form of Questioning
Simon Columb on press junket interviews… I listen to many film podcasts. When I get behind, I’ll try and desperately catch up and inevitably listen to interviews with the same guest on different shows. This means that if Tom Cruise is speaking on various podcasts, then I’ll hear Cruise speak time and again about his new […]
Robert Downey Jr. tops list of Hollywood’s highest paid actors for the third year in a row
For the third consecutive year, Robert Downey Jr. has topped Forbes’ list of the highest-paid actors in the world, with his back-end deal for Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron helping to propel the star to a whopping $80 million dollar haul over the past twelve months. And with Captain America: Civil War on the horizon, […]
Paul Thomas Anderson to write Robert Downey Jr.’s Pinocchio movie
Well, here’s some surprising news… Warner Bros. and Robert Downey Jr. have enlisted a new screenwriter for their planned live-action Pinocchio movie, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood, Inherent Vice) has signed on to pen the script with a view to directing. The project – which will see […]
New Spider-Man Tom Holland screen tested with Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans for Captain America: Civil War
Last night we got the official confirmation that Tom Holland (The Impossible) would be the latest actor to bring Spider-Man to the big screen, kicking off with Captain America: Civil War next year. Holland beat out over 1500 other actors to land the role, and apparently screen tested with both Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark/Iron […]
Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man and William Hurt’s Thunderbolt Ross join Captain America: Civil War, official synopsis released
Hot on the heels of the announcement that Emily VanCamp was returning for Captain America: Civil War, Marvel Studios has begun production on the blockbuster sequel at Pinewood Studios in Atlanta. Not only that, but it looks as though Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man will feature in the movie, along with William Hurt reprising his role as Thunderbolt Ross […]
Movie Review – Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Avengers: Age of Ultron,2015. Directed by Joss Whedon. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Samuel L. Jackson, Paul Bettany, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, James Spader, Thomas Kretschmann, Cobie Smulders, Claudia Kim, Andy Serkis, Don Cheadle, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Hayley Atwell and Linda Cardellini. SYNOPSIS: When Tony Stark […]
Is it time for a new Iron Man?
Anghus Houvouras on whether it’s time for a new Iron Man… Sometimes an actor is so perfectly suited for a role you can’t even imagine anyone else in the part. That was certainly the case when we first saw Robert Downey Jr. playing Tony Stark in Marvel’s Iron Man. He had the suave, debonair, devil-may-care […]
