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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 2h

I watched this today. I can safely say my life has changed. There was a time before a Hard Ticket to Hawaii. I barely remember it. And now I live in a post Hard Ticket to Hawaii world.

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Short film script call out. Looking for erotic/sexy thrillers. Ideally akin to The Housemaid rather than 365 Days. A nice location, handful of characters etc. Nothing that requires a super high budget for a short. Under 15 pages would be preferable. #filmsky #scriptsky #shortfilm #filmmaking

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Sky's new docudrama The Wargame saying the show contains AI generated action scenes. Get to fuck with that shit. I was already unsure about watching due to the questionable casting, but the AI factor easily makes for a quick turn off.

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Click the link to view the poster for Each Coming Night. A short I produced earlier in the year. We've been trying to get this made since October '22. And this weekend we're having our cast and crew screening! www.short-stuff.com/news/exclusi...

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EXCLUSIVE: Poster reveal for Dakota Blue Richards’s directorial debut ‘Each Coming Night’ — Short Stuff

24 Aug 2026 | By Molly Lipson

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

"The original Treasure Island films, with greatest, deepest respect, were terrible, and were always made for kids, with a lot of "arrghh me hearties" and eating the fucking scenery. This is not going to be like that." Ridley Scott speaking to Empire. Making a no fun/adult take on Treasure Island.

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

In Star Trek people often complain that replicated food is not as good as naturally produced food, which is weird when replicators are presumably using the same technology as transporters, which can perfectly replicate Spock every time. But is Spock getting less flavoursome over time? In this essay,

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I strongly second this. Just finished the novel, and I think it's the best ultra-dark L.A. noir since peak '80s-'90s James Ellroy. The plotting is sensational; the writing is electric.

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

If you have soft spot for teen dramas/coming of age stories, I highly recommend Sterling Point on Amazon. Created by Megan Park (writer/director of My Old Ass) and produced by Josh Schwartz & Stephanie Savage (The OC). It has a wonderful blend of drama and comedy that evokes the old WB shows.

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Akela Cooper @akelacooper.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I know the context is that there was a test screening and that’s where it came from (also; fuck test screenings) but given that pretty much every straight woman I know is foaming at the mouth to watch Olivia Coleman get pounded by a sentient wicker basket maybe just let the material speak for itself

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Same Gen Z test audiences that wanted a kiss cut from Twisters.

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Dealing with Sky customer services is truly taking years off my life.

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I highly recommend this brilliant novel. It picks up story threads from his previous novel Everybody Knows, but it works equally well as a standalone thriller. But this feels like Harper's Empire Strikes Back. Not since Don Winslow's cartel trilogy have I wanted the next instalment so badly.

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

If you're in the UK and access Paramount+ through Sky/Now TV, you actually get to watch episode 3 instead. And if you access it through AppleTV, you get to watch episode 4.

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Tickled that the guy behind Mobland is basically doing Yellowstone: Scotland for Paramount+. Kinda annoyed I didn't think of it myself. www.joblo.com/laird-greenl...

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Joe Wright and Kenneth Branagh team for Paramount+ drama Laird

Paramount+ has ordered Laird, a new Scottish Highlands drama starring Kenneth Branagh and directed by Joe Wright

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Rick Ellis @toomuchtvcom.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The movie "The Odyssey" is great. But if this was 1992, we would all be listening to the Bryan Adams power ballad hit "Making My Way to You (love theme from "The Odyssey")

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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

But arts and drama aren’t MANLY jobs like British Steel and Jaguar Land Rover. They can’t do a photoshoot in a hard hat at RADA

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

So dumb. If the creative arts aren't a priority, then they'll run out of things to offer to the AI companies.

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kyleayers.bsky.social @kyleayers.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Not saying that game was stolen from Egypt but it is now on display at museum in London.

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Driver's Ed just dropped on Amazon. Plays very much like a Gen Z take on Road Trip. And you can tell it's Gen Z cos there's a scene where 3 characters discuss how environmentally friendly their car is... as opposed to having a scene where Stifler gets his prostate milked.

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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Look, if you really need to squeeze money that badly, just hire a cheaper CEO and elimate executive bonuses. That's a bigger windfall than nickel and diming the lower ranks and telling everyone to reuse paper clips and post-its.

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Keith Calder @keithcalder.com · 20/06/2026

I haven’t seen the movie, so this is not a comment on the quality of the movie; but I don’t have any interest in seeing a Robin Hood movie where the marketing tagline is that Robin Hood wasn’t a hero. It’s like marketing cheesecake by saying “this cheesecake is no dessert”

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

So close to finishing up post on Each Coming Night. Excited to share more when I can.

Dakota Blue Richards (Skins, The Golden Compass) as Gwen in the short film Each Coming Night (written and directed by Dakota Blue Richards).

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I watched this expecting a rather twee film. And in many ways it is. But there's also an unexpected amount of handjobs in it.

Poster for the film The Choral starring Ralph Fiennes.

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

If you ever wondered what a Wes Anderson version of Ready or Not would look like, except with looney tunes levels of violence... then you should check out They Will Kill You.

Movie poster for the contained action movie They Will Kill You.

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I've been reading what appears to be the very first draft of Air Force One (only one character name carries over to the final film). And the bad guy (a mix of Tommy Lee Jones in Under Siege and Dennis Hopper in Speed) has taken over the plane by using this powerful new force.... the internet!

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The show Rivals resorting to using that particular trope in this day and age. Geez.

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Now that HACKS has finished its brilliant 5th season, if you haven't dived in, now is a perfect time to binge it all. Up there with Shrinking in terms of being hilarious yet heartfelt.

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Very impressed with Legends (Netflix) and Ponies (Peacock/Sky). Both shows are brilliantly and confidently executed, superbly paced, funny and thrilling.

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Crazy to read someone dismiss Weapons, The Housemaid, The Sheep Detectives and Michael as not being studio films.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

This is yet another absolutely boggling example of a well off white dude seeming to be completely unaware of, completely detached from, the power of the State. We’re not just screaming at each other online. There are FUCKING LAWS being passed by one side using the State to eliminate the other! WTF?

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Zack Stentz @musezack.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

This Obsession/Backrooms thing feels like a genuine cultural moment in moviegoing, watching Zoomers who honed their craft doing Youtube shorts breaking into features the way New Hollywood did in the '70s, the MTV directors did in the '80s and Sundance kids did in the '90s.

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I haven't seen A24's new take on Robin Hood. Perhaps it's a great film. Perhaps there's a twist or a switch up. But I find it interesting that in this day and age, the creatives have decided that the guy who robs from the rich and gives to the poor... is bad and not the hero.

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Great thread. An interesting counter example would be Charlie's Angels. When the Diaz movie came out in 2000, no one at my school was familiar with the original TV show. We went to see it cos of movie stars (Diaz, Barrymore) and the visuals copying The Matrix.

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Kippy Woo @tygerwhocame2t.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

We have a Culture Secretary? I Call bullshit. If we had a Culture Secretary, our world class TV, Movie, and Games industries would be being supported and promoted at home and abroad like the goldmine of productivity and profitability they could and should be. WOULDN'T THEY, LISA?

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

The 2024 French movie adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo is now available on iPlayer. For some reason it was chopped up into 4x45min eps for BBC4. But even in this mini series format, it is well worth checking out. A brilliant piece of work.

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

This made the '24 black list. It's a really solid script. Phone Booth meets Sudden Death. And you could see Butler as the lead. Always felt it could be done for around the $40m mark, so the fact they're aiming for $70+m, tells me they've supersized the action and stunts. deadline.com/2026/05/gera...

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Gerard Butler To Play A Sniper Who Must Save World Cup In 'The Nest'

The new action-thriller from John Wick producer Thunder Road will star Butler as a sniper protecting the World Cup.

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Casting Matt Berry in Citadel S2 was a stroke of genius. Same with Jack Reynor too.

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

The Other Bennet Sister was an utter delight. Such strong and charismatic performances from the leads. A near perfect 5 hour mini series.

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I would have loved to have done a more faithful adaptation of the Sharpe novels. I like the Sean Bean run, but they were sorta hampered by 90s UK TV budgets and the stories were altered accordingly. Matt Stokoe would have been a fine new Sharpe.

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I'm seeing all these top 15 TV show lists and I'd struggle with a top 25 limit. There's been a lot of brilliant TV over the past 30+ years.

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I had hoped that with the rise of all these streaming platforms, you could find and rewatch the one hit wonders of years gone by. Yes, I'd like to see Surface (2005), Traveller, Journeyman, Invasion, Charlie's Angels (2011) etc. But nope, all long gone.

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

When you're up against Slow Horses, Black Doves, The Capture, Day of the Jackal etc -- the opening of your spy/thriller show should not be slow and mundane. And then your opening credit sequence shouldn't be overly sombre and dreary either.

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

From the screenwriter of Bone Tomahawk.

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

If you've watched Balls Up and you need to talk... I'm here for you.

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Yep. At one point Harrison Ford was attached to play Calico Jack, and the other combos were Sharon Stone and Laura Dern over Davis and Pfeiffer. The source novel from the 60s by John Corlova is pretty good.

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