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Calum Chalmers

@calchal.bsky.social
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Producer - director - writer of short films. 8/10 writer (top 2%) over at the blacklist. Sometimes an actor. I make films about well intentioned people making mistakes. I produce films about broken people trying to fix themselves.

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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Zaslav looking increasingly like Edward from League of Gentlemen.
Edward from the BBC2 dark comedy show League of Gentlemen.
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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.
Poster for the teen comedy Driver's Ed
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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 · 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.
UK actor Matt Stokoe.
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Only a matter of time until this guy shows up in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.
Alan-a-dale from the 1973 Disney animated epic Robin hood
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
I think the worst example of UK for US is in the Mark Whalberg movie Infinite. The London housing estate from The Kingsman (pic below) featured as a New York location. Not a chance.
London concrete estate as seen in The Kingsman film.
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
The Black List is sorta horny this year.
4 titles and loglines of erotic thrillers from the Black List 2025.
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Relay is now on Amazon. What a nifty and confident thriller. And it looks like a movie! The cinematography, sound design and score are superb.
Poster for the thriller film Relay starring Lily James and Riz Ahmed
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Anyone know why the Ninja Turtles would be reading the UK TV listings mag Radio Times?
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sat around reading an early 90s copy of the UK TV listing magazine Radio Times.
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Three days left and we're at 88% of our stretch goal! greenlit.com/project/each...
Dakota Blue Richards as Gwen in concept photography for her short film Each Coming Night
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Sitting pretty at 69%. We've been fortunate enough to have the support of the wonderful @edgarwright.bsky.social. Be like Edgar and get involved. greenlit.com/project/each...
Concept art from the short drama film Each Coming Night written, directed and starring Dakota Blue Richards. Here, her character Gwen, is seen crawling under a bed in a fancy boutique hotel. The same space her brother was found murdered.
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
If you haven't been BFI funded or had at least 2 shorts play at BIFA or BAFTA qualifying festivals, you need not apply. No paid shadowing scheme for you.
Poster for another bullshit BFI scheme.
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Excited for this. Weaving is a legit star. And there's a sequence in the trailer that looks like it was lifted, shot for shot, from Baby Driver -- intrigued to see if they're really going to be so brazen.
Old school style poster for the HULU heist/car chase thriller Eenie Meanie.
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
The 2024 feature The Count of Monte Cristo is not to be missed. A masterful adaptation confidently told right from the opening moments.
The poster for the 2024 French film The Count of Monte Cristo.
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Saw someone praising the production design and cinematography of Marvel's Thunderbolts*. And this was the image they used as an example.
Bucky from the MCU eating in a bland kitchen.
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
A lot of shows aim to be Big Little Lies or The White Lotus. The new 5 ep Netflix mini series Sirens falls somewhere in between. It's a very heightened/stylised world with some wacky/silly humour that'll lurch into heavy drama now and again. But it's got a great cast and is highly entertaining.
Poster for the Netflix mini series Sirens.
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Sometimes you need a warm embrace of a show. Etoile is that. From the minds behind Gilmore Girls and The Marvelous Mrs Maisel -- so of course it's great. A hilarious, sumptuous, heartfelt, feel good show about dreamers and dysfunctional found families. It's on Prime. Show it some love.
Poster for the ballet drama show Etoile on Amazon Prime that not nearly enough people are watching. Are you watching it? You should be watching it!
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Cannot praise Last Bullet enough. The first 2 films were solid vehicle based action thrillers despite being made on a budget that's half Vin Diesel's salary... this final installment goes all out and takes things to the next level. Proper old school crunchy chases with cars smashing into things.
Poster for the French action flick Last Bullet.
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Anson Boon plays a gangster's son called Eddie in the new show Tom Hardy crime drama MobLand -- and I swear his whole look/accent/mannerisms is pure Desmond Askew from the movie Go.
Desmond Askew from the film Go
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
It's a thorny subject.
Screenshot of a tweet by Natalie Mitchell that states: "The TV industry is in crisis, & there is an uncomfortable truth that isn't being acknowledged. The same handful of writers are hoovering up multiple commissions & greenlights."
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Same vibes.
Rubio looking like he's just sent a dick pic.Roman Roy looking like he just witnessed Trump and Vance set the US back decades with its European allies.
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
With these 3 blockbusters wanting your money this July, I think it's smart they decided to give each main character a super cute sidekick.
Cute Krypto dog from Superman.Cute Herbie robot from Fantasic 4Cute Jonathon Bailey from Jurassic World Rebirth
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Let me get this straight. These guys have essentially taken control of the US government's money... and they have Blackwater (now called Triple Canopy) mercs protecting them?
Cast of HBO comedy Silicon Valley or the doge tech bros?
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
We shoulda celebrated this more. What a riot. Loved the world building and the energy it brought. The action's fantastic. It's incredibly funny too. Andrew Koji (Warrior, Black Doves) showing off his range. Skarsgard committing to the action but also delivering a deeply comedic performance too.
Poster for the action comedy Boy Kills World.
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Saltburn 2. He's baaaack.
A still of Barry Keoghan from the Hurry Up Tomorrow Trailer.
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Can't fault the production design in Nosferatu.
A genuine shot of a cityscape from Nosferatu and absolutely not a still taken from The Muppets Christmas Carol.
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
I wasn't entirely convinced by the trailer but The Killer's Game was such a goofy blast. Yes, there's the usual iffy CG blood and zero understanding of how deadly grenades are -- but you have Scott Adkins playing a stereotypical Scotsman and doing a semi decent impression of Gerard Butler. It's fun!
Poster for the action comedy The Killer's Game now streaming on Amazon Prime UK.
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
I read an early draft of this film. Marketing it as a rom com is certainly a choice. And not at all what you're going to get.
Poster for the film Borderline.
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
This film is nuts. Over half way through one character randomly gains super powers. But the wildest part is having a montage scored to an acoustic instrumental version of Aled Jones's Walking In The Air from The Snowman.
Poster for the bat shit insane martial arts movie Twilight of the Warriors.
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
There's been a lot of AI sexbot movies recently. These two come to mind. But we haven't yet had a film where the fully functional fuckbot is a guy. I think it's time for me to write my masterpiece. DICK DROID.
Poster for the AI nanny thriller Subservience starring Megan Fox.Poster for the android spouse thriller Wifelike
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Time to pay Luigi a visit.
Colonel Trautman visiting John Rambo
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
A problem in the post John Wick action film world, is that every film wants to mimic that style. So now they need an extra reason to stand out and rise above the crowd. A solution for many is to get uglier, nastier, meaner. This film is no different. A really fucked up choice is made 45mins into it.
Movie poster for the shit film Kill.
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
He also seems to live in a Gungan city... that has delivery drones and satellite feeds, but no security cams within buildings. And a force field around the city which when breached, doesn't trigger any alarms. Callum Drift is running a shoddy operation here. This guy would never have it.
Steve from the far superior Christmas film Arthur Christmas.
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Probably shouldn't have forgotten the poster image. As you can tell, I'm still recovering.
Film poster for the 2000 festive thriller Reindeer Games, starring charisma black hole Ben Affleck and Charlize Theron paying her dues.
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Name a TV show you're positive no one remembers but you: Nearly Famous. A teen show set in a drama school. A young Aaron Taylor Johnson was the lead. Never had the success of Skins or Misfits.
The cast of 2007 UK teen drama Nearly Famous
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Seems crazy that a big budget sci-fi action comedy/drama mini series about AI, from the showrunner of LOST, The Leftovers and Watchmen -- has yet to reach UK screens. UK critics received screeners in April 2023.
Poster for the sci-fi mini series Mrs Davis
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Not a million miles off.
The one true Jurassic World 4 poster
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Poster for Space Precinct
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
An ex staff member or pupil had digitised the footage and uploaded it. As I watched it, I caught a quick snippet of my Mum. The quality is poor, there’s no sound and the clip is brief. But in that passing moment I got to see my Mum smile once more.
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I always knew it would happen, but I didn't count on it being this observation that got me mentioned in *checks notes* Teen Vogue five years ago.
Odeya Rush from Let It Snow
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
And if you're like Christmas is on the horizon, I'm not about to donate, then please consider a little signal boost. A repost can't hurt, can it?
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Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
Everytime I see the lead from Rivals, my mind keeps coming back to this guy.
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