Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Zaslav looking increasingly like Edward from League of Gentlemen. 000
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Driver'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. 000
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 15/06/2026So close to finishing up post on Each Coming Night. Excited to share more when I can. 000
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 13/06/2026I watched this expecting a rather twee film. And in many ways it is. But there's also an unexpected amount of handjobs in it. 010
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 13/06/2026If 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. 010
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 04/05/2026I 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. 000
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Only a matter of time until this guy shows up in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. 110
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 01/02/2026I 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. 100
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Relay is now on Amazon. What a nifty and confident thriller. And it looks like a movie! The cinematography, sound design and score are superb. 010
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Anyone know why the Ninja Turtles would be reading the UK TV listings mag Radio Times? 000
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Three days left and we're at 88% of our stretch goal! greenlit.com/project/each... 000
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Sitting 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... 000
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 28/08/2025If 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. 000
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Excited 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. 000
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 18/08/2025The 2024 feature The Count of Monte Cristo is not to be missed. A masterful adaptation confidently told right from the opening moments. 000
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Saw someone praising the production design and cinematography of Marvel's Thunderbolts*. And this was the image they used as an example. 100
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 27/05/2025A 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. 000
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Sometimes 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. 000
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Cannot 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. 010
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Anson 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. 110
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 09/02/2025With these 3 blockbusters wanting your money this July, I think it's smart they decided to give each main character a super cute sidekick. 100
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Let 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? 010
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 06/02/2025We 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. 010
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 25/01/2025I 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! 000
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 13/01/2025I 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. 000
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 13/01/2025This 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. 000
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 10/01/2025There'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. 110
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 08/01/2025A 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. 100
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 14/12/2024He 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. 100
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Probably shouldn't have forgotten the poster image. As you can tell, I'm still recovering. 000
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Name 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. 010
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Seems 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. 010
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 15/11/2024An 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. 020
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 15/11/2024I 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. 000
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 13/11/2024And 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? 111
Calum Chalmers @calchal.bsky.social · 07/11/2024Everytime I see the lead from Rivals, my mind keeps coming back to this guy. 000