Author: Callum Nelmes


  • Sympathy for Lady Vengeance was released 18 years ago!

    Callum celebrates 18 years of Sympathy for Lady Vengeance

  • The BIGGEST Oscar Snubs

    A look back at some of the biggest disappointments from the Academy Awards.

  • Review: Halloween Ends (2022)

    If David Gordon Green’s Halloween Kills was a bold swing of a kitchen knife, seeking out sociopolitical depths, then the capper to his trilogy, Halloween Ends, is one massive stab in the dark. The first in the franchise since Rob Zombie’s Halloween II to propose any remote change to its formula, Ends is its own […]

  • Review: Beautiful! The Carole King Musical @Mayflower Theatre

    The work of singer-songwriter Carole King contains some of the most well-known pop, rock and soul songs of the late 20th century and early 21st century. From “The Locomotion” to “Will You Love Me Tomorrow”, her songs have been prolific, and yet King herself as the songwriter behind such hits remains largely invisible to the […]

  • Our Favourite Academic Texts

    The Edge Writers share their favourite academic texts from their courses.

  • Review: Nightmare Alley

    Is Guillermo Del Toro’s latest a cinematic dream? Callum Nelmes thinks so.

  • Review: The French Dispatch – An Absolute Winning Feast

    Participating in the discourse surrounding Wes Anderson and his work is at once a tempting delight and an intricate challenge. Unmistakably, he has cultivated some of the most recognisably precise and glossy aesthetics in the contemporary filmscape. For better or worse, Anderson is an unrelenting force of cognizant eccentricity; slyly winking at viewers with sumptuous […]

  • Review: The Suicide Squad

    Has James Gunn rescued a DC property from cultural oblivion? Callum Nelmes discusses.

  • Nostalgic News: Atlantis: The Lost Empire was released 20 years ago

    Callum Nelmes take us back to a post-renaissance Disney classic, describing it as one of the studios “most distinctive and ambitious projects to date.”

  • Nostalgic News: The Jungle Book was released 5 years ago

    Callum Nelmes reminisces of the 2016 remake that may just be better than the original in his eyes!

  • Review: Raya and the Last Dragon – Formulaic And Unsatisfying Animation

    Callum Nelmes offers his verdict on Disney’s latest animation feature.

  • Nostalgic News: Zootopia was released 5 years ago

    Callum Nelmes takes us back to the anthropomorphic buddy-cop adventure that released 5 years ago!

  • Nostalgic News: Rango was released 10 years ago

    The beloved animated classic turns 10 years old!

  • Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

    Rumours on Disney and the Halting of Physical Media

    Callum Nelmes talks about the rumours of Disney’s supposed plans to halt the release of new physical media while addressing the credibility of these claims.