Almost Famous (2000) and Cellular (2004) | A box office stumble, and an underappreciated action thriller
Film Stories
Monday, 12 January 2026 - 1 hour 4 minutes
Regular episodes of Film Stories with Simon Brew resume for 2026, with two very different films in the spotlight.
First up there's Cameron Crowe's superb Almost Famous, a film he got the greenlight to make in the aftermath of Jerry Maguire's success. A hugely personal story, here's how it stumbled at the box office, but found new life.
Then, from the same brain that gave us Phone Booth comes Collateral. There aren't many film you could bill Chris Evans, Oscar-winner Kim Basinger and Jason Statham in, all from the director of Snakes On A Plane. How, then, did this one end up a treat?
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