Obsession Director Admits He’s Spotted A Major ‘Plot Hole’ In The Hit Film

Posted on 10/06/2026 by Boris Clair

In the last month, Obsession has become the world’s latest horror fascination.

The hit film has broken box office records, and got the whole world talking about Bear, Nikki and the mysterious One Wish Willow.

Obsession follows Bear, who comes across a One Wish Willow that is supposed to grant his heart’s desire. However, when he wishes for his crush, Nikki, to fall deeply in love with him, things don’t quite work out as he intended, with deadly consequences for himself and those close to him.

If you’ve been picking apart the film and its meaning over the last few weeks, you may have spotted one part of it that doesn’t quite make sense – and so, apparently, has its director, Curry Barker.

During an interview with Total Film, it was pointed out that other One Wish Willow users had been complaining about how things had turned out for them, with the YouTuber-turned-director then being asked what he thought other people had been wishing for.

“I mean, it’s kind of a plot hole,” he admitted. “It’s something I don’t like to think about too much, because it totally doesn’t make sense that there’s a world of people just making wishes.”

Obsession director Curry Barker has admitted he's spotted a "plot hole" in his hit film — Obsession director Curry Barker has admitted he’s spotted a “plot hole” in his hit film

He added: “It really doesn’t make any sense at all. If the One Wish Willow actually works – which it does in this lore – and people are just making wishes left and right, there would be some crazy [things going on]. Like, dragons would exist.”

As Curry put it, the world in Obsession seems too “normal” for everyone to have access to these wish-granting sticks.

The writer-director went on to try and put forward a theory to explain this plot discrepancy, claiming: “Here’s my take – every time someone makes a wish, they enter into an alternate reality where their wish comes true, so you’re not experiencing everybody’s wish at the same time.”

However, he quickly realised that this theory presented its own issue, brought about when Ian’s billion-dollar wish comes true towards the end of the movie.

“That doesn’t make sense because the money falls from the ceiling,” he joked. “Yeah, it’s broken.”

Meanwhile, Curry has revealed to CinemaBlend that he is brainstorming ways of returning to the Obsession universe and expanding the One Wish Willow lore even further.

“I obviously have a couple more things that I’m excited about next, but I do see Obsession 2, maybe. Or even what really is exciting to me is maybe an anthology, like a one-hour episode,” he said, although we probably shouldn’t expect Nikki to return after that gruesome ending.

“Each episode is a different wish that goes completely off the rails. Maybe I’ll direct the pilot with the same DP, and you could invite other filmmakers to kind of give their spin at it. That would be really cool.”

Obsession is currently in cinemas.

BBC Cancels Doctor Who Christmas Special After Weeks Of Speculation

Posted on 10/06/2026 by Boris Clair

The BBC has confirmed that plans for a new Doctor Who special this Christmas will no longer be moving forward.

Earlier this month, Russell teased that an announcement about the special was due imminently, following reports in The Sun suggesting the one-off special could be “scrapped”, due to bosses struggling to find an actor to take over from Ncuti Gatwa as the next Time Lord.

The BBC declined to comment when contacted by HuffPost UK at the time, but announced on Wednesday morning that they were not moving forward with this special after all.

“After careful consideration, the BBC, Russell T Davies and [production company] Bad Wolf have collectively decided not to go ahead with the previously announced Doctor Who Christmas episode,” a press release read.

“This decision was not taken lightly, and we know it will be disappointing for fans, but in order to set the show up for future series, it was decided that rather than bridge the gap with a one off special, we are choosing to push forward to invest in the long-term future of the show which ensures that when the Tardis lands once more, it does so in all its glory.”

Russell T Davies pictured at Comic-Con in 2024

Elsewhere in their statement, they said that “the BBC will put Doctor Who out to competitive tender this year”.

“Doctor Who remains an important part of the BBC and this tender underpins the BBC’s continued commitment to Doctor Who ensuring audiences will enjoy the show for years to come,” they insisted, adding that “details of the tender will be announced in due course”.

Following the latest announcement, Russell confirmed he was stepping down as showrunner effective immediately.

“And so GOODBYE from me to Doctor Who but HELLO to a big new future for the show, as the BBC announces it’s putting the show out to tender,” he told his Instagram followers.

He continued: “As a result, there won’t be a Christmas special – we only cooked that up to guarantee a future when no one knew what would happen, but now we do know, there’s no need for it.

“You’ll have to wait a bit longer for new Doctor Who… but you’ll be waiting for MORE Doctor Who than a one-off. So it’s worth it!”

“For the record: there was no script, I never wrote it, and no actor was ever approached to play the next Doctor,” he added. “You may disagree; fine, sit in that chair and wait to be proved right. You’ll wait a lonnng time.

“Now I’m as excited as anyone to see what comes next!”

Russell returned to Doctor Who for its 60th anniversary specials, which featured the return of David Tennant and Catherine Tate to the franchise.

After that, he oversaw two series with Ncuti at the helm.

The most recent season of Doctor Who ended with a divisive episode in which Ncuti’s Time Lord regenerated into a seemingly new character, played by former cast member Billie Piper.

Our Guide To Every Celebrity Cameo Featured In Madonna’s New Confessions II Short Film

Posted on 09/06/2026 by Boris Clair

Effectively an extended music video made up of short vignettes set to the first six songs on the album, Madonna premiered her Confessions II visuals at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival last week.

The 14-minute video has now been uploaded to YouTube, with the Like A Prayer singer being joined by a host of celebrities that include friends, collaborators and other A-list guests who took part in the shoot.

Here’s a quick guide to all the celebrity guests you might have missed in the Confessions II film…

Madonna

Unsurprisingly, the first face we see in the Confessions II film is Madonna herself.

This marks the first music video she’s appeared in since 2024, when she teamed up with The Weeknd on Popular, taken from his TV show The Idol.

While The Idol may have gone down like a lead balloon with critics and viewers, Popular itself proved much more… well… popular, becoming Madonna’s first top 10 single in the UK in 15 years.

Julia Garner

Confessions II’s first surprise cameo comes at the beginning of the Bring Your Love segment, when Madonna suddenly transitions into Julia Garner, sporting her own take on the Grammy winner’s iconic Jean-Paul Gaultier conical bras.

Madonna and Julia already have a well-established connection, as the Weapons actor was due to play the pop pioneer in a now-cancelled film biopic and, later, a stalled Netflix series inspired by the star’s life.

While this project is seemingly still in development purgatory, the two stars are due to share the screen in the second season of Seth Rogen’s The Studio, which is expected to poke fun at the troubled production.

Sabrina Carpenter

Bring Your Love then introduces Sabrina Carpenter, a featured artist on the track, who sports a matching outfit to Madonna.

Sabrina and Madonna premiered Bring Your Love, Confessions II’s lead single, during the Please Please Please singer’s headlining slot at Coachella in April, after which it was given a full release.

The pop tune gave Madonna her 73rd top 40 single in the UK, having so far peaked at number 29.

João Pedro and Cole Palmer

From Bring Your Love, we head to the club setting of Danceteria, inspired by the 80s New York nightspot of the same name.

Among the first shots in the Danceteria sequence is a string of four men standing at urinals (the scene takes place in a club bathroom, we should stress), two of whom are Chelsea footballers João Pedro and Cole Palmer.

Last year, Madonna made headlines when she and her boyfriend Akeem Morris attended a Chelsea game, where Cole scored no fewer than four goals for the London-based team.

Kate Moss

Another of the A-listers featured in the Danceteria musical number is Kate Moss.

She’s first seen applying lipstick in the bathroom mirror, before dancing shoulder-to-shoulder with Madonna and appearing in a close-up during the lyric “hide the cocaine” in what may have been a playful nod to her colourful past.

Odessa A’zion

Odessa A’zion has the unenviable task of going head-to-head with Madonna when they have a minor scuffle during Danceteria.

The Bafta nominee is a real star on the rise right now thanks to her work in the film Marty Supreme and the TV series I Love LA as well as Stranger Things: Tales From ’85.

Gwendoline Christie

Game Of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie is spotted peeping over a toilet cubicle wall while Madonna and a dancer are seen getting up close and personal.

She and Madonna have crossed paths numerous times over the years.

Back in 2015, the British actor joined Madonna on stage during her Rebel Heart tour, with the two sharing a moment together during her follow-up Madame X tour in 2020.

Shygirl, Arca and Richard E Grant

There’s then a three-for-one when a trio of stars are spotted laughing it up in a toilet cubicle together, with musicians Shygirl and Arca sharing the screen with Richard E Grant.

Notably, Arca co-produced Confessions II’s opening track I Feel So Free, having previously joined Madonna on stage during her Celebration Tour in 2023.

Debi Mazar

Debi Mazar is one of the 80s nightlife fixtures who gets name-checked in the lyrics of Dancerteria, so it makes sense that she should also make a cameo.

She and Madonna are lifelong friends, with the Kaos star previously making appearances in the music videos for her hits Papa Don’t Preach, True Blue, Justify My Love, Deeper And Deeper, and Music.

Archie Madekwe

Richard E Grant’s Saltburn co-star Archie Madekwe also appears in the Danceteria segment of Confessions II’s visual accompaniment.

He appears during a section which mentions Danceteria’s real-life DJ, the late Mark Kamins, accepting a tape from Madonna on which she’d scrawled “Everybody”, in a nod to how she got her debut single played to the masses in New York clubs before its official release.

Honey Dijon

Music producer Honey Dijon is one of the stars who joins in the group dance towards the end of Danceteria.

Honey previously put together the official remix of Madonna’s album track I Don’t Search I Find, before making not one but two cameos on her Celebration Tour.

Benedict Cumberbatch

The last star to make an appearance in Danceteria is arguably the biggest name of them all, Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch.

He gets up close and personal with Madonna, when she grabs him by the head and makes him declare: “Everybody get up and dance.”

Feid

Madonna’s Confessions II film was how she shared with the world that album track Read My Lips would feature an appearance from the Colombian singer Feid.

After he appears in the mirror of Danceteria, he takes centre stage during the Read My Lips portion, surrounded by versions of Madonna performing on screens around him.

Lourdes Leon

Madonna definitely saved the best till last, though.

At the end of Read My Lips, her eldest daughter Lourdes Leon unmasks herself and declares “I wish a motherfucker would”, seemingly in reference to the previous lyric “shut your mouth”.

She also gets the final word of the piece, ending the I Feel So Free reprise with a “cut, bitch”.

Madonna’s new album Confessions II is released on Friday 3 July. Watch Confessions II – The Film for yourself below:

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Tom Holland’s Comments About Playing Spider-Man After 30 Have Come Back To Haunt Him

Posted on 03/06/2026 by Boris Clair

Back in 2021, Tom Holland made headlines when he told GQ: “If I’m playing Spider-Man after I’m 30, I’ve done something wrong.”

Having now reached that milestone age, his past comments have resurfaced as he gears up for his fourth outing as Peter Parker in the next Spider-Man film, Brand New Day.

So, where does Tom stand on that statement five years later?

“It’s funny, I saw that quote pop up somewhere recently and I kind of reeled, because I was trying to remember what I meant,” Tom told the same magazine in a new interview published the day after his 30th birthday.

The Marvel actor, who is also set to star in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming adaptation of The Odyssey, then tried to clarify what he meant by his past remarks.

“I think the point of it is that I would love to pass the baton on, and I haven’t achieved that yet,” he explained.

Tom Holland as Spider-Man in Avengers: Infinity War back in 2018

As for whether he’ll continue Spider-Man again now he’s actually turned 30, he noted: “It’s definitely something that we talk about a lot at the studio. So, maybe I need to change the quote to 37.

“I could also have been trying to leverage Sony and scare them into thinking I wasn’t going to do Spider-Man 4 now that I had a new deal on the horizon. So I don’t know what it could have been. It could’ve been part of a strategy to create fear.”

Notably, it doesn’t sound like Tom plans to give up that iconic red and blue suit anytime soon, calling the role “the joy of my life”.

“I now kind of stand on the plinth of like, I’ll do it for as long as they’ll have me,” Tom enthused.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day sees Destin Daniel Cretton take over the directing duties from Jon Watts.

Tom also managed to get Marvel to give him a six-month break to make The Odyssey, in which he plays Odysseus’ son, Telemachus, a move which appears to have breathed life into the MCU franchise.

“We wouldn’t have had the six-month period to develop the script with Destin to get it to a place where it is now,” the actor explained.

“I truly believe that we’ve made the best version of any Spider-Man movie going.”

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is released in cinemas on 31 July 2026.

Matt Damon Says The Odyssey Is ‘Definitely The Biggest’ Film He’s ‘Ever Done’

Posted on 03/06/2026 by Boris Clair

If you weren’t already hyped for Christopher Nolan’s upcoming adaptation of The Odyssey, you definitely will be when you listen to the cast talking about how epic it is.

With not long left to go until the much-hyped film hits cinemas, Nolan’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning Oppenheimer is already one of the most talked-about new releases of 2026.

The film adapts Homer’s epic Greek poem and follows the King of Ithaca, Odysseus, on his 10-year struggle to return home after the Trojan War. On his mammoth journey, he encounters mythical monsters and violent enemies, using his wit to defeat suitors plotting to take his thrones.
In a new video featurette to promote the film, Matt Damon, who plays Odysseus, hyped up the scale of the mythological epic.

“This is definitely the biggest movie I’ve ever done in my career, in terms of its scale,” the actor, who also appeared in Oppenheimer, teased, before adding: “[It’s] definitely the biggest movie I have done in terms of its ambition.”

Zendaya, who plays Athena, also praised Nolan’s ability to “do scope and action and fantasy, but also heart and humanity and depth and rawness”.

Her co-star, and real-life husband, Tom Holland, who plays Odysseus’ son Telemachus, also explained how it felt that this was Nolan’s best work to date.

“I feel like this particular picture is an accumulation of all of his skills and all of his experiences and him at his best, going for it,” he enthused.

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Last month, in GQ, Matt reflected on how Hollywood films as epic and ambitious as The Odyssey are now becoming an anomaly.

“Because of where the movie business is going, it was a really weird movie for me personally, in the sense that I had almost a nostalgic feeling the entire time I was making it, because it felt like movies were when I started working,” he explained.

Matt added: “And I know that that’s going away. I knew that this was the last chance I was ever going to have to do something like this.”

The Odyssey filmed on location, with the shoot taking the cast and crew to seven countries in total.

“Every single location on this movie would’ve been the hardest location on any other movie I’ve ever done,” Matt told GQ. “And they just went back-to-back.”

The Odyssey is set to hit cinemas on 17 July.

How A Classic Simpsons Episode Inspired One Of 2026’s Most Popular New Horrors

Posted on 02/06/2026 by Boris Clair

It turns out that filmmaker Curry Barker found inspiration from an unlikely source when he was putting together his hit horror movie Obsession.

A huge critical and commercial success, Obsession centres around two close friends whose lives are forever changed after one makes a wish for the other to love him “more than anyone else in the fucking world”.

When his wish comes true, things take a disastrous, and tragic, turn – with Curry getting the idea for his film from an iconic episode of The Simpsons.

Speaking to Triple J before Obsession’s release, the director explained that he had invited some friends over to watch an episode of the comedy It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, which he made a guest appearance in.

“Before the episode [aired] there was a Simpsons episode where [Bart] has a monkey paw, and he’s making wishes and stuff,” he recalled.

Of course, Simpsons fans will know already that he’s referring to the show’s second ever Halloween special, Treehouse Of Horror II, which includes a segment where the family travels to Morocco and buys a cursed monkey’s paw at a market, which grants their wishes with sinister consequences.

The Simpsons' brush with a monkey's paw was an unexpected inspiration for Obsession — The Simpsons’ brush with a monkey’s paw was an unexpected inspiration for Obsession

He continued: “I was just excited to see my Always Sunny episode, but it hit me right then and there on the couch that Obsession idea that I had would be perfect if it was a wish movie.

“And so I actually remember the moment, I remember being on the couch, and being like, ‘oh my god’ and writing. It down. And after that, I just kept developing and developing that idea.”

In a separate interview with Variety, he said that after watching the Treehouse Of Horror special, he got to “thinking that I’ve never seen a straight crazy horror” based on that concept.

“We’ve seen ‘be careful what you wish for’ tons of times,” he noted. “But we’ve never seen my version of it. I instantly started thinking about what I could do with that…”

For what it’s worth, the Simpsons episode in question is based on WW Jacobs’ short story The Monkey’s Paw.

After coming up with his concept, Curry had to come up with a way of conveying the wish on screen, ruling out using a monkey’s paw because, as he told IndieWire, the image was already “too recognisable”.

He then considered going with a “wishing well”, “shooting stars” and “a wishbone”, before deciding on creating his own device, the One Wish Willow.

Since its release last month, Obsession has become one of the year’s most popular new films, with an enviable critical score of 96% on Rotten Tomatoes and 4.2 stars from fans on Letterboxd.

Obsession is in cinemas now.

Critics Hail Russell T Davies’ New Channel 4 Drama As ‘Terrifying’ And ‘Unforgettable’

Posted on 01/06/2026 by Boris Clair

Bafta-winning screenwriter Russell T Davies has another critical hit on his hands thanks to his new show Tip Toe.

The unflinching new drama stars Alan Cumming and David Morrissey as two neighbours who find themselves in a feud that quickly spirals out of control with disastrous results, while diving into thorny issues like online radicalisation, prejudice against the LGBTQ+ community, misinformation in the digital age and generational conflict.

During a recent interview with HuffPost UK, Russell called Tip Toe an “urgent” and “necessary” reflection of a world that is “out of control” and “at war with ourselves”, which critics have certainly agreed with so far.

Ahead of episode one’s premiere on Sunday, reviews have near-unanimously praised the series – the latest TV offering from the creator of shows like Queer As Folk, Years And Years and It’s A Sin – which they’ve hailed as “chilling”, “devastating”, “terrifying” and “unforgettable”.

Here’s a snippet of what the critics are saying about Tip Toe…

“This is urgent, state-of-the-nation stuff from one of our shrewdest screenwriters […] Tip Toe isn’t just sobering; it’s visceral and chilling viewing for all queer people and everyone who loves and supports us.”

“At times it feels as subtle as a brick in the face. But when Davies steps down from his pulpit and lets his characters breathe, his storytelling is visionary, devastating, passionate and humane. And we should listen.”

“Alan Cumming is extraordinary in this terrifying, landmark queer drama […] While this series is a fiction, and one that makes its arguments with sledgehammer grace, it is sadly not absurd, or abstract.”

“Tip Toe, the latest gut-punching drama from Russell T. Davies – his first since the life-altering It’s A Sin – is an alarming, though not inaccurate, portrayal of what it’s really like to be unapologetically gay in a Britain that hates us […] Tip Toe is Davies at his most impassioned; a wake-up call that this is not a time to be complacent.”

“Television writers will tell you that they never want to come across as preachy, and that good drama should ask teasing questions and then step away. The sense in Tip Toe is that Davies is done with this kind of pussyfooting around, and is up for a scrap.

“It makes for a drama that takes wrong turns but is never less than bold and, in the round, deeply stirring. TV polemic is back, loud and proud.”

David Morrissey plays Clive in Russell T Davies' Tip Toe — David Morrissey plays Clive in Russell T Davies’ Tip Toe

“Tip Toe may be an extreme example of how frenzied that intolerance can become. Its dialogue, with long, culturally-charged monologues, can also be a little tiring. But it should be all of these things […] A word of warning, though, from someone who literally watches TV for a living: by the end, this is the most distressing series I’ve ever seen. It’s not rewatchable, but it’s unforgettable.”

“[Tip Toe] lacks the discipline that made his other state of the historical/future nation pieces, Years and Years or It’s a Sin, so powerful and moving, but the strands begin to interweave, momentum builds and if the extremity of the conclusion still doesn’t quite ring true, everyone has worked hard to get it as close to authentic and emotionally credible as possible.”

The first two episodes of Tip Toe are now streaming on Channel 4, with the final three following on Sunday 7 June.

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