http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/boyd_farrow en http://www.newstatesman.com/200511210029 http://www.newstatesman.com/200511210029 Mon, 21 Nov 2005 12:00:00 GMT Boyd Farrow In a drive to boost revenues, American film bosses are targeting the country's 30 million evangelical Christians. And the religious right is proving only too glad to help them along, reports Boyd Farrow

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200511070028 http://www.newstatesman.com/200511070028 Mon, 07 Nov 2005 12:00:00 GMT Boyd Farrow With the absence of good old-fashioned heroes to provide the cliff-hangers and clinches, Hollywood has started outsourcing its parts for "proper" men to hunks from Australia, Britain and Ireland

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200508290022 http://www.newstatesman.com/200508290022 Mon, 29 Aug 2005 12:00:00 GMT Boyd Farrow Why is America immune to the charms of soccer? Perhaps because Hollywood has never paid it any attention. Now, it looks like Tinseltown has been bribed to do something about it. Boyd Farrow investigates footie's arrival at the flicks

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200508010024 http://www.newstatesman.com/200508010024 Mon, 01 Aug 2005 12:00:00 GMT Boyd Farrow Why was there a Scientology tent on the set of War of the Worlds? Boyd Farrow explains how this cult religion, whose followers believe that people are immortal spiritual beings, is gaining ground thanks to support from Hollywood's biggest stars

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200507110036 http://www.newstatesman.com/200507110036 Mon, 11 Jul 2005 12:00:00 GMT Boyd Farrow The film business - As the summer blockbusters limp into cinema box offices, Boyd Farrow urges Hollywood to take a long, hard look at where the cash is going

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200502210039 http://www.newstatesman.com/200502210039 Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:00:00 GMT Boyd Farrow Black market - The studios are crying theft, but their pleas of poverty don't add up. Boyd Farrow investigates

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