Contributions from Victoria Luxford | Little White Lies

Contributor Victoria Luxford

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The curious rise of the authorised football biography

by Victoria Luxford

Doc­u­men­taries like Becom­ing Zla­tan are the new must-have acces­so­ry for celebri­ty foot­baller every­where, but do they cap­ture why we love them?
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Queer Cinema

It’s time for Hollywood to change its attitude towards LGBTQ+ characters

by Victoria Luxford

Social media cam­paigns like #LGBT­Su­per­heroes are expos­ing the movie industry’s wor­ry­ing lack of diversity.
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In Praise Of

How Mission: Impossible set the blueprint for the modern actioner

by Victoria Luxford

Twen­ty years ago Bri­an De Pal­ma and Tom Cruise ush­ered in a new block­buster era.
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Captain America – the last good guy

by Victoria Luxford

Five years after mak­ing his big screen bow, Chris Evans’ patri­ot­ic do-good­er con­tin­ues to stand out in a world of antiheroes.
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What the hell happened to Kevin Costner?

by Victoria Luxford

He was one of the biggest stars of the ​’90s, then Hol­ly­wood left him behind. So what would it take to bring Kevin Cost­ner back?
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How Hollywood killed the origin story

by Victoria Luxford

Uni­verse build­ing is now every studio’s top pri­or­i­ty, but are Mar­vel and DC being short­sight­ed in their for­ward thinking?