Another Expanded Universe feature (following James Bond and Star Trek), this time to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Doctor Who. I was a fan of the New Adventures novels (and the Missing Adventures that went alongside them), and for me, in a weird way, the “golden age” of Doctor Who was during the ’90s when… Continue reading Doctor Who Novels
A commissioned piece (meaning it wasn’t my idea; I was just asked to do it) for the Empire website on groundbreaking uses of special effects and/or new film technologies. The reason was the release of Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity, and the remit was to start with Star Wars, as a way of keeping the piece a… Continue reading Special Effects Milestones
The announcement of a venture between Marvel/Disney and Netflix to produce four new miniseries (plus a fifth crossover series?) prompted this quick introduction to the characters involved: Daredevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and Jessica Jones. I wrote the DD and Cage entries. http://www.empireonline.com/features/netflix-marvel-tv-miniseries
For the second year running I was invited to the Night Visions genre film festival in Helsinki, and for the second year running I had a really great time. I even watched some films – namely Blood For Dracula; Sawney: Flesh of Man; The Colony; Nightsatan & the Loops of Doom; Adjust Your Tracking; House on… Continue reading Night Visions 2013
At the 2013 Night Visions festival I spent some drinking time with Timo Vuorensola, the director of the Nazis-on-the-moon epic Iron Sky. Out of that came this interview, in which he talks about his developing sequel Iron Sky: The Coming Race. The major exclusive soundbite, widely shared from this article, is that the film will… Continue reading Iron Sky 2: The Coming Race
Pretty self-explanatory, this is a 50-entry list feature on actors and actresses who changed their names professionally. Some are the usual suspects (Cary Grant, Michael Caine, Boris Karloff etc.) but some are hopefully not so obvious. http://www.empireonline.com/features/hollywood-star-names-changes
