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The Legend of Tarzan

Posted on 08/07/201611/05/2019 by FlexibleHead

My coverage from the set of The Legend of Tarzan in the summer of 2014. This was first published in the… Read more The Legend of Tarzan

Labyrinth

Posted on 07/07/201611/05/2019 by FlexibleHead

I somehow completely missed that this had made its way online. I wrote this history of Labyrinth for Empire a… Read more Labyrinth

Jared Leto – Joker / Suicide Squad interview

Posted on 18/06/201615/10/2019 by FlexibleHead

This is the transcript of a 15-minute interview I conducted with Jared Leto in the run-up to the release of… Read more Jared Leto – Joker / Suicide Squad interview

The Last Boy Scout

Posted on 31/05/201622/07/2020 by FlexibleHead

A piece for The Telegraph on Tony Scott and Shane Black’s compromised action classic The Last Boy Scout. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/05/31/who-killed-the-last-boy-scout-bruce-willis-shane-black-and-the-m/

Throne of Blood

Posted on 10/05/201611/05/2019 by FlexibleHead

Empire “Masterpiece” #119 / Issue #292 / October, 2013   There’s a school of thought that says Akira Kurosawa was… Read more Throne of Blood

Halloween

Posted on 10/05/201621/08/2019 by FlexibleHead

Empire “Masterpiece” #144 / Issue #318 / December, 2015   It’s all there in the opening minutes: Halloween is about… Read more Halloween

Once Upon a Time in the West

Posted on 10/05/201623/05/2019 by FlexibleHead

Empire “Masterpiece” #108 / Issue #281 / November, 2012   The clue’s in the title: Once Upon a Time in… Read more Once Upon a Time in the West

Stagecoach

Posted on 10/05/201620/08/2019 by FlexibleHead

Empire “Masterpiece” #82 / Issue #255 / September, 2010   John Ford’s Stagecoach is about as linear as adventures come.… Read more Stagecoach

The Wild Bunch

Posted on 10/05/201611/05/2019 by FlexibleHead

Empire “Masterpiece” #54 / Issue #225 / March, 2008   “We’ve got to start thinking beyond our guns,” muses William… Read more The Wild Bunch

The Coen Brothers

Posted on 08/03/201611/05/2019 by FlexibleHead

A magazine feature for Empire that was posted online once it left the shelves. This was to coincide with the… Read more The Coen Brothers

Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice

Posted on 08/03/201615/05/2019 by FlexibleHead

This one turned into a more massive undertaking than I anticipated: turns out we actually know quite a lot in… Read more Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice

X-Men: Apocalypse

Posted on 08/03/201618/06/2019 by FlexibleHead

Another “everything-we-know” thing, this time for X-Men: Apocalypse, the eighth film in the Marvel/Fox X-Men franchise, and the third part… Read more X-Men: Apocalypse

Star Wars: Rogue One

Posted on 08/03/201618/06/2019 by FlexibleHead

“Everything we know about…” features are all the rage at the Empire website at the moment, so here’s another one of those,… Read more Star Wars: Rogue One

Ghostbusters 2016

Posted on 08/03/201618/06/2019 by FlexibleHead

An everything-we-know feature for Empire about Paul Feig’s “controversial” new Ghostbusters. I enjoyed trolling the trolls on this one, but I… Read more Ghostbusters 2016

Deadpool – Empire Magazine cover feature

Posted on 16/02/201620/05/2020 by FlexibleHead

I did a lot of work for Empire on Deadpool. I travelled to Vancouver to the set and wrote the… Read more Deadpool – Empire Magazine cover feature

Top Gun 2

Posted on 02/02/2016 by FlexibleHead

Six years at the very least in development, a sequel to Tony Scott’s Top Gun is closer than ever to… Read more Top Gun 2

The Punisher

Posted on 02/02/201618/07/2019 by FlexibleHead

Marvel’s vigilante anti-hero The Punisher will be a part of Daredevil‘s second season on Netflix, played by Jon Bernthal. This… Read more The Punisher

Laurel and Hardy

Posted on 02/02/201603/02/2016 by FlexibleHead

A set of clips of the great Laurel and Hardy, to coincide with the news that Steve Coogan and John… Read more Laurel and Hardy

David Bowie

Posted on 02/02/2016 by FlexibleHead

An obituary feature, co-written with my Empire colleague Phil De Semlyen, celebrating the late David Bowie’s subsidiary career in film.… Read more David Bowie

The Hallow – Fangoria #345

Posted on 02/02/201621/08/2019 by FlexibleHead

A set-visit feature and follow-up interview with Corin Hardy, writer/director of the Irish-set folk horror The Hallow. This was for… Read more The Hallow – Fangoria #345

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