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Dick Tracy – 30th Anniversary Feature

Posted on 17/06/202011/08/2020 by FlexibleHead

Retrospective feature for The Telegraph on Warren Beatty’s 1990 curio Dick Tracy. Includes interviews with crime writer Max Allan Collins… Read more Dick Tracy – 30th Anniversary Feature

Amazon’s Middle-Earth / Lord of the Rings Series

Posted on 25/09/201919/03/2020 by FlexibleHead

An everything-we-know feature for Empire on Amazon’s massive new series set in Tolkien’s Middle-earth. Early days yet, but there’s still… Read more Amazon’s Middle-Earth / Lord of the Rings Series

David Morrell’s Rambo Novelizations

Posted on 24/09/201926/09/2019 by FlexibleHead

Another editorial for Birth.Movies.Death. This one’s on the unusual business of original First Blood author David Morrell writing the novelizations… Read more David Morrell’s Rambo Novelizations

The Running Man

Posted on 28/08/201902/10/2019 by FlexibleHead

Editorial for a Stephen King season at Birth.Movies.Death on the novel The Running Man and the Schwarzenegger movie that “adapted”… Read more The Running Man

Denis Villeneuve’s Dune

Posted on 19/07/201923/10/2021 by FlexibleHead

Another one of those everything-you-need-to-know deals, this time on Denis Villeneuve’s new adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune. Really looking forward… Read more Denis Villeneuve’s Dune

Bohemian Rhapsody: The Inside Story

Posted on 16/08/201828/06/2019 by FlexibleHead

Bohemian Rhapsody: The Inside Story, written by me, was published in October 2018 to coincide with the release of the… Read more Bohemian Rhapsody: The Inside Story

Alien: Augmented Reality Survival Manual

Posted on 12/10/201728/06/2019 by FlexibleHead

The Alien: Augmented Reality Survival Manual, written by me, is now available in the UK and and the US. The “Augmented… Read more Alien: Augmented Reality Survival Manual

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

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

Spectre

Posted on 02/02/201612/06/2019 by FlexibleHead

More Bond. This was a pre-release primer, hopefully providing “everything you need to know” about Spectre. Obviously out of date… Read more Spectre

James Bond – Page To Screen

Posted on 02/02/201612/06/2019 by FlexibleHead

A long Empire feature detailing the significant differences between James Bond’s adventures on film and as originally written by Ian… Read more James Bond – Page To Screen

Ring

Posted on 06/05/201527/07/2019 by FlexibleHead

This is an overview of the complete Ring series so far, to coincide with the announcement of a third American instalment… Read more Ring

Ghost in the Shell

Posted on 15/01/201511/05/2016 by FlexibleHead

A crash course in the cyberpunk manga and anime Ghost in the Shell, following the left-field news that Scarlett Johansson… Read more Ghost in the Shell

The Woman In Black: Angel Of Death

Posted on 02/01/201502/06/2019 by FlexibleHead

I wrote features for Empire and Fangoria about The Woman in Black: Angel of Death (the Americans added a 2… Read more The Woman In Black: Angel Of Death

Salacious Memoirs

Posted on 14/10/2014 by FlexibleHead

In the book trade, “Super Thursday” in October is when all the big books, many of them celebrity autobiographies, are… Read more Salacious Memoirs

Tarzan: Planet of the Ape-Man

Posted on 27/08/201416/05/2019 by FlexibleHead

This is a feature I wrote for Empire a couple of years ago, for the centenary of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan… Read more Tarzan: Planet of the Ape-Man

Don Coscarelli

Posted on 24/02/2014 by FlexibleHead

Another interview for the indie horror collection. This one’s with Don Coscarelli, director of the Phantasm series and, more recently,… Read more Don Coscarelli

Dragons

Posted on 11/12/201320/05/2019 by FlexibleHead

As a bit of fun for the release of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, I interviewed biologist Dr Peter… Read more Dragons

X-Men: Apocalypse

Posted on 07/12/201307/12/2013 by FlexibleHead

Bryan Singer’s cryptic Twitter announcement of “X-Men Apocalypse 2016″ prompted a wave of internet speculation about the apparent follow-up to… Read more X-Men: Apocalypse

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