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
Category: Books
Amazon’s Middle-Earth / Lord of the Rings Series
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Empire “Masterpiece” #119 / Issue #292 / October, 2013 There’s a school of thought that says Akira Kurosawa was… Read more Throne of Blood
Spectre
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 Obviously out of date… Read more Spectre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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
