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: Interview
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
The Nun
My feature on Corin Hardy’s Conjuring spin-off The Nun, published in Empire magazine #353 (September 2018). Design is by Olly Gibbs.… Read more The Nun
Crowhurst – Director & Producer interview
An interview with director Simon Rumley and producer Michael Riley, conducted on the Bridgwater set of Crowhurst in 2015. The… Read more Crowhurst – Director & Producer interview
War For the Planet of the Apes
Empire Magazine feature on the third of the rebooted Planet of the Apes series. This was written from two days… Read more War For the Planet of the Apes
The Mummy – Alex Kurtzman interview
Conversation with Alex Kurtzman, the director of the first of Universal’s ‘Dark Universe’ films, The Mummy. http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/alex-kurtzman-mummy/
Deconstructing Oliver Stone
This feature was originally published in Empire Magazine, Issue #328: October, 2016. He’s been hailed as a genius, a provocateur,… Read more Deconstructing Oliver Stone
Steven Seagal: The Making of On Deadly Ground
MAN ON A MISSION (Originally published in Empire magazine, August 2016) On Deadly Ground was Steven Seagal’s directorial debut, the… Read more Steven Seagal: The Making of On Deadly Ground
Predator
Empire magazine feature from 2012, recycled for an “Arnie Week” on the website marking the release of Aftermath. This originally… Read more Predator
The Crow – David J. Schow Interview
Another one from the vaults. This is an interview with the horror author David J. Schow, one of two credited… Read more The Crow – David J. Schow Interview
Highlander
Another one from the vaults. This 4000-word history of the Highlander franchise was published as Empire‘s ‘Back Story’ feature in… Read more Highlander
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
Jared Leto – Joker / Suicide Squad interview
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
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/
The Coen Brothers
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
Deadpool – Empire Magazine cover feature
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
The Hallow – Fangoria #345
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
Straight Outta Compton
I visited the LA set of the NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton while it was shooting, and wrote the subsequent feature… Read more Straight Outta Compton
Insidious Chapter 3
This long interview with director/writer/actor Leigh Whannell, mostly about Insidious 3, was for the Empire website, but was another one… Read more Insidious Chapter 3
