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
Category: Music
David Bowie
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
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
Forgotten Bond Themes
With the news that Radiohead would not, as had been rumoured, be providing the Spectre theme – Sam Smith having… Read more Forgotten Bond Themes
Vanity Projects
This was originally a two-part feature on filmic vanity projects. One was ‘straight’ and the other was specifically about films… Read more Vanity Projects
Empire Review of 2014
Various retrospective 2014 features and lists went up daily on the Empire website during December. The following are the ones… Read more Empire Review of 2014
Lamb of God
This isn’t actually an interview with Lamb of God, but with the filmmaker Don Argott. Argott was already making a… Read more Lamb of God
Folk Horror
This ended up in two places: it was commissioned by Kier-La Janisse for Fangoria, but she also then published it… Read more Folk Horror
Candidate – Joel Morris / Nuada interview
In late 2011 Empire ran an anniversary feature for The Wicker Man: the director Robin Hardy wrote it for us,… Read more Candidate – Joel Morris / Nuada interview
Rob Zombie – Lords of Salem interview
An exclusive interview with Rob Zombie, originally published on the Empire website in March, 2013 to tie in with the… Read more Rob Zombie – Lords of Salem interview
Danny Elfman Interview
Here’s an interview I conducted (pun intended) with the film composer Danny Elfman, for the release of Sam Raimi’s Oz… Read more Danny Elfman Interview
1980s Movie Themes
February, 2013. For no particular reason, a feature on terrible ’80s end-credits songs. I went for ‘terrible’ to avoid endless… Read more 1980s Movie Themes
James Bond
October, 2012. As Adele’s godawful Skyfall song was inflicted on the world, I was asked to produce a feature on… Read more James Bond
Hans Zimmer interview
July, 2012 – The full version of the interview that partially appeared in Empire‘s ‘Rebuilding Batman’ feature, in the week… Read more Hans Zimmer interview
Chris T-T (again)
May, 2012. My second interview with the Brighton-based singer-songwriter Chris T-T. This covers his Edinburgh Festival show reworking some of… Read more Chris T-T (again)
Christopher Lee
I write movie news for the Empire website most days. I’m not going to put up links to all my… Read more Christopher Lee
Chris T-T
December, 2007. A reasonably long and – for him – unexpected interview with the Brighton folk singer Chris T-T, as… Read more Chris T-T
Rob Zombie
February, 2011. Zombie was in the UK touring his then latest album Hellbilly Deluxe II. I took the opportunity to… Read more Rob Zombie
