MAN ON A MISSION (Originally published in Empire magazine, August 2016) On Deadly Ground was Steven Seagal’s directorial debut, the peak of his seemingly unstoppable rise to action-hero superstardom. Yet his movie career never quite recovered… Amid the snow-topped mountains and vast pine forests of Valdez, Alaska in May 1993, Steven Seagal was taking charge.… Continue reading Steven Seagal: The Making of On Deadly Ground
Empire magazine feature from 2012, recycled for an “Arnie Week” on the website marking the release of Aftermath. This originally went with a map, so the talking points were stops on a journey. That concept has been lost a bit in translation from page to online, but I still really like this piece. http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/predator-complete-history/ … Continue reading Predator
An interview with director Caradog James and actress Katie Sackhoff from the set of the British indie horror Don’t Knock Twice. Published at Rue Morgue. http://www.rue-morgue.com/single-post/2017/02/10/On-set-Report-IFC-Midnight’s-witchy-frightfest-DON’T-KNOCK-TWICE
An interview with director Matt Reeves, talking me through the first trailer for War For the Planet of the Apes. http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/war-planet-apes-trailer-breakdown-matt-reeves/
Another one from the vaults. This is an interview with the horror author David J. Schow, one of two credited screenwriters (with John Shirley) on Alex Proyas’ The Crow (1994). The conversation – conducted by email – was for a planned Empire magazine Crow feature that didn’t end up happening, so I’ve never been able… Continue reading The Crow
Empire “Masterpiece” #151 / Issue 325 / July, 2016 The Last of the Mohicans is an anomaly on Michael Mann’s CV. There are a couple of others – compromised WWII horror The Keep; the boxing biopic Ali – but to an overwhelming extent his preferred milieu has been the crime thriller, from 1981’s Thief to… Continue reading The Last of the Mohicans
Another one from the vaults. This 4000-word history of the Highlander franchise was published as Empire‘s ‘Back Story’ feature in the July, 2009 issue. It’s now been dusted off for the website to mark the original Highlander‘s 30th anniversary and a new 4K restoration. http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/highlander/ Here’s the trailer for the spiffy new restored version:
