My review of the new Star Trek series Strange New Worlds is now available at Empire. https://www.empireonline.com/tv/reviews/star-trek-strange-new-worlds/
Tag: Empire
Ghostbusters 2016
An everything-we-know feature for Empire about Paul Feig’s “controversial” new Ghostbusters. I enjoyed trolling the trolls on this one, but I… Read more Ghostbusters 2016
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
Night Visions Festival 2014
This was my third year at Night Visions in Helsinki, and as usual I came back with a lot of… Read more Night Visions Festival 2014
Tony Todd – Candyman interview
My third interview of three for Empire‘s 2014 horror week, since deleted from the Empire site so now re-posted in… Read more Tony Todd – Candyman interview
Pet Sematary’s Zelda – Andrew Hubatsek interview
An interview with the actor Andrew Hubatsek, who played the properly terrifying Zelda in Pet Sematary and psychologically scarred a… Read more Pet Sematary’s Zelda – Andrew Hubatsek interview
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
Trailer Cheats 2
The first instalment proved so popular that we decided to immediately follow it up, this time using the suggestions of… Read more Trailer Cheats 2
Unbelievable Sequels 2
A sequel to a feature about sequels! These are another 30 lesser-known follow-ups that mostly went straight to video or… Read more Unbelievable Sequels 2
Sammo Hung interview
I mentioned in an earlier post that one of my favourite ever interviews was with Sammo Hung. It was originally… Read more Sammo Hung interview
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
Stage Names
Pretty self-explanatory, this is a 50-entry list feature on actors and actresses who changed their names professionally. Some are the… Read more Stage Names
666 Great Horror Characters
This colossal piece for the Empire website was a joint effort by me, Chris Hewitt and Simon Crook (and designed… Read more 666 Great Horror Characters
Simpsons Horror Tribute
Guillermo Del Toro supervised the opening sequence for the 2013 Simpsons Hallowe’en special (Treehouse of Horror XXIV), and in the spirit… Read more Simpsons Horror Tribute
Fangoria
Slightly strangely, this was a commissioned feature for Empire about another magazine: the horror bible Fangoria. Fango haven’t reciprocated with… Read more Fangoria
Peter Stormare interview
This interview with the thoroughly excellent Peter Stormare is intended as the inaugural entry in an occasional series called Rogues… Read more Peter Stormare interview
Clive Barker – Nightbreed interview
Here’s something in full for once, rather than just a link. I wrote a large feature on Clive Barker’s Nightbreed… Read more Clive Barker – Nightbreed interview
Scott Squires interview: 2013’s VFX Protests
Following the protests by the Visual Effects industry that the 2013 Oscars tried very hard to pretend weren’t happening (Rhythm… Read more Scott Squires interview: 2013’s VFX Protests
Movie Weapons
Sometime in 2008. Another ‘Top 10’ from Empire magazine, recycled for the website (I’ve actually only just learned that these… Read more Movie Weapons
Hidden Performances
Sometime in 2007. This feature, on performances from behind a ton of make-up, was part of a ‘Top 10’ series… Read more Hidden Performances
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