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When asked what the best early training for a writer was, Hemingway claimed that it was “an unhappy childhood”. Check. I have that one...
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Remembered: Richard Donner
The film director Richard Donner died earlier this month. Beyond the obvious loss, there is no tragedy here: he was 91 and had led a full...
Purpose - Five Tracks
I love to be able to lose myself in a piece of music. I like tracks that have a headlong motion – that make you feel that you are falling...
Now Playing
Music is very important to me. I don’t play an instrument and I can’t carry a tune, but I have an innate love of music. I play it all the...
A Very British Coup (1988)
This three-part serial is an odd beast that posits an interesting premise: what would happen if a truly Left-wing Labour government had...
Choices
There are many reasons that I wanted to be a writer. Many formative experiences, both positive and negative, that put me on this creative...
Spy Game (2001)
Spy thrillers age quickly. Geopolitical situations and technology move on apace, making such films (and books for that matter) feel...
3:10 to Yuma (2007)
I have a lot of time for westerns. They present the moviegoer with a heady mix of gritty characterisation, action-driven narratives and a...
For Your Consideration
I love films. I love watching films and talking about them. I have written articles about cinema elsewhere and I think that the blog...
Rethinking King
I have previously not been too kind to Stephen King. I enjoy and admire his books. I have a soft spot for cinematic adaptations of his...
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