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Space Truckers
Posted on November 21, 2011 | No CommentsThe latest in my occasional series of blogs about SF movies;, good, bad, and all points in between… Space Truckers (1996) is one of the greatest films never made…instead they... -
Howard Hawks
Posted on November 13, 2011 | No CommentsLast night I watched His Girl Friday again, for the nth time. It’s one of my favourite ever films. One of those sharp sassy black and white movies with machine-gun... -
Lifeforce
Posted on November 12, 2011 | 1 CommentAt the recent British Fantasy Convention in Brighton, I was privileged to share a panel on movies with the inimitable Kim Newman, a man who has seen more movies than... -
Conan: Coming Soon
Posted on August 8, 2011 | No CommentsI truly can’t wait for the spectacle and silliness of the new Conan the Barbarian Movie…I love Robert E. Howard’s stories and understated stories, and always loved the Arnie version.... -
Electric Sheep
Posted on April 19, 2011 | No CommentsIf you could be a character in a movie, who would you be? That’s the question I was asked by those guys over at Electric Sheep. And my choice was... -
We’ve Won!
Posted on April 18, 2011 | 4 CommentsI went for a drink last Friday with my editor DongWon Song, who was in London for the week to attend the London Book Fair and catch up with his... -
Empire Jameson Awards
Posted on April 15, 2011 | No CommentsI’ve just been looking at Empire Magazine’s alternative Best Film Awards, the Jamesons. Forget the BAFTAs, these are the awards that recognise the existence of GENRE movies! Refreshingly therefore Kick-Ass wins... -
Zardoz
Posted on April 12, 2011 | 1 CommentPursuing the ‘crap movies’ theme, here’s a great blog about a movie I haven’t seen for yoinks and have no intention of seeing again any time soon – Zardoz! -
Sucker Punch: the Palmer Take
Posted on April 8, 2011 | No CommentsAs I mentioned in a previous blog, I have been much entertained at seeing the dreadful dreadful reviews for Zack Snyder’s new movie Sucker Punch. So I thought I’d check... -
Sucker Punch
Posted on April 1, 2011 | 2 CommentsGreat furore has attended the opening of Zack Snyder’s new action fantasy epic Sucker Punch. Critics hate it;, so much so that some fear Snyder will be sacked from the... -
Pitch Factor
Posted on March 30, 2011 | 1 CommentFor the practising writer, there is no uglier word in the English language than “pitch”. (Except for the word “Rejection”.) As writers we want to be judged by our work,... -
On The Spirit of Place: Writing that is Inspired by a Location
Posted on February 27, 2011 | 1 CommentI’ve just been browsing through some photographs of my home town of Port Talbot in South Wales. This is the place where I was born, and where my family still... -
The Alternative BAFTAS
Posted on February 16, 2011 | 1 Comment(NOTE: To hear Nicole Peeler’s SFF Song of the Week, scroll down, or click here.) Ah, the BAFTAs! Weren’t they great! Jonathan Ross redeemed himself with a string of actually... -
What’s it all about, guys?
Posted on February 2, 2011 | 3 CommentsI spent some time last night looking at Mark Charan Newton’s excellent blog, and was intrigued at what he had to say about the recent Guardian Book Blog debate about... -
More Misfits
Posted on January 15, 2011 | No CommentsIf you missed it, the best thing on telly last year was Misfits on E4. A superhero show; a comedy; a dark drama – it had it all. Ace script... -
Monsters
Posted on January 9, 2011 | No CommentsI caught a blog on Jeff Somers’ site a while back, extolling the marvellousness of a micro-budget SF movie called MONSTERS. And I finally managed to catch up with it... -
The Ethics of Theft
Posted on November 15, 2010 | 2 CommentsA recent blog by John Scalzi drew my attention to a fascinating plagiarism case on the web. The author Monica Gaudio discovered to her horror that an article she’d written... -
RED
Posted on November 13, 2010 | 2 CommentsHere’s a treat – an action movie with wit and humour and real characters. Check out RED, directed by Robert Schwentke, (who I’ve now forgiven for the lame The Time... -
Let’s Glorify Violence
Posted on July 12, 2010 | No CommentsI recently went to see Michael Winterbottom’s new movie The Killer Inside Me, which has been the subject of much controversy because of its graphic scenes of violence towards women. ... -
Repo Men
Posted on April 29, 2010 | 2 CommentsI was looking for a movie to watch last night, and I saw this write-up of Repo Men in my paper, the Guardian: ‘The nasty but futuristic business of retrieving...