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Screen Writing Archive
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The Ballad of Billy McCrae
Posted on March 15, 2022 | No CommentsIt’s out – and on a television set near you. My Welsh film noir THE BALLAD OF BILLY McCRAE is now available for download on Amazon Prime, Sky and iTunes.... -
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... -
Fantastical TV
Posted on November 2, 2011 | No CommentsI’ve been racing around the country for the last few days so haven’t had time to write about the panel I did at the weekend for the London Screenwriters’ Festival.... -
Murder in Midsomer
Posted on October 23, 2011 | No CommentsThere is one county in England which is notorious for its high murder count and the weirdness of its locals – they get up to all sorts there, including ritual... -
London Screenwriter’s Festival 2011
Posted on October 23, 2011 | 2 CommentsI’ve spent the last week or so watching old movies, as preparation for a part-time teaching job I’m currently doing up in the University of York. High Noon, Rio Bravo,... -
Why to be a Writer
Posted on May 3, 2011 | No CommentsOne of the highlights of my Eastercon just past was taking part in a writers’ workshop run by an excellent group called the T Party. Hi guys! This was a... -
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... -
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... -
Film Biz Stuff
Posted on February 4, 2011 | No CommentsI had an enjoyable film biz kind of a day yesterday. I had a meeting in the morning with a very lovely executive at a company called Future Films, who... -
Is There a Doctor in the House?
Posted on July 26, 2010 | No CommentsI spoke to my mother earlier tonight; she really enjoyed GIFT, and since she is a doctor, she appreciated the medical details. That’s an interesting coincidence ; my mother worked... -
How to Write Action SF
Posted on March 22, 2010 | 6 CommentsWhat’s the best way to kill an alien? Do you zap it with energy beams, blast it with bullets, burn it with a flame-thrower, drop an anti-matter bomb on it,... -
Does Whatever a Franchise Can: Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man Trilogy
Posted on January 21, 2010 | 2 CommentsHere’s the latest guest blog in our Movie Zone feature…from the talented and irrepressible screenwriter and blogger Adrian Reynolds. Adrian’s thoughts on life and movies and other stuff can be... -
If Jackals Ruled the World
Posted on January 19, 2010 | No CommentsI’ve finally seen Avatar, and it’s as amazing and spectacular as everyone says. The 3D experience is exhilarating, the plot is tight and smart, and the concept is brilliant. It’s... -
SF Movies: Guest post from Archie Tait
Posted on January 14, 2010 | 3 CommentsI’ve recently started opening up this debatable space to guest blogs…most recently, Stuart Angell McGregor’s splendid piece on The X-Files and his own original, never-broadcast show The Flashlight Department. Watch... -
Movie Zone: The Red Shoes
Posted on December 28, 2009 | 1 CommentAs a post-Christmas treat, I went to see a classic movie at the BFI (formerly the National Film Theatre). It was The Red Shoes, by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger,... -
Fantastic Times Ahead
Posted on December 11, 2009 | 1 CommentMore great movie SF in the pipeline it seems – James Cameron is to produce (but probably not direct) a version of the fab 1996 movie Fantastic Voyage, featuring a bunch... -
The Writer’s Quest, Part 1: Find Yourself
Posted on December 4, 2009 | 4 CommentsI’ve been mulling about the Robert Jackson Bennett post about How to Write a Story over on the Orbit website. It’s a funny, brief and utterly brilliant little essay. And it’s... -
On Rebus
Posted on December 2, 2009 | No CommentsI went into Borders on Charing Cross Road last week… a sad experience to see such a lovely bookshop in its dying days. I looked for bargains – but didn’t... -
TV Zone: The X-Files
Posted on September 4, 2009 | 2 CommentsI’ve recently introduced a new feature on this blog…consisting of longer and more researched pieces on favourite books, movies and TV shows written by me and the co-geeks amongst my...