I fulfill a lifelong dream by chatting to master filmmaker David Lynch in this interview conducted for the Herald. Granted, Twin Peaks is a TV show. But heck if it isn’t highly cinematic.
In this blog entry for the Herald, I celebrate the insane magnitude of the title creature in the frankly awesomeKong: Skull Island by citing some of the biggest movie monsters ever. Most of them are recent. The modern era has been kind to gargantuan beasties.
In this blog entry for the Herald, I attempt to comprehend the shocking loss of Bill Paxton, one of the great all-time actors, by celebrating ten of his greatest performances.
In this interview conducted for the Herald, Kong: Skull Island lead actor Tom Hiddleston discusses his big monkey movie and also what it was like to collaborate with Kiwi filmmaker Taika Waititi on Thor: Ragnarok.
To mark the release of Fifty Shades Darker, I look back at how sex on the whole has disappeared from mainstream cinema, and lament its absence in both creative and sociological terms. Also: bare bottoms.
In this blog for the Herald, I look at how on-demand services have removed the stigma of movies that bypass theaters, and I review five new Netflix Original Movies: Mercy, I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House, True Memoirs of an International Assassin, Mascots & Rebirth.
In this blog for the Herald, I preview the studios’ main awards-season offerings, including Hacksaw Ridge, Nocturnal Animals, Elle, La La Land, Monster Trucks and Manchester By The Sea.
In which I channel my inner Louis B. Mayer and anoint ten up and coming actors on the verge of becoming bonafide modern day movie stars. I also briefly ponder whether or not Sam Clafin is famous.
In this interview conducted for the Herald, I chat to Ben Affleck about the challenges of playing a protagonist on the spectrum in the new action thriller co-starring Anna Kendrick, John Lithgow, JK Simmons, Jon Bernthal, Jean Smart and Cynthia Addai-Robinson.
