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I'm currently a freelance London-based film and media writer. Film is my passion and I currently write for UK print-journal The Film & Festivals Magazine (see links opposite), as well as features/reviews websites Future Movies, Close-Up Film and The Smell

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Entertainment > Hollywood & Movie Industry Movie sequels and remakes: Is Hollywood out of ideas?: 1 of 29
Martin Scorsese's The Departed is a well-crafted crime-thriller that sees Scorsese return to the cinematic heights he once scaled with GoodFellas. Set in the murky underworld of the Boston-Irish Mafia, the film is a remake of recent Hong Kong crime-thriller Infernal Affairs. As such, it's the latest entry in a long line of As... More..
Entertainment > Film Making & Production Is IMAX the future for the movie industry?: 1 of 10
The BFI London IMAX is an ever-present background entity to all those who leave Waterloo International and descend the steps into the city. Since its erection in 1999, the structure has achieved a slightly uneasy integration with the urban architecture fanning from London's South Bank. The 20million building attempts a statem... More..
Entertainment > Movie Awards & Nominations Should the Oscars honor movie producers too?: 2 of 13
The Oscars have always honoured the humble producer, as they receive the Best Picture award, arguably the biggest of the lot. The producer is in fact the heart and soul of the majority of film productions, as they frequently initiate a project and pitch their idea to studios for funding. They may also play a large part in app... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Pulitzer Center Is the accidental killing of civilians by US forces, in places like Somalia, an unavoidable part of the war on terrorism?: 20 of 115
When a state of war is declared against an enemy that exists more often as a concept than a distinct individual, collateral damage that is, the death of innocent civilians becomes an almost inevitable by-product of the campaign to suppress that enemy. Islamic extremism has become defined by guerilla attacks perpetrated by ind... More..
Entertainment > Movie Genres Animation: 3D versus hand drawn: 1 of 5
The Simpsons has become a global phenomenon since it began nearly twenty years ago, generating over $2.5billion of revenue for Rupert Murdoch's Fox Network. In those two decades it has maintained its high standards, and remains one of the best shows on television. With its massive crossover appeal, sharp satire and rich tapes... More..
Entertainment > Movie Genres Trends in science fiction movies: 1 of 4
Danny Boyle's Sunshine is an overdue shot in the arm for original science-fiction. With the last decade dominated by underwhelming Star Wars prequels, it's easy to forget that science-fiction is capable of debating big ideas and influencing how we see ourselves in the universe. Star Wars, and to a lesser extent Star Trek, is ... More..
Entertainment > Movie Genres Horror films efforts to disgust viewers analyzed: 3 of 10
Back in 1999, two young filmmakers, Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez, sent three actors into the woods in Maryland with nothing but some camping equipment, a camera and a fabricated myth about a local witch. The film became The Blair Witch Project, and through brilliant editing and even better Internet promotion and myth-bui... More..
Entertainment > Directors & Film Makers Actors who choose to direct movies: 4 of 10
Screen-legends Robert De Niro and Clint Eastwood, along with fellow movie superstar Mel Gibson, have all recently seen their latest directorial offerings transfer to DVD. De Niro's The Good Shepherd, a compelling yet ultimately disappointing spy drama, is only his second film as director. In contrast, Eastwood builds on an al... More..
Entertainment > Movie Genres Who's the best modern movie spy and what makes them best: 1 of 2
Only the controversy surrounding the production of United 93, and other 9/11-related projects, came close in the film world to the scale of the media-storm created by the announcement of Pierce Brosnan's successor, to the role of MI6's least-secret agent. If the myriad websites were to be believed, Daniel Craig was too unsoph... More..
Entertainment > Movie Genres Is the Western genre of movies experiencing a revival?: 1 of 1
After two and a half years irritating studio excecutives in post-production pergatory, Andrew Dominik's The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford has finally taken a bow at The London Film Festival. As a poetic and brooding deconstruction of the violent life and equally violent death of one of America's most ... More..