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.
In this blog entry for the Herald, timed to mark the release of the new Dan Brown adaptation, Inferno, I name the five best films Tom Hanks ever made. I also name his five worst movies. It was a very tough call at either end.
Halloween release Ouija: Origin of Evil is merely the latest mid-sized 2016 horror to punch above its weight, box office-wise. In this blog for the Herald, I talk about why this year’s horror hits bode well for the future of the genre, and movies in general. And yet somehow I fail to mention The Witch.
In this blog for the Herald, I mark the release of the Emily Blunt-starring The Girl on the Train by celebrating the return of the glossy lifestyle thriller, a once dormant sub-genre revved back to life by the success of David Fincher and Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl.
In this blog for the Herald, I cite five of the worst Presidents ever offered up by Hollywood, and consider whether or not they’d be preferable to Donald Trump.
In this blog entry for the Herald, I mark the release of Blair Witch by decrying the state of the once-promising ‘Found Footage’ sub-genre, which has had all its considerable potential squandered by innumerable less-than-creative entries.
I chat to the star of Bridget Jones’s Baby about why she chose to return to her most famous role, the perils of premieres, the pitfalls of social media and what she’s been up to for the last six years.
