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Daniel Allen

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As seen in: Loud and Clear Reviews, Letterboxd, The Quietus, Little White Lies, Film Stories, In Review Online, The Film Magazine
Covers:  Film, TV, videogames, sport, culture and media
Founder/Editor @CinematicSense. Bylines: @LoudAndClearRvs, @InRO, @TheQuietus, @FilmStories, @LWLies, @thefilmagazine. Portfolio below.

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A film writer and journalist who founded the blog 'Cinematic Sense'. I also have bylines from Loud and Clear Reviews, Film Stories, The Quietus, Little White Lies, The Film Magazine and In Review Online. Available for freelance work.

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The Odyssey Review: Another Excellent Christopher Nolan Film

The Odyssey Review: Another Excellent Christopher Nolan Film

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is yet another excellent film from the director - a jaw-dropping Ancient Gree…

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The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford: Film Review

The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford: Film Review

Peter Mullan is brilliant in The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford, an enjoyable character study of a man strug…

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May 2026: An Un-Fjord-Gettable Month

May 2026: An Un-Fjord-Gettable Month

This month's Cinematic Sense newsletter has it all. Cannes fallout! New Oscar rules! Box office talk! Old Wes…

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Remembering The Time When Drive Got A Rescore

Remembering The Time When Drive Got A Rescore

Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive is great. Its score is iconic. But did you know of its rescored soundtrack fille…

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Cannes 2026 Preview: The Essential Films to Watch Out For

Cannes 2026 Preview: The Essential Films to Watch Out For

This year's Cannes includes films from Pedro Almodovar, Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Hirokazu-Kore-eda. But who will…

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I Swear - Kirk Jones [Review] | In Review Online

I Swear - Kirk Jones [Review] | In Review Online

One of the biggest British hits when it was released in the country last year, I Swear has finally made its w…

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Project Hail Mary Review: Fun, Visually Spectacular Blockbuster

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⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. Project Hail Mary will certainly go down as one of the bigger films of 2026. The first directorial feature in more than a decade from Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the film adapts the novel by Andy Weir, who previously wrote the also-adapted The Martian. That was a story which balanced super-specific astro terminology with the high concept of a man stuck in space. The same happens in Project Hail Mary, right down to the ‘man stuck in space’ part.
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How To Make A Killing Review: Wasted Potential

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⭐⭐ Rating: 2 out of 5. Hours before he is due to be executed, Becket Redfellow (Glen Powell) decides to tell a chaplain his life story. His mother (Nell Williams) was the teenage heiress to her family’s fortune, including $28bn and an estate in New York. However, she is disowned by patriarch Whitelaw (Ed Harris) after falling pregnant with Becket and is effectively shunned until her passing.
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Film Review: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

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⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. The excellently titled Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is the third feature from Jane Schoenbrun. Their previous films have been fare that was both unsettled and unsettling. We’re All Going to the World’s Fair had an unnerving ASMR quality. 2024’s I Saw The TV Glow was an allegory for the transgender experience that was fundamentally heartbreaking.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Writing and publishing reviews as part of my own blog, 'Cinematic Sense'

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No

What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

The feature on American Graffiti and nostalgia I did for Little White Lies.