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Film, TV and media critic and entertainment journalist.
Editor at Valnet and FILMHOUNDS.
SEO specialist and digital marketing for tech.

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What's the Alternative? - The Guardian

What's the Alternative? - The Guardian

Independent cinemas used to be a premier hang-out for students. But with multiplexes pushing smaller venues o…

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Interview: Renny Harlin On The Strangers - "I was just waiting to get to the third movie"

Interview: Renny Harlin On The Strangers - "I was just waiting to get to the third movie"

The Strangers - Chapter 3 is more than just the final instalment of a trilogy-it's the end of a single psycho…

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Black Hawk Down: Two decades after the battle which inspired the movie, here's our top 10 war fil...

Black Hawk Down: Two decades after the battle which inspired the movie, here's our top 10 war fil...

To mark the 20th anniversary of the First Battle of Mogadishu, Matt Goddard looks at the film it inspired, Bl…

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Satire By A Hundred Papercuts – No Other Choice (Film Review)

Satire By A Hundred Papercuts – No Other Choice (Film Review)

No Other Choice starts with a family barbecue. Two parents, two children, two dogs, under falling blossoms. F…

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Interview: Miguel Torres Umba On Playing Ben In Primate — “A lot of the scares were genuine”

Interview: Miguel Torres Umba On Playing Ben In Primate — “A lot of the scares were genuine”

When it came to realising the simian threat at the heart of its horror, Primate went old-school. With an eye …

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The Best Video Game Commercials - We Got This Covered

The Best Video Game Commercials - We Got This Covered

For many gamers, it's in the commercial before it's in the game. Consoles and their headline franchises have …

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Friday the 69th (Raindance 2026) — A Horror Parody To Beat

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If you think you know what to expect from a film called Friday the 69th, you’re exactly right. But what you probably won’t expect is that, with a fine grasp on its subject matter (stop it) and a heaving gag rate (seriously), it’s such a success. This is how horror parodies should be done: a great concept packed with jokes. Tongue firmly in cheek and cigarettes in every hand, we meet the people behind the movie in Friday the 69th’s first brilliant move: a script read-through.
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Chuck Russell on Eraser 4K — “The pressure was on, so we tried to deliver in every category”

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While Eraser was by no means Arnold Schwarzenegger’s final action film, so much of it screams the end of an era. Particularly as it was the mid-1990s, CGI was really starting to make its presence felt, and for much of its runtime, Eraser feels so tough and real. As director Chuck Russell puts it, the studio wanted “one more great Arnold vehicle,” and he didn’t hang around delivering it.
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Neil Marshall on The Descent 4K— “I managed to fix something that had been bugging me for 21 years”

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Two decades after its release, The Descent has received a meticulous 4K restoration that’s “absolutely stunning.” Those are words of writer and director Neil Marshall, who’s relishing this new lease of life for his sophomore feature. That’s no surprise when the years have seen his subterranean horror age like a fine wine cave, only increasing its reputation as one of the 2000s best pitch-perfect horrors.
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