A ‘Twin Peaks’ fan film announcement

Hi there, As you know if you follow this page, I’m a big fan of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks. When I wrote an article about the new series, I was lucky enough to be invited on the Obnoxious and Anonymous YouTube channel to talk about it. The man behind that channel is […]

Monday Music 27 – 2017

This week I was going to do the music from Unbreakable but the YouTube video disappeared off, probably due to some rampant copyright use issue and I couldn’t find it again. Anyway, somewhere amongst the suggested videos was this little piece from a film that has been a guilty pleasure of mine since April 1999. […]

Rewatching Blake’s 7 – Season 2, Episode 6

Had a spare couple of hours so I thought I’s plough onwards with my rewatch of Blake’s 7. Episode 6 – Trial It seems fitting that I’m going for this tonight. I saw the sad news online earlier this week about the passing of composer Dudley Simpson, who was responsible for Blake’s 7’s awesome theme […]

Z is for Zuma

This last one is all about children’s television. It’s become a part of my life again ever since we had the boy in 2015, and things have changed a great deal since I were a lad! I grew up watching things like Button Moon. and Thomas the Tank Engine (the old series). My brother reminded […]

Monday Music 26 – 2017

This week, a little tribute to one of my favourite film composers: Bernard Herrman. Bernard Herrman was born in New York in 1911. His father encouraged his musical talent from a young age, taking him to the opera and buying him a violin. He went on to win his first prize at the age of […]

Halloween Special – ‘The Stone Tape’

My special viewing for tonight is one of my favourite creepy films. It’s that rare film that actually makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end. My brother bought it for me as a Christmas present a few years back and it’s become one of my favourites. The film, a television […]

NFL UK – Vikings @ Browns

Courtesy of my brother, I spent the afternoon enjoying a bit of NFL action, just down the road from my house at Twickenham Stadium. Today’s game was the Minnesota Vikings at Cleveland Browns. After last week’s game where the Arizona Cardinals failed to show up, even before Quarterback Carson Palmer left the field with an […]

9 Great Female Characters in Science Fiction

Before we start, this isn’t a “best of” list or anything like that. It’s more a celebration of good quality examples of female characters who exist as more than window dressing or motivation for a male hero to do some rescuing. Basically, I love writing the characters of Tempe and Ashana in my book and […]

Monday Music 25 – 2017

In the mood for a bit of 80’s this week. So what better than a bit of music from 1986’s Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous. Based on Richard Sapir’s Destroyer series and Directed by Bond stalwart, Guy Hamilton, this was a staple from my childhood. Fred Ward stars as Remo Williams, resurrected New York cop trained […]

Y is for Your Feedback

I’ve been talking for 24 letters and 7 months now about myself and the things that are important to me. Before I get to the end, I thought it would be fun to leave my own opinions to one side and focus on what other people say about me. This is open to feedback too, from […]