More and more names kept coming to mind as I researched this piece. Putting them in order was a real pain and I had to think about a number of different criteria on which I would rank them. This included the scope of what they did and the reasons behind their actions and sometimes by how […]
Read more "The Top 50 Greatest Villains in Space!"Having done Buffy and Angel, it seemed fitting that I should complete the set by running down my favourite Firefly episodes. As there are so few, and they’re all so good, it seemed silly to cut any off the list. I did 15 Doctor Who stories after all, so why not do 15 Firefly episodes. […]
Read more "All the Firefly episodes and Serenity ranked from ‘shiny’ to ‘shiniest’"Haven’t written anything properly for over a week as I’ve been struggling with a nasty case of sinusitis. Feels good to be back on it, communicating once again. I’ve been thinking about my favourite Doctor Who stories. Once again, I’ll preface this by saying that it isn’t meant to be a ‘best of all time’ list […]
Read more "15 Great Doctor Who Stories"5 Reasons why I’m excited. Warning: This article contains major spoilers for the plot of Ready Player One. . . . . . . . . I’m a little late to this party. I know this book was released back in 2011. I don’t think I’d even heard of it before about a year […]
Read more "Ready Player One – Looking Forward"After some thought and input from other people, I’ve made the decision. The X5 spaceship will be renamed Ardenna, after the genus of migratory birds that travel further than any other. My series of books will be called: The Ardenna Crossing The first book will be Book 1: Between Two Worlds The sequel, currently underway, […]
Read more "Title Announcement"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 […]
Read more "Halloween Special – ‘The Stone Tape’"May contain spoilers, etc. . . . . . . I was lucky enough to get an unexpected chance to go to the cinema earlier this week. What I went to see will be obvious from the title of this article. Since I became a parent on New Year’s Day 2015, I’ve seen the following […]
Read more "Valerian – My thoughts"My latest article for Taste of Cinema is now live here: http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2017/all-13-star-trek-movies-ranked-from-worst-to-best/ Took me a while to get it done as it turned out to be a longer piece than I expected but I’m quite happy with it. Let me know if you disagree with my order in the comments. Thanks for reading, now I […]
Read more "Star Trek: The Movies"Season 2 – Episode 1 – Redemption So, here I am, back on the Blake’s 7 odyssey and straight into Season 2. It’s been a while but I couldn’t resist any longer. This is easier than editing my book. We open with a picture of what looks like strange galaxies and then cut to the […]
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