My new novel Skies Of Venus is ready for preorder!
My new novel Skies Of Venus is now available for pre-order. Skies Of Venus is a new instalment in the "Carson Of Venus" series of scifi novels by the grandfather…
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Boudicca is here!
Britain will vanish under a sea of blood. Cities will burn. The moon will be shattered by the screams of the dying. Yes, my first graphic novel is here. Boudicca,…
My movie shame: 20 beloved movies I have never seen
Movies have always been my Great Refuge. I went to the best film school in the world, for years I was employed by a center for motion picture study actually called the The…
The Art Spirit moves you
I've been re-reading The Art Spirit, by Robert Henri. My dad brought the book over from the States when he and Mum came over to visit in 2007. The copy is a brown-paged…
London Screenwriters Festival, sequences & me
The London Screenwriters Festival may well be the biggest and best conference for screenwriters on Earth right now. There used to be a plethora of L.A.-based writerfests - I've been…
The Camera Is Mightier Than The Gun
Walking home from dropping my daughter off at school today, I was treated to the sight and sound of a driver shrieking obscenities at another man as he crossed the…
The Valley Of Gwangi (1969), The Dinosaur Is The Father Of The Man
(article originally written for Mark Deniz’s “Monster Appreciation Month”) I first saw The Valley Of Gwangi in 1973 or 1974, well after its 1969 release. I was about 5 or…
Escape From L.A., Pt. 2
(this article originally appeared at screenwriting website Twelvepoint.com, Jan. 2010) - Read Part 1 of "Escape From L.A." - And so, with growing dread, I came to understand that this…
Escape From L.A., Pt. 1
‘(Los Angeles) is a country coming down from its trip. We are 91 days from the end of this decade, and there's gonna be a lot of refugees. They'll be…
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Avatar (2009)
Saw James Cameron's "Avatar" (2009) yesterday afternoon in 3D at the Shepherd's Bush VUE Cinemas in London. Went with my Dad who has seen more movies than I am ever…