Freelance Work

Bits and pieces I’ve written for other websites.

The day that James Bond and The Beatles changed Britain – BBC Culture
James Bond

Frenzy at 50: The most violent film Hitchcock ever made – BBC Culture
Frenzy

How The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour pioneered the visual album – Little White Lies
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Wes Anderson: Cinema’s most misunderstood filmmaker – BBC Culture
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Why Timothy Dalton was the best James Bond – Little White Lies
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The bleak Hollywood masterpiece that attacked ‘fake news’ – BBC Culture
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How Get Carter dispelled the myth of the British gangster – Little White Lies
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How GoldenEye reinvigorated the James Bond franchise – Little White Lies
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How an overlooked British classic boasted Sean Connery’s finest performance – Den of Geek
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How The Apartment shaped cinema’s view of the workplace – Den of Geek
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How North by Northwest invented the modern action film – Den of Geek
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How Where Eagles Dare marked a turning point for Hollywood action – Little White Lies
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Where next for Bond 25? – Den of Geek
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The portrayal of the enemy in Saving Private Ryan – Den of Geek
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Revisiting The Wire ten years on – Den of Geek
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The fascinating prescience of Tomorrow Never Dies – Den of Geek
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Who’s That Knocking at My Door: How the world met Martin Scorsese – Little White Lies
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How Hans Zimmer changed modern film scores – Den of Geek
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Looking back at the early Peter Jackson films – Den of Geek
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In Defence of Quantum of Solace – Little White Lies
Quantum of Solace

A tribute to The Man Who Haunted Himself – Den of Geek
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What do British War films tell us about ourselves? – Little White Lies
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Why 2007 was a great year for film – Den of Geek
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Looking back at the original Beatles films – Den of Geek
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Is Netflix ringing the death knell for cinemas? – Den of Geek
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In praise of Batman (1966): a postmodern masterpiece – Den of Geek
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Bond 25, and the untapped stories of the novels – Den of Geek
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Putting the film back into films – Den of Geek
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An interview with Henry Cavill – Exeposéimg_20161014_145714.jpg

An interview with Patrick Swaffer – Exeposé
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Ran at the BFI Southbank – Exeposé
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Power and Problems in Parody – Exeposé
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Sequel fever, are we sick of it? – Exeposé
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