Fred's Shed will be playing as part of the Wokingham Film Society's inaugural film festival on Thursday May 11th at 7:30pm, at the Whitty Theatre, Luckley House School. It'll be playing before the evening's feature presentation, Race. This is a bit of a homecoming for Fred's Shed, as the film was shot in Wokingham!
Fred's Shed at The Box Film Festival
Fred's Shed will be screening at The Box Film Festival, at Arlington Arts Centre, Newbury on Saturday June 24th at 7:30pm – tickets available here.
Fred's Shed at London Independent Film Festival 2017
My short film Fred's Shed is screening in the London Independent Film Festival on 16 April at 6pm, at Shortwave Cinema. Tickets are available here (£8 each), venue location is here. And here's the Facebook event for it!
Fred's Shed in London Independent Film Festival
My short film Fred's Shed will be screening in the London Independent Film Festival 2017, which runs from 13 - 25 April – more details to follow!
Why video game movies don't work
Given the less-than-stellar reviews that Assassin's Creed is getting, it feels like an appropriate time to dust off this old chestnut: Why video game movies don't work
Baby Steps – a horror short
[vimeo 15407052 w=640 h=360] It's Halloween, so what better time to dust off this (very) short horror I directed? Prepare yourself for two minutes of terror...
Horror films for Halloween
Stuff.tv has updated some of its horror movie lists for Halloween – I've contributed reviews of The Exorcist, Carrie and The Shining to the features below:
Take Two #8: Why Video Game Movies Don't Work
They just don't. Find out why here.
Take Two #7: Nick Frost, Apple slag
Interviewing Nick Frost for The World's End. I didn't pick the headline. Stuff meets Nick Frost, star of The World's End: "I'm an Apple slag"
Take Two #6: The Rocketeer
Many moons ago, I wrote this little piece about one of my favourite films: The Rocketeer. The 30s-style pulp adventure wasn't quite as successful as it could've been – opening opposite Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and Terminator 2 will do that – but I love it all the same. Read about it here: Movie Classics: The Rocketeer
Take 2 #5: Creating the hoverboard
Here's a fun little interview I did with John Bell, who designed the hoverboard for Back to the Future Part II: How I created… the hoverboard
Take Two #4: Making VFX Magic
I interviewed the visual effects gurus behind Pacific Rim and Casino Royale for this feature: How to make a 250ft tall monster-fighting robot
Take Two #3: Short films for your lunch hour
My ongoing series of film writing features continues with… Six Short Films to Watch in Your Lunch Hour
Annoyingly the embed for Sharon Colman's Badgered isn't working, so here it is.
Take Two #2: Why you should watch Film Noir
The second in my series of writings from the archives: Why you should watch… Film Noir
Take Two #1: Why I love… The Terminator
I'm going through the archive and digging out some of my old film writings – where better to start than with the film that sparked my love of the movies? Why I Love… The Terminator
Buzz Kill in FilmOneFest
Buzz Kill has been selected for FilmOneFest – the "celebration of the super-short film". It's playing on Saturday 16 July at the Atlantic Highlands Marina in New Jersey and will screen at other venues throughout the year. Or, if you can't afford the flight, you can watch it here: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCkxO35qdIY]
Buzz Kill (slight return)
Following audience feedback, we decided to slightly tweak the ending of Buzz Kill. Which gives you a chance to watch it all over again: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCkxO35qdIY]
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Buzz Kill (final cut) – finalist in Shortlist and Raindance’s “A Bad Day at the Office” competition from Stephen Graves on Vimeo.
Dave uses LOCi, his tablet’s AI, to compose a memo. But he has an unwelcome visitor…
We’ve slightly amended the edit in response to audience feedback. Call it the “Special Edition” version.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens review
My (spoiler-free) review of Star Wars: The Force Awakens is up now on howtoliveit.co.uk.