Pelican State Hate

My response to True Detective, now showing on Sky Atlantic and available for pre-order on DVD if you want to get a Woody (Harrelson).

Boba job

I had high hopes for the movie Number One Longing. Number Two Regret. I got my first feature credit, no doubt bringing new depths to the role of "Woods Guy". Now it turns out that Jeremy "Boba Fett" Bulloch, in the role of "Robert A. Fett" in the film, had similar ideas. In his memoirs he looks forward to the day when the film goes on mainstream release (p.232), hopefully netting him a long term payday, in the style of Sir Alec "Obi Wan Kenobi" Guinness for Star Wars. Like me, I imagine he's still waiting.

Hanson (and Grendel)

As pointed out previously, this week's Beowulf movie has set the critics talking about digital filmmaking once again. Bang on cue, one of my own contributions on the topic rocks up on the Audacity website. Like comedy, being topical is all in the timing.

Always time for crime

On and off, I've been writing for Crime Time for over a decade now, first appearing in issue 2. (Birthdays can cause one to reflect on the passage of time in this way.) I've been through magazine, photocopy, magazine again, trade paperback - one day the font will be large enough for me to read it - and website versions. Here's to the next 10 years of Crime Time.

Straight to Video

My screen acting career is going nowhere. First the cover artwork for my debut feature credit features "A great quote" from the Guardian, apparently (see left). Did the designers forget to clean up, or is this wishful thinking?

Then the film gets slammed over at DVD Reviewer: "You get professional performances from the likes of Jenny Agutter and Jeremy Bulloch, weighed against the majority of the cast who seem to be giving it a go in between their day jobs."

Busted!



Poor reviews aside, you can buy the movie here:

UK Terror attacks? Some sort of Doctor's Plot apparently. Unfortunate phrase that...

No regrets (yet)

UK readers who are missing me this summer can watch me in the comfort of their own home (for about 10 seconds of screen time). My debut feature credit was in the movie Number One Longing Number Two Regret, which is released on DVD in June.

You can buy it at the Amazon link below (official site here).