Film critic and editor. Liberal Democrat. Cat dad. Toy photographer. Atheist. Half-English. Anti-bigotry. Supporter of all workers, staff and freelance.
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will the grink be there
It took two editors at one of the major trades to write a column about whether Supergirl can wear earrings. Meanwhile I do 4,000 words on the theology of He-Man, just because I want to.
Get me in the freelance critic rotation somewhere, please.
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IN WAVES is a standard-issue doomed cancer romance, done in very non standard-issue animation. The Troma reference in the headline is just something I'd do. My review - lytrules.substack.com/p/in-waves-r...
Looking for outlets/sites that could use me even as little as once a month in their film critic rotations. Will cover ANY kind of movie. Many samples of my work at mortalcinema.com
Urgent priority, US.
Is He-Man a religious metaphor? the answer is more nuanced and all over the place than you'd think, but I take a deep dive into it. lytrules.substack.com/p/the-theolo...
There's a 44 year-old joke in it referencing a movie from 1982 that is not appropriate at all for kids. Who are these movies for any more?
Big feature dropping tomorrow, combining all my interests. For paid subscribers, but half of it will be free to all.
FAKE PLASTIC TREES: A STARWBERRY FIELDS MYSTERY
Finishing up the longest thing I've ever written for Substack. For subscribers, but I'll make about half of it free to suck everyone else in. That should still be at least 2,000 complimentary words...
