Jeremy Sadler

WARNING. SPOILERS HEREIN. If you have not watched all the episodes of the first season of Game of Thrones, DO NOT READ.

After the debacle that was X-Men Origins: Wolverine, you’d be forgiven for thinking that perhaps the X-Men franchise was best left to lie for a while. Never let it be said however that Hollywood is unwilling to beat a dead horse; out come the whips to give us X-Men: First Class. Except somewhere along the way, they actually made a classy, fun, interesting film.

It’s been a long time coming. Matt Smith has slowly wormed his way into my heart as The Doctor but tonight he finally, finally, cemented his position with me as the new MY Doctor, a title previously held by Tom …

My friend George Ivanoff, for his blog Literary Clutter, has asked me to write several hundred words on my first paid publication. My story “Such Is Life” appears in “Dead Red Heart“, a collection of Australian-themed …

I turned 40 last week. A milestone birthday, to be sure. Some would let themselves fall into depression at the thought, and in years gone by I would have joined them. But this birthday was so very different. Not only in the events, but in my attitude.

I was up late watching Southland last night, and often my late night viewing influences my dreams. So some time in the early hours of the morning I had a dream where I was a detective, with a partner, following …

So, I didn’t make 50,000.

I didn’t because I got half way through the month, at roughly 18,000 words, and realised I wasn’t writing the story the way I really wanted to write it. I didn’t like the idea of …

This article was originally published in Frontier magazine Issue 1 April 1996.

“The Wizard of Oz meets Judge Dredd.”

That’s the description David Redman gives me when I ask what his latest movie, Meggido Finn, is about. When pressed …

After the debacle that was X-Men Origins: Wolverine, you’d be forgiven for thinking that perhaps the X-Men franchise was best left to lie for a while. Never let it be said however that Hollywood is unwilling to beat a dead horse; out come the whips to give us X-Men: First Class. Except somewhere along the way, they actually made a classy, fun, interesting film.

I must admit the idea of First Class did not appeal to me, but the trailer does spark my interest.

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Just released has been the first full trailer for Battle: Los Angeles (called World Invasion: Los Angeles in some parts of the globe). With the volume turned off, it appears much like any other Hollywood action shoot-em-up war film, perhaps …