When I look back at pivotal moments in my life, the key writing-related moment I cite involves PAN’S LABYRINTH
I’m sure you know Tim. He’s a very approachable writer who has written many original novels as well as TV and movie tie-in books.
Recommended by Wayne Simmons, HERE ALONE is a minimalist, slow-burn horror which is well worth a couple of hours of your time.
JOSEPH D'LACEY is a writer whose books have never really had the success they deserved. I've told you about a couple of them before.
I’d seen the most recent (2009) BBC adaptation of DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS once before. I had to psych myself up to watch it again.
This weekend’s film recommendation is Joel Schumacher’s startling 1993 movie, FALLING DOWN starring Michael Douglas.
Families can be funny things. It’s no surprise: we chose our friends and our lovers, but not our parents or our siblings.
Back in the day, with only 3 TV channels and before the home video revolution, the BBC adaptation of TRIFFIDS occupied the primetime.
The first screen adaptation of John Wyndham’s DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS was released in 1963, was also known as INVASION OF THE TRIFFIDS.
When I’ve been asked in interviews to name my favourite book, I always plump for John Wyndham’s classic, THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS.