Journalism

With 20 years of experience in film journalism, I have written for Empire magazine and Empire Online, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Grazia, IGN, and Time Out among others. I also write about TV, theatre, books and whatever else I’m allowed to do, but film is my primary focus.

Broadcasting and Podcasting

I’m co-host of the Empire podcast, and I also host three podcasts of my own: two with Stripped Media, Women Vs Hollywood (tied to the book) and Bah Humbug, a Christmas movies podcast; and one with Kat Brown, Pop Culture: The Soft Drinks podcast. I also have a long history of TV broadcasting on every major UK channel as well as on radio.

Publications

I’ve written five books, two introductions and a comic. In 2025, A Tarantino Dictionary and 50 Film Ideas You Really Need To Know will be published. Other work includes Women Vs Hollywood: The Fall And Rise Of Women In Film, a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week and Sunday Times and Time Out Book of the Year.

Live Events

The Empire podcast live shows have become a regular tradition. We did an international tour in 2019-2020 and a national tour in 2024. I also host Q&As, sit on and chair discussion panels, host events (the BAFTA winners press conference; the Glastonbury film tent) and generally get out and about.