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Letting go of the wheel: are self-driving cars more efficient?

It’s sometimes hard to believe that we live in an age where we can really step into a car that drives itself. These technological marvels…

Jun 1, 2021

Jun 1, 2021

What do you do when you can’t run anymore

There’s a post sitting in my drafts on here that pontificates about just how much running means to me. I never finished it, because …

Jul 5, 2017

What do you do when you can’t run anymore

Jul 5, 2017

Joss Whedon’s Wonder Woman script made me realise what’s wrong with Hollywood

Wonder Woman is a phenomenon. Time and again, I’m hearing stories of women crying uncontrollably while viewing the movie’s fight sequences…

Jun 20, 2017

Joss Whedon’s Wonder Woman script made me realise what’s wrong with Hollywood

Jun 20, 2017

Review: The Magnificent Seven ride again, but why though?

The Magnificent Seven is a truly magnificent movie. Not the remake, the original. We’ll get to the new one later…

May 5, 2017

Review: The Magnificent Seven ride again, but why though?

May 5, 2017

Published in
The Day Hollywood Stood Still

Gort vs dastardly demons: the Paranormal Activity series

As the lid of the cryogenic chamber popped open, I slowly, groggily regained consciousness. As I crawled out of the chamber, I saw a…

Mar 13, 2017

Gort vs dastardly demons: the Paranormal Activity series

Mar 13, 2017

Going viral: The legacy of Ringu

The new Ring movie on the horizon is just another iteration of a viral story

Sep 5, 2016

Going viral: The legacy of Ringu

Sep 5, 2016

Published in
Your Constantine Companion

Your Constant(ine) Companion: Part 15

The movie

Jul 22, 2016

Your Constant(ine) Companion: Part 15

Jul 22, 2016

On the sexuality of superheroes

Who owns a fictional construct? Who has the right to judge whether an interpretation of a character is accurate or arbitrary?

Jul 19, 2016

On the sexuality of superheroes

Jul 19, 2016

Published in
Your Constantine Companion

Your Constant(ine) Companion: Part 14

Arrow, Season 4, Episode 5 — Haunted

Jul 1, 2016

Your Constant(ine) Companion: Part 14

Jul 1, 2016

It can’t rain all the time

The many re-incarnations of The Crow

Jun 28, 2016

It can’t rain all the time

Jun 28, 2016

Neil Sheppard

Neil Sheppard

Just a word-nerd trying to make the world a little bit more awesome. Writes about bad movies, parenting, scifi, grammar, copywriting, nerd rage and facepalming.

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