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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…

4 min readJun 1, 2021

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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 …

7 min readJul 5, 2017

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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…

5 min readJun 20, 2017

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

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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…

4 min readMay 5, 2017

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

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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…

7 min readMar 13, 2017

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Gort vs dastardly demons: the Paranormal Activity series

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Neil Sheppard

Going viral: The legacy of Ringu

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

7 min readSep 5, 2016

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Going viral: The legacy of Ringu

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Your Constantine Companion

Your Constant(ine) Companion: Part 15

The movie

11 min readJul 22, 2016

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Your Constant(ine) Companion: Part 15

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Neil Sheppard

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?

6 min readJul 19, 2016

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On the sexuality of superheroes

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Your Constantine Companion

Your Constant(ine) Companion: Part 14

Arrow, Season 4, Episode 5 — Haunted

7 min readJul 1, 2016

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Your Constant(ine) Companion: Part 14

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Neil Sheppard

It can’t rain all the time

The many re-incarnations of The Crow

6 min readJun 28, 2016

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It can’t rain all the time

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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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