Category Recommendations

The Wave (Bølgen)

I do love a good disaster movie. Trouble is, these days they tend to be CGI-heavy and usually a) don’t make sense, and b) star ex-wrestlers.

As regular readers will know, author CRAIG DILOUIE and I go back a long way. I was thrilled when he sent me a copy of OUR WAR.

In THE NIGHT EATS THE WORLD our main character Sam is already alone. We meet him as he makes a return visit to his ex-partner’s flat.

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.