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Richard is a two-time film graduate who, by day, wastes his life working through a less aesthetically interesting 'Brazil'-like bureaucracy. The rest of time he can be found with a cup of tea while writing/reading/videogaming, or some hubristic, unworkable combination of the above. He was also co-editor of HeadStuff's Film and TV section for some time.
You absolutely shouldn't listen to his James Bond podcast "Quantum of Friendship". (Yes, he's knows the name is terrible. Yes, that was the point.)
Would like to be Selina Kyle when he grows up.

Film

Film Review | Bright Shines a Light on Race, But Just Not That Brightly

Richard Drumm Dec 21, 2017 0

Urban fantasy has always had a slightly iffy relationship with mainstream appeal, as evidenced in recent years when even the usual box office reliability of Vin Diesel couldn’t make The Last Witch Hunter fly. The standard fantasy setting…

Film

Analyse This | Die Another Day At 15

Richard Drumm Nov 24, 2017 1

The Bond franchise is a bit like the slasher genre: it’s been going so long that certain rules or tropes have emerged and solidified over its unending run in cinemas. There has to be a one-liner when he kills the bad guy, the ‘bad’ girl…

Gaming

Too Big to Fail | Assassin’s Creed at 10

Richard Drumm Nov 13, 2017 0

Ubisoft's Assassin’s Creed was one of the more overt examples of an era of “too big to fail” game series; franchises that arrived fully formed with tie-in media, expensive collectors editions and a planned trilogy ready to go before a…

Gaming

Films as Games | As Above, So Below and Tomb Raider

Richard Drumm Nov 1, 2017 0

The difficulty with cinema in relation to video games is that while both art forms are experiential, they are not so in exactly the same way. While a game can recreate the atmosphere of a film (see: Resident Evil VII and The Texas Chain Saw…

Film

Halloween III: Season of the Witch | When Ambition Meets Dumb – 35 Years On

Richard Drumm Oct 25, 2017 0

In theory, Halloween III: Season of the Witch should be the most interesting of the franchise; an attempt to anthologise the series and move it away from its slasher roots, a focus on the pagan origins of the holiday itself and a not…

Gaming

Rebooting the Bandicoot | Crash’s Successful Return.

Richard Drumm Oct 23, 2017 0

Given the unending tidal wave of increasingly redundant “HD” re-releases – I think we can all agree that BioShock collection was taking the piss – the incredible success of the N.Sane Trilogy, on a single platform release no less, is sure…

Film

Zombies, Deserts, and Slo-Mo Fighting | Resident Evil: Extinction 10 Years On

Richard Drumm Sep 21, 2017 0

Fifteen years since the first film unceremoniously launched, mere months since the alleged 'Final Chapter' limped out of the box office and a decade since the release of the third film Extinction; the Resident Evil series has been a…

Film

I’ll See You in 25 Years: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with MeIs Key to Understanding Lynch’s…

Richard Drumm Aug 28, 2017 0

We could spend all day talking about how Fire Walk With Me relates to the current return of Twin Peaks but it’s more interesting to consider it as something of a watershed moment in Lynch’s filmography: from this film on his output got…

Film

Event Horizon and the Trouble with Paul WS Anderson

Richard Drumm Aug 15, 2017 1

Some people would argue that if you can make just one film that leaves a lasting impression, your career in the industry was a success. If this is true then Paul WS Anderson has done an impressive job of trying to undo that success. The man…

Film

The Original Bond Reboot | The Living Daylights Turns 30

Richard Drumm Jul 31, 2017 0

“Taking Bond back to his roots” is a phrase we hear a lot these days as the producers try to capitalise on the ever reliable appetite for hard, gritty tones in their films. But back in the 80s it was a different story. The phrase was…

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