Brian J. Robb 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Author of books on Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who, Steampunk, and Tolkien, among many other subjects; magazine journalist specialising in TV and film.

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In the latest Age Of Thrills, working again with Kim Newman on films for which we've done commentaries: Hitchcock's The Lodger & John Brahm's Hangover Square

[The New World: New ideas. New magazine @TheNewWorldmag]

Steven Spielberg's new aliens movie arrives at the perfect moment for US conspiracy culture

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Today’s postal delivery. I wrote about the opening title sequences of Universal horror movies in the 1930s and 1940s for the new issue of The Age of Thrills. @UniversalHorror @ @HorrorHammer1 #titledesign

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The new issue of Empire - out this week - features my Deep Dive feature on Harry Houdini in Hollywood. It’s my third Deep Dive, following Kenneth Strickfaden and my piece on Charles Gemora, the king of Ape Suit cinema! It’s also a teaser for my book Houdini Unlocked, out this Oct

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@Mschatnoir It’s ‘Fronkensteen’!

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@Mschatnoir Living the dream… :)

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@Mschatnoir Did we work on EIFF at the same time then? I was editing the publications that year, including the FilmFest magazine and the Catalogue. I covered Sean’s appearance at the Usher Hall…

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@RodneyMarshall1 Just (re)watched this the other day, oddly enough…

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@honeymoon250 @ColonyScotland Easy 20/20.

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@RodneyMarshall1 Check out my cover story in the new Fortean Times…

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@BrianRoemmele @memizon The 1918 Houdini-starring serial The Master Mystery features a robot antagonist.

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The distance between what is said and what is known to be true has become an abyss. Of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous. The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil.

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@GerryHassan And that head shot is about 40 years put of date!

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@Mschatnoir Jon Voight.

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@RealMacKaySTV It’s been a long road from Glasgow University Guardian, eh John! :)

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@Mschatnoir Best movie title ever - I actually think it’s a clever title.

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@Mschatnoir Plenty mojo there, I think… :)

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@NHS_Lothian Can’t get through by phone, you have no email contact details (this is the 21st Century). Do I really need to use snail mail to cancel an appointment? - no wonder you have a non-attendance problem, it’s impossible to get hold of anyone…

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@Mschatnoir That was my first one, 31 years ago! Currently updating my Star Trek book for next year’s 60th anniversary…