About LFF

This is the place for all things film, comics, video game, TV and anything else that takes my fancy.

Phil Edwards

Editor / Founder / Cobra Commander

I’m a 36 year old family man in Liverpool, UK.

I do a bit of painting, a bit of drawing, a bit of blogging and I have a beard.

Films I like change all the time, but I always dig The Thing, The Big Lebowski, Stalag 17, Mystery Train, Dead Man, Pan’s Labyrinth, Angel Heart, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blazing Saddles, Army of Darkness, It’s A Wonderful Life, Into the Wild and so many more.

Meet the Live for Films Agents:

Romy Shiller: Writer

I’m a pop-culture specialist and have a PhD. I taught Gender in Film at a university; I acted in film, worked at a production house doing business and Reader’s Reports for a film producer. etc. I have 3 books which are available online. I live in Montreal, Canada.

I’m a ‘reality film’ junkie: Blade Runner, Dark City, The Matrix, Groundhog Day…

My favourite film is Lost in Translation, my favourite TV show used to be Buffy the Vampire Slayer now it’s True Blood.

“Life moves pretty fast. You don’t stop and look around, you could miss it.” (Ferris Beuller’s Day Off)

Website: http://romyshiller.com/
Email: romy@liveforfilms.com
Blog: http://shillerarticles.wordpress.com/
Twitter: RomyShiller

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Mark Wassmer: Interaction Director / Movie & Comic Geek

Twitter: @MarkWassmer

About: Born & live in London UK. Husband & Father. Trained as a Graphic Designer. By day I work as an Interaction Director (creating all things interactive online), by night I am a film and comic book geek (watching and reading all things film and comic).

My passion for films came from a healthy interest in Star Wars (the original trilogy) when I was a boy (still have my vintage collection safely stored away) Star Wars was my thing and I wanted to make movies — or more specifically work in Special Effects. After becoming familiar with the work of Saul Bass my interests moved onto Movie Poster Design and then purely onto Graphic Design which led to my career choice.

Today, I love finding new work from designers, artists and illustrators who are inspired to create work based on a movie or comic book source.

You’ll find a lot of my post reflect my interest in design, such as; posters, concept design, comics, books, beautiful artworks and the like. I’ll also post Reviews or as I refer to them, Opinion Pieces. Why? Well, as the saying goes “Horses for Courses”.

Some Favourite films: Star Wars (obviously), 12 Angry Men, The Elephant Man, Manhattan, Shawshank Redemption, T2, Ben-Hur, Saving Private Ryan, Psycho, The Lord of the Rings, Jaws, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Saw, 12 Monkeys, Unbreakable, Casino, Planet Of The Apes (1968), The Untouchables, The Thing (1982), Ed Wood, Superman, Spartacus, Von Ryan’s Express, Monsters Inc…… you get the idea.

Top three film genres: Sci-Fi, ComicBook, Horror.

H. Blain: Writer

Twitter: @MediaTsarina

Holly Blain is a freelance writer living in Atlanta who likes reading far too late in the night; most types of comic books, all things cinema (including being excited by certain names in the credits that you usually ignore) and saw The Empire Strikes Back three times opening day when she was ten years old. Though gifted with three superpowers (Instant Good Karma, Small World Syndrome and Jedi Mind Trick), she only tries to only use them for good. She also likes to foist her musical tastes off on others so if you meet her, you might just get a copy of the latest White Girls Can’t Mix mixtape CD.

Romy Shiller: Writer

Romy Shiller is a pop culture critic and holds a PhD in Drama from the University of Toronto. Her academic areas of concentration include film, gender performance, camp and critical thought. She lives in Montreal where she continues her writing. All books are available online.

Website: http://romyshiller.com/
Email: romy@liveforfilms.com
Blog: http://shillerarticles.wordpress.com/
Twitter: RomyShiller

Sarah Louise Dean
Reviewer and random topic ranter.

Twitter: Contrarah

Older than Adam but younger than Phil, I was born at the end of the decade regarded as the best ever for filmmaking, but I think every decade of cinema has its charms.

Picking my best films is the proverbial Sophie’s Choice; but I can watch Donnie Darko, Amelie, Primer, Jurassic Park, The Shining, 10 Things I Hate About You, Out of Sight, When Harry Met Sally, Annie Hall and The Princess Bride again and again.

I’m on a constant mission to stop people being scared of foreign film (especially French, Spanish and Anime); and am trying to watch all 1001 films to watch before you die, but frequently get distracted by putting on The Hangover.

My favourite night of the year by far is Oscar night. When not watching the movies I am writing, trying not to shop, eating cake and killing zombies (well, if its good enough for Simon Pegg).

Lastly, I think Eyes Wide Shut is a Kubrick masterpiece (don’t scream your disagreement all at once).

Lynne Henderson
Writer of articles & guest editor on occasion

Twitter: Mondoghosto

My taste in films is eclectic, ranging from foreign art house stuff to Steven Seagal breaking necks on trains.
I have a weakness for David Lynch, Werner Herzog documentaries and vintage Woody Allen.

I’m rather fond of actors who have “violence behind their eyes” and spend my spare time overdubbing episodes of ‘Sharpe’ – not for official purposes mind, just for fun…I can do a cracking Sean Bean.

My favourite films include – but are by no means restricted to – Blade Runner, Blue Velvet, The Deer Hunter, Dead Man’s Shoes, Apocalypse Now, Wild at Heart, Wings of Desire, Mean Streets, Buffalo ‘66, Suspiria, The Life Aquatic, Natural Born Killers, The Long Good Friday, The Shining, Rosencrantz and Guildernstern Are Dead, and I’ll stop now for reasons of time/space/sanity.

Adam Truscott
Review Writer

Twitter: maverick99sback

Born in 1981, to the cool synth soundtrack of Escape From New York, I knew I would live for film.

My soundtrack to my life growing up was movies – and long may it continue.

Now, as a Dad on the verge of growing up, I get my enjoyment from my Son discovering films. Not Robocop, though. He can’t see that until he’s atleast five.

I live and breath movies – convincing my wife, (Mrs T), to let me get a 50″ TV, and 7.1 surround sound, if I got rid of my DVD collection. (Over 1000). A year later, my Blu Ray collection tops 300. I appreciate this is cheating, a bit. But not a lot.

Phil saved me, from the tough streets of Southampton, by giving me a chance to shout out about Enemy Mine, and I’ve never looked back.

Rob Nijman (1984)
Review Writer

Twitter: @robertnijman

Location: Utrecht, Holland

Freelance writer and editor-in-chief for HiFi.nl and movie website Filmpjekijken.com

My favourite movies / actors / directors include, among many, 12 Angry Men, Heat, The Big Lebowski, The Pope of Greenwich Village, Duck Soup, GoodFellas, Taxi Driver, (and basically every other movie by) Scorsese, De Niro, Streep, Walken, Newman, Bogart, Nolan, and Woody Allen. And Steve Mcqueen. Michael Mann. And Denzel Washington. Well, you get the point.

Favourite scene: Red (Morgan Freeman, Shawshank) during his final meeting with the rehabilitation officer (‘so go ahead and stamp your forms, sonny’)

Favourite look: Jimmy Conway (Robert De Niro, GoodFellas), sitting at a bar, smoking a cigarette, pondering whether or not he should kill Morris ‘Morrie’ Kessler.

Favourite trilogy to incorporate a DeLorean: Back to the Future.

Alan Simmons
Interviewer

Email monkeysplayingfrisbee@yahoo.co.uk

Twitter: @v_for_vienetta

DVD/Blu-Ray QC Supervisor, horror lover, video gamer, comics reader and Whedonite. I also greatly enjoy pugs and the works of Jason Statham and Danny Trejo.

My favourite-est ever film is Amélie.

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Øivind Rosvold

LFF Forum Guy and Movie Club organizer

Twitter: @anotherzen
My name is aka Another Zen (anotherzen). Born in 79′ i’m a Graphic Designer living in Trondheim/Norway.

Hobbies include music production, some PC gaming and a whole lot of movies and TV series. I’m mostly in to action, sci-fi and fantasy when it comes to movies and series, but if the prospect is interesting enough, ill devourer anything, including very low budget movies