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A freelance journalist and Doctor Who fanzine editor since 1978, Tim Robins has written on comics, films, books and TV programmes for a wide range of publications including Starburst, Interzone, Primetime and TV Guide.
His brief flirtation with comics includes ghost inking a 2000AD strip and co-writing a Doctor Who strip with Mike Collins. Since 1990 he worked at the University of Glamorgan where he was a Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Media Studies and the social sciences. Academically, he has published on the animation industry in Wales and approaches to social memory. He claims to be a card carrying member of the Politically Correct, a secret cadre bent on ruling the entire world and all human thought.
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In Review: Black Panther – Wakanda Forever
Tim Robins reviews the latest Marvel feature film, and John Freeman takes a quick look at two associated new Panini collections
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In Review: Werewolf by Night
Is Werewolf by Night a howling success or a yelp of pain? Tim Robins investigates
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In Review: Doctor Who – The Power of the Doctor
Tim Robins muses on the final Thirteenth Doctor story and the incarnation’s impact on Doctor Who
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In Memoriam: Tim Robins pays tribute to Martin Barker, Comics Historian, Professor of film and television studies
Tim Robins reflects on the life and work of Martin Barker, Comics Historian, Professor of film and television studies, who died last month
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In Review: Black Adam (PG-13)
Tim Robins checks out the latest big screen DC Comics-inspired movie, and finds it wanting…
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In Review: Moonage Daydream (15)
Tim Robins checks out the new David Bowie documentary
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In Review: Doctor Who – The Abominable Snowmen
Tim Robins checks out the latest, chilling, animated Doctor Who release…
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In Review – Prey (R)
Prey proves an entertaining riff on Predator, Tim Robins tells us…
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In Review: Nope
Tim Robins checks out Jordan Peel’s new UFO scarer…
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In Review: Kurt Vonnegut – Unstuck in Time
Tim Robins checks out this intriguing new documentary, in select UK cinemas now, and available on demand
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In Review: Only Murders in the Building (Season One)
Faced with so much superhero disappointment, Tim Robins decided to review something off-topic but that he actually enjoyed…
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In Review: Ms. Marvel
“Ms. Marvel” is a whole lot of fun, despite the fact the final episodes ditch much of what makes it fun in favour of familiar Marvel tropes…
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In Review: Thor: Love and Thunder
Enjoy your local multiplex for its air con, and, perhaps this latest MCU movie, too, Tim Robins suggests…
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In Review: Jurassic World – Dominion
Jurassic World meets Jurassic Park, but is it the kind of melding of action adventure that works? Tim Robins shares his view…
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In Review: The Midwich Cuckoos (2022)
The new adaptation of The Midwich Cuckoos is a subversive pleasure, Tim Robins suggests…
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In Review: Star Wars – Obi-Wan Kenobi
Tim Robins checks out the opening episodes of the latest Star Wars TV mini-saga starring Ewan McGregor and Moses Ingram
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In Review: Moon Knight (2022)
Although not exactly a “braw bricht moonlicht nicht”, Marvel’s six-part series, Moon Knight, is not without highlights, feels Tim Robins…
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In Review: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (12A, 2022)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is deliriously silly and a lot of fun; don’t let anyone tell you otherwise, enthuses Tim Robins
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In Review: Doctor Strange (2016)
Ahead of heading into see Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Tim Robins revisits the 2016 feature film, which was, for him, not Strange enough…
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In Review: Doctor Who – Legend of the Sea Devils
Doctor Who laid an egg this Easter, Legend of the Sea Devils proving a glossy enough affair that quickly fell apart…