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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 – 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…
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In Review: Nineteen Eighty-Four
Tim Robins takes a look at the newly-released BFI edition of the BBC’s 1950s adaptation of George Orwell’s dystopian novel…
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In Review: Morbius (15)
Tim Robins sinks his teeth into the latest Marvel movie (oh, all right, we’ll get our coats…)
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In Review: The Batman (15)
Tim Robins reviews what he calls “the best Batman films in his entire cinematic canon”…
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In Review: Scream (2022)
Tim Robins was dragged kicking and, well, er, to this movie… did he enjoy it?
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In Review: Spider-Man: No Way Home
Tim Robins spins us a review of the latest blockbusting, box office storming Spider-Man movie
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In Review: Doctor Who: Flux, Episode Six – The Vanquishers
Did the final episode of “The Flux” prove a satisfying finale? After much pondering, Tim Robins offers his view…
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In Review: Hawkeye (2021), Episodes 1, 2 and 3
Tim Robins checks out the latest Disney+ series, bringing Hawkeye to the small screen…