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Guy Howie-Author

Guy Howie

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December, 2024
Previously a writer for Far Out Magazine, Best of Netflix, Rock n' Heavy, Dispatches Europe, Liars' League and Acclaimed Music.
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About Guy Howie

Guy has written about movies, TV, music and culture since his teenage years, and has worked as an editor for Far Out magazine and Dispatches Europe. With a background in creative writing, publishing, history and classical literature, his writing covers a wide range of eclectic interests.

Industry Focus

Specialisms range from the films of Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford, Orson Welles, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, the Coen Brothers, John Hughes, and Paul Thomas Anderson, to coming-of-age comedies, TV sitcoms and crime dramas, as well as both big and small-screen adaptations from other media.

Author Details

Guy hails from Cheshire, in the United Kingdom, and has lived in London, Lisbon and Alexandria (Egypt). He studied for a BA in classics and a Master's in creative writing and publishing, before becoming a full-time author. His publications include movie and TV explainers for Best of Netflix, an essay on Nick Drake's final four songs, and a short story selected for performance by London's Liars' League in 2022.

Favorite Media

Guy's 10 favorite movies of all time are: Rear Window, Dr Strangelove, The Trial, Taxi Driver, Being There, The King of Comedy, Brazil, Withnail and I, Napoleon Dynamite, and You, the Living,.

His favorite TV shows include: The Simpsons, The Office (both US and UK), Arrested Development, Malcolm in the Middle, Schitt's Creek, The Good Place, Only Murders in the Building, Sex Education, Fleabag, Gavin and Stacey, Brass Eye, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Black Mirror, Peaky Blinders, and Ripley.

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Clint Eastwood's enduring popularity has resulted in one of his best Western movies entering the global top 10 of Netflix's movie charts.

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The Blacklist seasons 9 and 10 introduced dramatic changes to the show's story that affected the arc of one key character particularly badly.

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Polly Gray was the bedrock of the Shelby family in Peaky Blinders, and this pivotal plot twist proved why Tommy Shelby was so reliant on his aunt.

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Bill Burr doesn’t make his entrance until Breaking Bad season 4, but the stand-up comedian had been eyeing a role on the show for a while.

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