The Dillon Empire: Simon Dillon on Substack
Simon DillonFilm Reviews, Short Stories, Essays on Cinema History, and more.
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Ten Key Alien Contact Films
A pre-Disclosure Day rundown of friendly and not-so-friendly cinematic extra-terrestrial visitation
Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day is about to hit cinemas. Therefore, now seems an opportune time to discuss previous films of note dealing...
Novel: The George Hughes Trilogy: The Martian Inheritance Chapter 2
In the distant future, thirteen-year-old orphan George Hughes unexpectedly inherits the planet Mars
Click here for Chapter 1: The Mars Landing
Film Review: Tuner
Credit: Black Bear
I’m gradually becoming a fan of Leo Woodall. After a splendid supporting performance in Bridget: Mad About the Boy (2025) and his heartbreaking turn in Netflix’s adaptation of One Day (2024), he’s on great form in direct...
Film Review: Power Ballad
Credit: Lionsgate
What if a major pop star stole a song you wrote? The latest from Once (2007), Begin Again (2013), and Sing Street (2016) director John Carney riffs on this idea, resulting in possibly his most enjoyable work to date. Powe...
Revisiting Close Encounters of the Third Kind
A fresh look at the 1977 classic, ahead of Disclosure Day
Warning: Contains spoilers
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Annoying film know-it-all who has spent far too much of his life in cinemas. He also writes novels and short stories, and those are bloody good too. So there.
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