Tom Shone - The Daily Beast

Tom Shone was film critic of the London Sunday Times from 1994-1999. He is the author of two books, Blockbuster: How Hollywood Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Summer (Free Press) and In The Rooms (Hutchinson), his first novel, to be published on July 7th 2009. He lives in New York.

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Date Posted Blogs and Stories

Nick Hornby's Oscar Insta-Buzz

Novelist Nick Hornby's screenplay for An Education has made him an instant Oscar favorite. He speaks with Tom Shone a...

Posted 4:00 PM | Oct 9, 2009

Apartheid for Aliens

In the new sci-fi feature "District 9," a spaceship lands on Johannesburg. And the only thing scarier than the invade...

Posted 10:54 PM | Aug 13, 2009

John Travolta and the New OCD Villains

Pay attention! In The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, John Travolta is latest example of a control-freak bad guy. Tom Shone h...

Posted 11:44 PM | Jun 11, 2009

The Company That Cracked Hollywood

With Up, Pixar continues to show why it's the Disney of the 21st century. The Daily Beast's Tom Shone reveals the se...

Posted 5:45 AM | May 26, 2009

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