Somewhere between a writer and production crew, I have found my happy medium writing about films. I would like to say that I’m a fan of documentary and avant garde cinema, but enjoy far too many teen movies to make such a claim. Educated at Goldsmiths, I have also worked for projects spreading across publishing, theatre, tv, and film.

Abandoned in austerity Britain with only an English Literature degree to defend me, I have used my analytic skills to attain a temping job, biting cynicism and a deep sense of self-hatred. Thankfully movies provide a necessary escape. When not immersing myself in alternative realities I am usually doing something food based, such as eating food, reading about food or dreaming about food. I also enjoy cuddling dogs, charity stores and drinking large quantities of red wine which on my budget commonly tastes like tramp juice.

Hatched out of a brown paper bag on Clapham Common, Debbie is a writer because it’s safer than letting her do anything else. Her credits include her first fantasy novel, ‘The Spider’s Bride,’ published by Prime in the States, and described as Beatrix Potter on acid by reviewers. She has also written Slaine, Batman, Warhammer, and a host of other reviews and articles. Sometimes described as the world’s last battlehippy, Debbie is best kept in high temperature coastal areas, sedated with an intravenous supply of Pimms and doughnuts.

Nicola is a Film Studies graduate, which means she is harbouring the somewhat deluded apprehension that she knows a lot about film. She’ll watch just about anything… but if it’s cult, camp and trashy she’ll be on it quicker than you can say ‘John Waters’. Next only to her love of film is her love of tiny toy dinosaurs.

After a childhood not mispent watching Disney classics she has been left with unrealstic romantic expectations and a rather annoying American twang. Evidently her vocal chords are very impressionable. Her loves include the less slimy forms of sushi, dangerous footwear and building a shrine devoted to Leonardo Dicaprio’s face. Life quests include ownership of the entire Stephen King back catalogue and finally winning a single glance of puppy dog love from her angry angry pooch.

Having spent more time commanding my minions as the Film Section editor of Warwick University’s student paper than on my Philosophy and Literature degree I hope I have a thing or two to say about the world of film. And anyway, John will tell you the merits of a degree in philosophy. I like serious films. I also think most films would be better in animation. Do these two things harmonize? Probably not. But Homer Simpson is one of the most quoted ‘people’ of the 21st Century. Enough said.

Caroline O’Donoghue is a journalist, blogger and professional Irish person. Her special moves include romantic comedies of the mid to late nineties, Tekken 4 and shame. She has problems with Mad Men, and any other 40-minute TV show set in the past. She would like everyone to know that she gleefully quit a promising job in retail to be here, and that Cillian Murphy is from her hometown. So is Jonathan Rhys-Myers, but we don’t talk about that.

Kayleigh Dray studied at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry and specialised in Muggle Literature and Creative Writing. Since then, she has written for Cosmopolitan and The Film Pilgrim, perfecting her signature sarcastic tone (and dating advice) just in time for her arrival at Best For Film. She grew up on film sets and, looking at her eclectic selection of DVDs, it seems her dream film might be Killer Dinosaurs From Space: The Musical, starring Audrey Hepburn (complete with lightsaber and Scream mask), written by Tim Burton and directed by Steven Spielberg. Now THAT’S entertainment!

Just finished a ‘degree’ in ‘Creative Writing’. My current interests include coming up with Game of Thrones-related puns, quoting Disney films and long walks on the beach. I will never tire of Hot Shots! Part Deux but don’t talk to me about Under Siege 2: Dark Territory. WLTM like-minded film and/or birdwatchers. I go by Flo, but you can call me flowers if you want to.

Jonny is a maverick with nothing left to lose and if he doesn’t do this one by the book the chief is going to have his badge. His writing has been described as automatic, systematic and hydromatic, but he doesn’t care because like a bat out of hell he navigates mostly by sonar. He loves noir, westerns and horror – anything where people talk in creatively abnormal ways.