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Nick Hasted

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Nick Hasted has been a film journalist since 1986. As well as The Arts Desk, he currently writes about film, music, books and comics for The Independent, Uncut, Jazzwise and Classic Rock. He has published three books: The Dark Story of Eminem (2002), You Really Got Me: The Story of The Kinks (2011), and Jack White: How He Built An Empire From The Blues (2016).

Articles By Nick Hasted

Dark River review - haunted rural realism

Friday, 23 February 2018 Read more...

DVD/Blu-ray: The Cat o' Nine Tails/Phenomena

Saturday, 13 January 2018 Read more...

Darkest Hour review - Winston airbrushed for the 21st century

Thursday, 11 January 2018 Read more...

DVD/Blu-ray: Detroit

Tuesday, 09 January 2018 Read more...

DVD/Blu-ray: Pulp

Thursday, 21 December 2017 Read more...

Stronger review - Oscar-worthy straight talk and tough love

Saturday, 09 December 2017 Read more...

Murder on the Orient Express review - lushly upholstered, lightly remodelled ride

Friday, 03 November 2017 Read more...

The Death of Stalin review - dictatorship as high farce

Friday, 20 October 2017 Read more...

LFF 2017: The Shape of Water review – outsider s.f. and inter-species sex from del Toro

Wednesday, 11 October 2017 Read more...

mother! review - Darren Aronofsky dares, frustrates and bores

Friday, 15 September 2017 Read more...

IT review - killer clown is kids' stuff

Thursday, 07 September 2017 Read more...

DVD/Blu-ray: Touchez Pas au Grisbi

Tuesday, 29 August 2017 Read more...

DVD/Blu-ray: American Gods

Friday, 11 August 2017 Read more...

Atomic Blonde review - ferocious female action franchise

Wednesday, 09 August 2017 Read more...

The Ghoul review - quietly unhinged British horror

Wednesday, 02 August 2017 Read more...

DVD/Blu-ray: The Levelling

Tuesday, 01 August 2017 Read more...

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