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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

DVD: White of the Eye

Tuesday, 25 March 2014 Read more...

The Zero Theorem

Friday, 14 March 2014 Read more...

Under the Skin

Tuesday, 11 March 2014 Read more...

DVD: Short Term 12

Tuesday, 11 March 2014 Read more...

Wake in Fright

Friday, 07 March 2014 Read more...

We Are What We Are

Wednesday, 26 February 2014 Read more...

Grudge Match

Saturday, 25 January 2014 Read more...

DVD: 1944: The Final Defence

Tuesday, 21 January 2014 Read more...

Oh Boy

Monday, 13 January 2014 Read more...

The Railway Man

Tuesday, 07 January 2014 Read more...

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Thursday, 02 January 2014 Read more...

Last Vegas

Monday, 30 December 2013 Read more...

DVD: Kelly + Victor

Friday, 27 December 2013 Read more...

DVD: Child's Pose

Tuesday, 24 December 2013 Read more...

theartsdesk in Berlin: the 26th European Film Awards

Sunday, 08 December 2013 Read more...

Big Bad Wolves

Friday, 06 December 2013 Read more...

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I like to think I’m open to most things, but even so I never thought that I’d be getting an education in prog metal in the summer of 2025. Let...

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After 76 years, you’d have thought they could’ve come up with a better story! Okay, that’s a cheap jibe and, given the elusive...

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The Naked Gun review - farce, slapstick and crass stupidity

The original Naked Gun series (spun off from the Police Squad! TV show) brought reliable belly-laughs to the Eighties and...