Archive - The Dillon Empire: Simon Dillon on Substack

The Rocketeer: 35 Years On

A blast of old-fashioned Saturday matinee fun from 1991 that still hits the spot

Jun 19 • Simon Dillon

Novel: The George Hughes Trilogy: The Martian Inheritance Chapter 4

In the distant future, thirteen-year-old orphan George Hughes unexpectedly inherits the planet Mars

Jun 19 • Simon Dillon

Ferris Bueller's Day Off: 40 Years On

How does this sacred text of Generation X hold up after four decades?

Jun 16 • Simon Dillon

Film Review: Disclosure Day

Steven Spielberg blends conspiracy thriller and alien contact sci-fi to mostly enjoyable effect

Jun 15 • Simon Dillon

Video: Exciting Announcement (With Lots of Waffle Beforehand)

Rambling and occasionally inaccurate waffle about my novels, plus major news

Jun 13 • Simon Dillon

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Novel: The George Hughes Trilogy: The Martian Inheritance Chapter 3

In the distant future, thirteen-year-old orphan George Hughes unexpectedly inherits the planet Mars

Jun 12 • Simon Dillon

Moulin Rouge!: 25 Years On

Baz Luhrmann's delirious romantic musical is still "spectacular, spectacular"

Jun 9 • Simon Dillon

Film Review: Masters of the Universe

Travis Knight helms an overlong, intermittently enjoyable slice of 1980s nostalgia

Jun 8 • Simon Dillon

Ten Key Alien Contact Films

A pre-Disclosure Day rundown of friendly and not-so-friendly cinematic extra-terrestrial visitation

Jun 5 • Simon Dillon

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

Jun 5 • Simon Dillon

Film Review: Tuner

Leo Woodall's apprentice piano tuner is lured into criminality in Daniel Roher's gripping drama

Jun 4 • Simon Dillon

Film Review: Power Ballad

Paul Rudd's wedding singer has his song nicked by Danny Wilson's pop star in John Carney's latest

Jun 3 • Simon Dillon