Alistair Ryder
Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
School
Leeds Trinity University
Expertise
British Cinema And Pop Culture, The History Of Horror Movies, Awards Season
- Alistair has gotten the chance to interview major names including Woody Harrelson, Steven Spielberg and the cast of Jackass.
- He attends major international film festivals as a member of the press, including Cannes and Sundance.
- Alistair has been a member of GALECA, an organization for LGBTQ film and TV critics, since 2017.
Experience
Alistair is a film critic and culture writer based in Manchester, England. He's currently Deputy Editor of The Lowdown, Zavvi's monthly magazine, where he has had the chance to interview major names. In addition to writing for Looper and Zavvi, he can be found sharing his thoughts on the latest films regularly over on The Film Stage. However, don't ask him what his favorite films are: He submitted a ballot as part of the 2022 Sight & Sound poll and already disagrees with many of the choices he made.
Education
Alistair studied Journalism at Leeds Trinity University and worked for a newspaper in the UK before finding his calling in the glamorous world of entertainment journalism.
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Stories By Alistair Ryder
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Blumhouse Productions' long-awaited "Five Nights at Freddy's" film from director Emma Tammi brings the haunted pizzeria and its animatronic inhabitants to life.
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Netflix's "Big Mouth" finally pushes the characters forward in Season 7, though it's hard to shake the feeling the show has run its course.
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David Gordon Green's first installment in a new "Exorcist" reboot trilogy, "The Exorcist: Believer," amounts to little more than reheated pea soup.
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Gareth Edwards' sci-fi epic "The Creator" boasts some of the most spectacular shots and visual effects in ages, but the story leaves a lot to be desired.
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The oldest-looking high schoolers on television return with Season 4 of Netflix's "Sex Education," and its cast of sexually liberated teens finally graduate.
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Peacock's "The Continental: From the World of John Wick" might be a prequel to the "John Wick" franchise, but the series is unfortunately light on action.
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Despite being miscast as someone decades younger than himself, Gael García Bernal is a show-stopper in "Cassandro."
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Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of the Poirot mystery "A Haunting in Venice" is much less zany than its predecessor, but that's not necessarily a good thing.
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"The Morning Show" returns to Apple TV+ for Season 3, with Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon's characters joined by Jon Hamm's enigmatic billionaire.
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Trying to be an R-rated take on "Homeward Bound," the Will Ferrell dog comedy "Strays" becomes an endurance test even at a relatively brisk 93 minutes.
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Netflix's "Heart of Stone" may have beats similar to "Mission: Impossible," but it is nowhere near as entertaining or impressive.
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Neill Blomkamp's "Gran Turismo" film adapts the true story of a gamer who becomes a professional racer, but it's a shameless feature-length commercial.
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Barbenheimer gave us a great unlikely double feature. Here are 22 other films that opened against each other. Gremlinbusters! The Dark Mamma Mia! Drag Me to Up!
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"Talk to Me" is certainly horrifying, but it has enough humor and heart to ensure it never becomes a purely nihilistic experience.
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"No Hard Feelings" isn't a throwback so much as a sign of how gross-out sex comedies have matured in the years since "Superbad" and "The 40-Year-Old Virgin."
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Joe and Anthony Russo continue their streak of underwhelming post-Marvel projects, though director Sam Hargrave pulls off some incredible action.
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"Secret Invasion" attempts to bring intergalactic intrigue to the MCU. Despite Samuel L. Jackson in the lead and an impressive premise, it falls short.
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Directed by Eva Longoria, "Flamin' Hot" tells the story of how one man revolutionized Cheetos. Can it be a good movie if that story isn't entirely true?
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In its 16th season, "It's Always Sunny" continues to delight fans even as it routinely pushes the buttons comedy's elder statesmen claim you can't anymore.
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The latest Stephen King adaptation to hit theaters delivers an exploration of grief and plenty of jump scares. Let's look closer at the end of The Boogeyman.
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The "Succession" finale is quite simply one of the greatest TV finales in history - a fittingly tragic way to close the tale of the Roy siblings.
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This adaptation of Stephen King's short story from "Host" director Rob Savage is a fun time, even if it doesn't break any new ground in the realm of terror.
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"Succession" Season 4 Episode 9 is the longest episode of the show yet, and it reminds us that the Roys are firmly stuck in their bubble.
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"Master Gardener" finds Paul Schrader returning to a well that's become increasingly familiar in his recent work like "First Reformed" and "The Card Counter."
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Hulu's remake of "White Men Can't Jump" can't live up to the 1992 original, with comedy that somehow feels more dated than the 30-year-old classic.
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"Succession" Season 4 Episode 8 features more dark satire of election night, which fully lives up to its billing as one of the season's most shocking episodes.
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This episode is as close as we're going to get to having closure for a "Succession" storyline that's been bubbling away in the background all season long.