Hi there. I'm Richard Brunton, and I love films. That's why we're here, to talk about films and for me to bring you the relevant news as well as articles and discussion on all film industries and all that's connected.
I'm a guy from Edinburgh, Scotland. I've written throughout my life in various guises, and only began blogging on the 19th September 2004 over at my own weblog.
Soon after that I started writing for a mainstream movie site with my first story on the 15th of October 2004, entitled The A-Team gets a writer and we still haven't seen that movie as of writing this! I stayed there for some two years and, for reasons we shall not discuss, left on the 6th of February 2006.
Now, here I am writing on Filmstalker. I started this site for a reason, well for a number of reasons, and to uphold a number of ideals and rules, all of which you can see over at the Manifesto. This is a list of what I think the site should be, and how it should and shouldn't grow. Simply put, it's a site to engage you, the reader, in discussion about film.
During the first year of running the site Filmstalker has been nominated and shortlisted for the Brit Blog Awards 2007, and also nominated for the Bloggers Choice Awards 2007. The reviews have resulted in a trailer mention on Air Guitar Nation and various poster and newspaper adverts for The Flying Scotsman. The site has also been quoted by many other film sites all the way up to the BBC, NY Post, Time and Guardian, as well as being mentioned in print in the Guardian newspaper.
I really do hope you enjoy reading the postings here and that you decide to come back and join the regular readers. Feel free to make suggestions on the site, and please do get into the discussions, you are the ones who make this site and all the hard work worthwhile.
Head over to the FAQ for details on putting Filmstalker on your site, on how to get Filmstalker on your mobile, and how to keep in touch with Filmstalker updates.
If you want to get involved in the content of Filmstalker, as well as promoting your own stories and reviews, head over to Filmstalker Readers.
Hi all, there are a few new extras added to the Filmstalker Hub as well as some new widgets available for your own website so you can have Filmstalker headlines appearing for all to read. Some will even work on MySpace and Facebook. Do note... Read the full entry
October 13, 2007
Filmstalker Readers goes live
Filmstalker Readers is finally going live. I’ve been working on it for a little while now and I’ve decided it’s time to open it up, despite it not being completed, it’s working well enough to get you get started. So before you readers rush off... Read the full entry
September 22, 2007
Filmstalker on your mobile
Want Filmstalker on the go? Finding reading the latest news and reviews difficult on your mobile? Well now you can keep up to date with Filmstalker easily on a mobile device. You'll see an icon on the sidebar in the Subscribe With... section just like... Read the full entry
September 14, 2007
See pre-release screenings for free
Do you fancy seeing a free film? A film that's not being released to the general public for a good few weeks? Not just any film either, but big releases? Well you can if you want to, thanks to Filmstalker. I can get you into... Read the full entry
September 6, 2007
Update: Downtime this morning / Search down
Apologies for the downtime, I just found out when it happened. A disk problem meant the server was taken offline for a couple of hours for a rebuild. Thanks for your patience and apologies again. Update: The MT search function is being temporarily removed to... Read the full entry
August 4, 2007
Server moves and Filmstalker writing
Hey all. Tonight around 21:00 UTC/GMT the site will be moved to a new server which will offer more resources for Filmstalker and MovableType, hopefully this might go some way to increasing comment posting speed, and will definitely help the site in general. I've also... Read the full entry
July 20, 2007
Site downtime - Filmstalker's back
Apologies, the site was down from 23:00 GMT/UTC last night and I wasn't receiving any alerts to tell me otherwise. I've been frantically trying to get the support teams to up the bandwidth since early this morning and they've just managed to get the site... Read the full entry
July 7, 2007
Cover for Richard's holiday
Well I'm heading off now for a week of rest and relaxation, but rather than leave you guys with no place to come to read and discuss the latest in films, the site will be run by Louise and Ramchandra, so treat them well and... Read the full entry
June 21, 2007
Back after a surprise bandwidth loss
Welcome back! If you hadn't realised the site was down for a few hours this afternoon. Neither myself nor the hosting company realised. I didn't notice because just the other night it was sitting at a nice 75% used. However something seems to have eaten... Read the full entry
June 16, 2007
Filmstalker nominated in Blogger's Choice Awards
Filmstalker has been nominated for Best Entertainment Blog in the Blogger's Choice Awards. Huge thanks to Chris who made the nomination, something that genuinely had me surprised and touched. It's great to be nominated for these things by the readers, and especially when so much... Read the full entry
The guys at Webattention for the great hosting service and the most helpful and understanding support team.
Ladies and Gents at Vue Edinburgh Ocean Terminal for helping me to watch films and making me feel very welcome at their cinema. LOVEFiLM for continuing to help me see DVD releases.
I'm a guy from Edinburgh, Scotland. I've written throughout my life in various guises, and only began blogging on the 19th September 2004 over at my own weblog.
