Dean Williams
With over 22 years spent as a journalist, Dean has worked as a writer and editor at media companies across the world, including the Observer, Gulf Daily News, Khaleej Times, and Times of India. Dean has also taught courses at the Annapurna International Film School.
Latest From Dean Williams
Putin's Wikings? Prez's call for volunteers evokes horrors of Hitler's 5th SS Panzer Division
The SS Wiking division would — in what has to be one of the most cruel of ironies — emblazon its name in blood in the Ukraine
What's new on Netflix this week (May 28 to June 3): Full list
This week What's New on Netflix sees a range of cracking good series and movies: From the return of Lucifer to Malay horror and Sailor Moon
What's new on Netflix this week (May 21 to 27): Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead to the return of Master of None
New on Netflix: Zak Snyder and Aziz Ansari are back , but Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous may just be the winner this week
Celebrity deaths in 2021: From Christopher Plummer to Larry King, the full updated list of stars who'll never fade
2020 was a bad year for celebrity deaths, largely due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2021, we've lost a few stalwarts already
Ray Donovan Series 7 Episode 8: Naive Daryll gets played again and the results are tragic
Daryll is increasingly looking like a deer caught in the fog lamp of an 18-wheeler without brakes.
'Ray Donovan' Season 7 Episode 8: Smitty screws the pooch as a dark secret creeps up on Ray
What is unnerving about this episode is the fact that Ray was blindsided by a Smitty so blatantly teetering under the burden of guilt.
How ABC's Stumptown lost its edge and went from marvelous mayhem to meh
Maybe a network suit, or some over-fed slightly indolent focus group decided there just wasn't enough mush in 'Stumptown'
Rutger Hauer: Remembering Roy Batty, the man who had seen things we people would never believe
To a new generation brought up on Netflix and randy vampires the name Rutger Hauer may not even register, let alone Roy Batty and Blade Runner, and therein lies the greatest shame.
FISTS & FURY: Why Cinemax's 'Warrior' is the best show you will see this year
Jonathan Tropper has come close to creating a masterpiece of riveting violence and scalding sexuality.
TNT 'Animal Kingdom' Season 4 Episode 1: Pope nears the end as a new gang starts making waves
If early signs are anything to go by, 'Animal Kingdom' Season 4 could be more about the show's female characters
Animal Kingdom Season 4 preview: The problem with Pope and why the clash between J and Janine could be titanic
Season 4 is perfectly set up, but as we've seen with shows such as 'House of Cards' and 'Game of Thrones', even the best-laid plans can come apart at the seams
'Shameless' Season 9 Finale: Fiona's long goodbye and the silence of Frank's eyes
This season was supposed to exude Pathos, and end with a moment of Southside glam...all flashbacks and memories.
True Detective Season 4: 5 possible pairings that would blow our socks off
Heading into Season 4, hinted at by the big tease Nic Pizzolatto, we thought we'd give the writer some unsolicited advice on the pairings that could resurrect the grim ghosts of Rust and Marty
The Passage cancelled? FOX would be loony to bin one of the best vampire shows in recent memory
Rumors abound Fox may decide not to renew The Passage for a 2nd season as ratings aren't quite living up to expectations. That would be a calamitous blow to fans of high quality TV
Shameless Season 9: The decline and fall of Fiona Gallagher is a necessary tragedy for a show getting too happy for its own good
As we watched Fiona descend into the depths of an alcohol-washed circle of hell in episode 9, we got that warm fuzzy Gallagher feeling
YouTube Original 'Wayne' Review: Love, civilization and a bruise-fest with a heart of gold
So what makes Wayne such a standout character in a genre full of larger-than-life, bruised and battered antiheroes like Ray Donovan, and Lip Gallagher?
Why YouTube's Wayne Season 1 Episode 5 is probably the best TV you will see this year
Wayne, the YouTube Original series, is one of the best shows out there, but for some reason has flown so far under the radar it's well on its way to becoming an underground classic
NBC's streaming service could see Friends, The Office off Netflix and Amazon, unless "the price is right"
When Comcast CEO Brian Roberts mooted a streaming service, the reverberations will have been felt across the industry
Netflix's 'Sex Education' needs to end now, a Season 2 will just kill the vibe
Arguably one of the best coming-of-age shows of the last few years, Sex Education needs to quit while it's ahead and avoid all the looming pitfalls of a second season
Top movies to watch in 2019: The definitive list of the best
From Marvel extravaganzas and animated gems to tear-jerkers, spine-tinglers, and bone-chillers, 2019 promises to be one hell of a year for cinema, and we've got you sorted