He used to be a journalist - news, sports, then film.

(Actually, he still does a spot of journalism. Sometimes.)

His father's Indian. His mother's Irish.

He was born and raised in London.

He was the US Editor of Empire and the UK Editor-in-Chief of Total Film.

His first pet was a cat called Tubby.

He has contributed to Esquire, TIME, The Sunday Times, Variety and Time Out.

He has two children - who have turned out surprisingly well.

He has authored books, directed videos and produced TV and web series.

He's written winners' speeches on Oscar night.

He is not saying that his speeches help win Oscars (but he's not not saying that...).

He plays the guitar, badly.

His work as a film critic was used on the UK’s national curriculum for media students.

(Yep, him and Shakespeare... both on the curriculum.)

He has a three-legged cat named Three Legged Cat. And a dog named Phineas and Ferb.

He no longer lets his kids name family pets.

His press notes for Deadpool 2 generated their own press.

He has two brothers and one sister.

Warren Beatty used to call him sometimes for a chat.

He's worked on Star Wars, James Bond, Star Trek and Marvel movies.

His copywriting clients include Nike, Budweiser and Coca-Cola.

Just like Don Draper, he has won a Clio. 

(That is probably the only thing he has in common with Don Draper).

He was the editor of the official Manchester United magazine.

His wife is an artist. And a formidable businesswoman.

J.J. Abrams once sent him a giant box of doughnuts.
He used to be slimmer.

He's going to direct a movie. One of these days.

He's not sure why he wrote all this in the third person.

(Did he mention he's won some awards?)

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