Søren Hough

Science Communicator

London, UK

Science Communicator. Freelance journalist/editor. Founder/Editor-in-Chief at Movie Fail. Contributor at RogerEbert.com. Cancer Biologist (PhD).

Søren Hough

Science Communicator

London, UK

Science Communicator. Freelance journalist/editor. Founder/Editor-in-Chief at Movie Fail. Contributor at RogerEbert.com. Cancer Biologist (PhD).

300: Rise of an Empire
The movie is less popcorn entertainment and more an exercise in unabashed jingoism.
Movie Fail
American Hustle
To paraphrase a certain hobbit, American Hustle is thin. Like hair spread over too much head.
Movie Fail
Reviews
The Best Cinematic Experiences of 2013
Roman Polanski once said, “I’d rather watch a film in a movie theatre. I have all the kit you need at home, but it’s not the same.” A few months ago, I had the privilege of seeing The Matrix (1999) on the big screen. I missed its theatrical debut fourteen years ago, but my local cinema occasionally plays older movies in special screening events.
ScottFeinberg.com
Analysis Opinion
High Frame Rate and Why The Hobbit Films Matter
Peter Jackson had promised value in the high frame rate format, and I was convinced.
ScottFeinberg.com
Analysis Opinion
The Golden Age of Arthur Comes to an End
And I say, "Hey, it’s not a wonderful kind of day."
Movie Fail
Opinion Television
On ‘Blackfish’ and the Understated Influence of Documentaries
What is remarkable about Blackfish is not its reception, but instead its ripple-effect in the film industry.
ScottFeinberg.com
Analysis
Video game stars to release Punisher passion project
“He is constant like the Northern Star. He is like the Grim Reaper. He is the angel of death.”
The Daily Collegian
Interviews
UMass begins ban on tobacco products
“The policy doesn’t say you can’t smoke – it just says you can’t smoke here,” Webley said.
The Daily Collegian
News
Tom Ciaburri, Director of Ironing Board Sam’s Tenth
It’s probably safe to assume that you haven’t heard of Ironing Board Sam.
Movie Fail
Interviews
5 College Professor Co-Creates Award-Winning Animated Short “Caldera”
The flowing figure of an enigmatic young woman floats down through sapphire blue water pierced by rays of faint sunlight. The young woman’s black hair streams behind her as she leans forward to touch the looming form of a giant, peaceful turtle. A quietly haunting tune compliments the scene as it accentuates the flood of emotional imagery.
The Massachusetts Daily Collegian
Interviews
“The Incredible Burt Wonderstone” disappoints
It has been a long time since Jim Carrey has been funny. For the past decade or so, the iconic 90s comedy superstar has been stretching the limits of his acting ability with critical darlings ”Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” and “I Love You Phillip Morris.”. Meanwhile, films like “Fun with Dick and Jane,” while satirical and at times quite funny, didn’t give Carrey that space to do his particular brand of over-the-top physical humor.
The Daily Collegian
Reviews
Undergraduate scholar takes on the Film Festival
As the undergraduate student director of the Five College Film and Video Festival, Moulton oversees the film work of numerous Five College students, a job which she sees as vital to the future of film. “The emerging filmmakers at the Five Colleges will be the next generation of filmmakers and it is important to reach out to one another now to create the ties that will make us successful in the future,” she said.
The Daily Collegian
News
Discontinuity Editing Elicits Emotion in Eisenstein’s Strike
An academic paper I wrote on how early Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein uses discontinuous editing in his film Strike to encourage his audience to empathize with his protagonists. Strike is a piec...
Movie Fail
Academic

About

Søren Hough

Film Journalism

Blogging

Editing

Epigenetics Research

CRISPR

DNA Repair

Podcasting

Film Criticism

Science Journalism

I am a freelance film and science journalist. My work has been featured on key entertainment industry websites including RogerEbert.com (www.rogerebert.com/interviews/the-magic-of-magi-douglas-trumbulls-quest-to-explore-a-new-planet-of-cinematic-potential) and ScottFeinberg.com (http://moviefail.com/tag/scottfeinberg.com). I additionally serve as an Editor at Science for the People magazine (https://magazine.scienceforthepeople.org/web-extras/noam-chomsky-interview-covid-19-climate-crisis-class-warfare/).

I started Movie Fail (http://moviefail.com) in January 2012, a site dedicated to multimedia reviews, op-eds, academic essays, and news articles about movies and the film industry. My work there includes interviews with multiple Oscar-nominated filmmakers (https://moviefail.com/nora-twomey-director-the-breadwinner/) and up-and-coming directors (https://moviefail.com/astrid-goldsmith-writer-director-squirrel-island/).

I brought my experience as an Editor and Staff Writer to The Massachusetts Daily Collegian (http://dailycollegian.com/author/soren-hough) one year later as I began working for the paper as a film and science correspondent. In the spring of 2013, I was hired as Editor of the film section of the paper for the fall of 2013.

In December 2013, I graduated from the Film Studies and Microbiology programs at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In 2023, I graduated from the University of Cambridge with a PhD in Biochemistry.

The cover photo is a screen shot from Tete's wonderful short film, raintown.