Ian Nathan , who lives and works in London, is one of the UK's best-known film writers. He is the author of eight previous books, including Alien Vault , the best-selling history of Ridley Scott's masterpiece, Terminator Vault , Tim Burton , The Coen Brothers and the forthcoming Anything You Can Imagine: Peter Jackson and the Making of Middle-earth . He is the former editor and executive editor of Empire , the world's biggest movie magazine, where he remains a contributing editor. He also regularly contributes to The Times, Independent, Mail on Sunday, Cahiers Du Cinema and the Discovering Film documentary series on Sky Arts.