Guy Howie-Author

Guy Howie

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January, 2025
Previously a writer about film, TV and music for Far Out Magazine, Best of Netflix, Rock n' Heavy, Dispatches Europe, and Acclaimed Music.
Comedy, Noir, Crime
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About Guy Howie

After joining Screen Rant in January 2025, Guy became a Senior Features Writer in March of the same year, and now specializes in features about classic TV shows. With several years' experience writing for and editing TV, film and music publications, his areas of expertise include a wide range of genres, from comedies, animated series, and crime dramas, to Westerns and political thrillers.

Industry Focus

Specialisms range from TV sitcoms, sketch shows, crime dramas, and Westerns, as well as both big and small-screen adaptations from other media, to coming-of-age comedies, and the films of auteur directors such as Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford, Orson Welles, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, the Coen Brothers, and Paul Thomas Anderson.

Author Details

Hailing from Cheshire in the northwest of England, Guy has written about movies, TV, music and culture since his teenage years. He's worked as an editor for Far Out magazine and Dispatches Europe, with a background in creative writing, publishing, history and classical literature, his publications include movie and TV explainers for Best of Netflix, an essay on Nick Drake's final four songs, and a short story selected for performance by London's Liars' League in 2022.

Favorite Media

Guy's 10 favorite movies of all time are: Rear Window, Dr Strangelove, The Trial, Taxi Driver, Being There, The King of Comedy, Brazil, Withnail and I, Napoleon Dynamite, and You, the Living.

His favorite TV shows include: The Simpsons, The Office (both US and UK), Arrested Development, Malcolm in the Middle, Schitt's Creek, The Good Place, Only Murders in the Building, Sex Education, Fleabag, Gavin and Stacey, Brass Eye, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Black Mirror, Peaky Blinders, Succession, and Mindhunter.

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James Gandolfini and David Chase behind the scenes on The Sopranos set
27 Years Ago, One Of The Sopranos’ Best Lines Predicted How It Would Change Television

The Sopranos revolutionized TV drama in various ways, not least in relation to primetime viewing habits, as one of its best quotes alludes to.

Homer and Lisa in The Simpsons
35 Years Later, Dan Castellaneta’s Favorite Simpsons Episode Is Still The Greatest Of All Time

As the voice of Homer Simpson himself, Dan Castellaneta is someone we can trust when it comes to choosing the greatest Simpsons episode ever made.

Earl Holliman in The Twilight Zone's first episode
67 Years Later, The Twilight Zone’s Greatest Life Lesson Is More Important Than Ever

When The Twilight Zone started in 1959, Rod Serling could never have expected his show's greatest life lesson to take on new meaning in the 2020s.

Rebecca Field, Victoria Moroles, and Maggie Q in Prime Video's Ballard
Prime Video’s 10/10 Crime-Procedural Masterpiece Shows The Lincoln Lawyer How It’s Done

The Lincoln Lawyer is coming to an end on Netflix, but Prime Video has a solution for fans who want more of Mickey Haller and his legal team.

Emma Myers as Pip Fitz-Amobi in A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Agatha Christie’s Poirot Meets Sex Education In Netflix’s 12-Part Murder Mystery Masterpiece

Netflix has amassed an imposing collection of murder mystery series, but few are as impressive as this critically acclaimed coming-of-age thriller.

Noah Emmerich as Stan Beeman in The Americans on FX
Stephen King’s Favorite TV Show Of All Time Is A 6-Part Spy Thriller With 96% On Rotten Tomatoes

Celebrated author Stephen King is a fan of various TV shows, but one spy thriller stands above all the rest as his favorite series of all time.

Chad L. Coleman as Dennis 'Cutty' Wise and Wood Harris as Avon Barksdale in The Wire season 3, episode 11,
22 Years Later, The Wire’s Best Episode Is Still The Greatest In Crime TV History

Widely seen as the greatest crime procedural series of all time, The Wire also served up the genre's best TV episode, midway through its run on HBO.

Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie in front of their family home in The Simpsons
10 Classic Simpsons Episodes That Have Aged Like Fine Wine

It's now almost three decades since the golden age of The Simpsons ended, yet these 10 classic episodes just keep getting better and better.

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Daniel Craig as James Bond in Skyfall (2012)
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Although there are too many great spy thrillers on television to count, nothing tops this classic series developed with the help of 007's creator.

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Michelle Pfeiffer as Stacy Clyburn in The Madison
The Madison Season 2 Hits A Major Taylor Sheridan Milestone

Taylor Sheridan's new TV Western The Madison broke records with its debut season, and season 2 has already brought him a major career milestone.

Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
Hulu’s 6-Part Knives Out Replacement Just Got More Similar To Daniel Craig's Murder Mystery

A major change to Hulu's most popular crime series just brought it even closer to the Rian Johnson murder mystery franchise Knives Out.

Hayden Panettiere in Scream VI (2023)
Hayden Panettiere’s 10 Best Roles To Remember Her By

Following Hayden Panettiere’s tragic death, here are the best movie and TV performances of her career, which help keep her legacy alive.

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Russell Crowe as Henry Murray in Netflix's Unabomber (2026)
Russell Crowe’s New Netflix Crime Thriller Is ‘Zodiac Meets Good Will Hunting’

Netflix is about to release its darkest true crime thriller of 2026, which blends elements of Good Will Hunting with David Fincher's 2007 film Zodiac.

John Ratzenberger, Shelley Long, Rhea Perlman, Ted Danson and George Wendt in Cheers
Recasting Cheers For The British Remake: All 9 Main Roles

A UK remake of the classic sitcom Cheers is currently in development, and these 9 comedy actors would be the perfect fit for the series.

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Lisa holding a Malibu Stacy doll in The Simpsons
32 Years Later, The Simpsons Just Revived A Classic Gag For The New Movie

The Simpsons has always been able to poke fun at itself, and the classic animated sitcom has done it again with the title of its "new" movie.

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Nicholas Hoult in About a Boy (2002)
Harry Potter’s Newest Star Was Almost Cast In The Title Role 26 Years Ago

As more cast members get added to HBO's new Harry Potter TV series, the franchise has stumbled upon its strangest casting coincidence yet.

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David Boreanaz as Jason Hayes in SEAL Team
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Tom Hardy as
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Although it's gone quiet for a while since 2024, a recent update suggests we could well see this franchise's first TV series in the coming years.

Neil Brown Jr. as Ray Perry in SEAL Team
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Netflix has just dropped arguably the biggest military thriller on TV, which combines Taylor Sheridan's writing style with Clint Eastwood's visuals.

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Geoff Bell as Richie Stevenson in MobLand
Guy Ritchie’s 10/10 Gangster Classic Is The Blueprint For Mobland Season 2

From what we know so far, MobLand's second season is harder-hitting than season 1, with a Guy Ritchie gangster classic as its guide to action.

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