Neil Norman is a British

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. A journalist on the ''

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'' in the early 1970s, Norman became a film critic for ''

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'' and in the ensuing years a reviewer of film and theatre for various cinema magazines and national newspapers. He joined the '' Evening Standard'' in 1986 as a film critic and feature writer. He appeared regularly as a contributor to the Sky Arts serie
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He is co-author of a book about the 1985 film ''

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'' and the Robbie Coltrane biography ''Looking For Robbie''. His plays have been performed in London, Toronto and New York.

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