Fusing the Medium and the Message

Welcome to the writing of Drew Turney, showcasing recent work I've done for publications and institutions throughout Australia. Select a link from the random sample below that interests you or suits your publication, or use the menu to browse by category or sub-category. If the short excerpt sounds good, click the title to read the whole story.

How can this site help you? By showing you my abilities in researching and writing stories that are engaging and easy to understand, skills over a dozen magazines and publications across Australia call on regularly.

My parallel career in design and computers is the basis for my technology writing. I'm putting my love of movies and books to practical use in film and book reviews and am talking to the personalities in publishing and filmmaking as well as reporting on the art and business of both crafts. I'm also writing general features on everything from celebrities and business to ideas and culture.

I've written over 15 novels, dozens of short stories, poetry, a journal now in its 18th year and countless other pieces of random creative thought. If you're curious about any of my imaginative, creative or fiction writing, contact me.



Matrix: Revolutions
November 1st, 2003

In hindsight, the original was an easy sell. It appeared with no hype so we got to see it for what it was, not what a marketing juggernaut wanted us to think it was.

Ghost Ship
December 5th, 2002

There’s a certain kind of movie called High Concept, born in the 80’s with a parking ticket-sized plot, more visual style than substance and choose-your-stereotype characters. Nowhere is the concept higher than Ghost Ship, where the title gives the whole movie away.


King Arthur
July 15th, 2004

Two words, Hollywood; ’battle fatigue’. How many more historical, computer-generated battles do we have to sit through to see a decent and entertaining movie?

Team America
December 2nd, 2004

You have your Michael Moores, The Corporations, No Logos and Manufacturing Consents. But the sharpest barb yet thrown at the power structure of western society comes in the guise of a puppet show sending up a typical action movie.


Feral Errol
November 13th, 2006

In his autobiography My Wicked, Wicked Ways he wrote, “I intend to live the first half of my life. I don’t care about the rest.”

Guru.com
May 1st, 2008

Post the task, set a budget and sit back to let it happen. We’ve posted tasks in audio transcription and HTML, and it’s rare not to have at least ten bids within only a few days. Many are from the US, a handful are from Australia, and the rest are scattered across the world.






More samples…

Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course The Film After such a huge following in America for so long, it ...
May 1st, 2003

Flying High vs Flying High II: The Sequel If you’re a fan of the classic early 80’s sight gag comedy ...
March 1st, 2003

The Hollywood Language Barrier As the youngest language in the world, English has triumphed as being ...
December 1st, 2005

What’s Wrong with Tom Cruise? For at least some of the last 20 years, he’s been among ...
June 1st, 2006

28 Days Later What made M Night Shyamalan’s Signs so fascinating was that a serious ...
October 1st, 2003

50 First Dates Directed By Peter Segal Starring Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Sean Astin, Rob Schneider, ...
March 25th, 2004


Full client and publication list:

  • APC
  • Auscam
  • Australian Creative
  • B&P
  • Big Issue
  • Black Velvet Seductions
  • Black+White
  • Box Magazine
  • Business News
  • Business NSW
  • Campaign Brief
  • Capture
  • CHUD.com
  • Cosmos
  • Cream
  • Curve
  • Dark Horizons
  • Desktop
  • DG
  • Digital Media
  • Empire
  • Empty Magazine
  • Fast Thinking
  • Filmink
  • Follow Gentlemen
  • Good Reading
  • Good Weekend
  • GQ
  • Hydrapinion
  • Icon (SMH)
  • Inside Film
  • Internet.au
  • Macworld
  • Marketing
  • Men’s Style
  • Metro
  • Moviehole
  • Nine To Five
  • PC Authority
  • PC Powerplay
  • PC Update
  • PC World
  • Penthouse
  • People
  • Pixelmag
  • ScienceNetwork WA
  • Scoop
  • Scoop Traveller
  • Seaside Observer
  • Spectrum (SMH)
  • SPG Media
  • The Sun Herald
  • The West Australian
  • Video Camera
  • Xpress