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Die Hard on a Shoestring: The Low Budget Die Hard Clones

December 7, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

As the festive season approaches and Die Hard becomes mandatory viewing, we take a look at some low budget clones… It may not have been the first of its kind, but when Die Hard came out, from the moment Bruce Willis entered the Nakatomi plaza, a new sub-genre all of its own was launched – […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Blast, Breakaway, Command Performance, Die Hard, Irresistible Force, Shadowchaser, Skyscraper

Great Cult Films From 1984 You Might Have Missed

December 6, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s time to venture back to 1984 and take a look at some great cult films you may have missed… It’s fair to say that 1984 had a stellar selection of iconic films that became part of pop culture. Films like The Terminator, Ghostbusters and Amadeus are widely considered classics and well-known to general audiences.  […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Crimes of Passion, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Repo Man, Streets of Fire, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, The Element of Crime, The Toxic Avenger, Top Secret

10 Alien Franchise Rip-Offs That Are Worth A Watch

November 30, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

With Alien: Romulus currently terrorising audiences, here are ten Alien knock-offs to watch if you love the franchise…  The Alien franchise is a pretty eclectic mix, made up of distinct stabs at effectively the same concept repeated. A group of largely disposable humans are hunted and picked off by a fearsome alien creature (or multiple). […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Alien, Alien Predators, Alien: Romulus, Aliens, D.N.A, forbidden world, Leviathan, Pitch Black, Screamers, Species, starship troopers, Terminator II, xtro

Movie Review – The Bouncer (2024)

November 24, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

The Bouncer, 2024. Directed by Massimiliano Cerchi. Starring John Ozuna, Costas Mandylor, Rosmary Yaneva, Vincent Rivera, Nick Turturro, Gerald Okamura and Tayah Kansik. SYNOPSIS: In Romania, fugitive Frank Sharp takes a job as a bouncer. Saving a woman from abuse, he discovers she’s trafficked. They escape together but are relentlessly hunted. Opening with Frank Sharp (John […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Costas Mandylor, Gerald Okamura, John Ozuna, Massimiliano Cerchi, Nick Turturro, Rosmary Yavena, Simon Phillips, The Bouncer

10 Great Movies To Watch in November

November 16, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s the void between Halloween and Christmas, but here are 10 great movies set in November that you need to see… You’re just getting over your Halloween candy waist expansion and the jingle of jingle bells is just around the corner too. Michael Myers has been packed away for another year and Mariah Carey and […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: A Bittersweet Life, Addams Family Values, blood rage, Late Autumn, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Prisoners, Rocky II, She's Gotta Have It, thanksgiving, The Ice Storm

The Incredible Presence of Tony Todd

November 11, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

The late, great Tony Todd became synonymous with villains; we look at the incredible legacy he leaves behind… Cinema was dealt a blow with the news that Tony Todd has passed away. A prolific veteran of predominantly genre films (with over 250 credits), Todd was never less than memorable. For one, he just dominated a […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Candyman, Final Destination, Night of the Living Dead, Platoon, The Crow, The Rock, Tony Todd

The Queens of the B-Movie

November 9, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe celebrates some of the most popular B-movie queens of the video era onward… Think of those legendary actresses of the last few decades. Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Scarlett Johansson, Margot Robbie… Big names, capable of selling a film themselves and a regular big screen fixture. As someone who grew up in the VHS […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Bai Ling, Brigitte Nielsen, Cynthia Rothrock, Joan Severance, Linnea Quigley, Shannon Tweed, Sybil Danning

10 Essential Noir Films for Noirvember

November 1, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe offers up ten essential noir films in celebration of Noirvember… We’re into November, also known in some select cinephile circles as Noirvember. In celebration of the film noir genre as well as Neo-noir which evolved some of the classic staples in more contemporary styles, here is a selection of essential noir films. It’s […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Basic Instinct, Chinatown, Detour, Memento, Minority Report, The Killing, the maltese falcon, the third man, thief, Vertigo

Trashy Cult Horror Classics To Enjoy This Halloween

October 31, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s Halloween so if you’re looking for some shlock horror fun make sure you check out these ten trashy cult classics… Chainsaws, mysterious masked killers and gallons of blood. Horror season is upon us and whilst you might fancy some top-tier cerebral horror like The Shining or Rosemary’s Baby, it’s also a time to get […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Chopping Mall, edge of the axe, frankenhooker, Maniac Cop, Nightmare Beach, Pieces, Return of the Living Dead, Sleepaway Camp, Stage Fright, The Toxic Avenger

How 2024 Belongs to Josh O’Connor

October 28, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

2024 has been a great year for cinema and especially for Josh O’Connor… For every actor who finds themselves becoming a highly sought-after commodity, their rise can often be traced back to a particular film. Josh O’Connor looks set to be the next big thing in Hollywood and as seems to be highly commonplace, is […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Alice Rohrwacher, Bonus Track, Carol Duarte, Challengers, Josh Oconnor, Kate Winslet, La Chimera, LEE, Luca Guadagnino, Mike Faist, Paul Mescal, The Crown, Zendaya

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