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Tom Jolliffe

How Will Quentin Tarantino Bow Out?

April 20, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

After scrapping his planned final film The Movie Critic, Quentin Tarantino needs a new project for his tenth and final film… Quentin Tarantino needs no introduction. To even casual moviegoers, his name carries the kind of weight that few directors have managed in modern cinema. Whether you think he’s a cinematic deity, or vastly overrated, […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Django Unchained, Inglourious Basterds, Jackie Brown, kill bill, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino, Reservoir Dogs, Star Trek, The Movie Critic

Cannon’s Avengers: What If… Cannon Films Did the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

April 6, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

Here in the Flickering Myth multiverse, we look at how a Cannon-produced Avengers epic may have been cast… The Marvel Cinematic Universe enjoyed an unprecedented run of success after Robert Downey Jr kicked off a major era in movies back with 2008’s Iron Man. Some might not have enjoyed the all-powerful grip that the MCU […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Albert Pyun, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Billy Drago, Brandon Lee, Brooke Shields, Bruce Lee, cannon films, Carl Weathers, Charles Bronson, Chuck Norris, Corey Feldman, Cynthia Rothrock, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Frank Langella, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lou Ferrigno, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Michael Dudikoff, Mickey Rourke, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, Steve James, Sylvester Stallone

The 10 Best Villains in Sylvester Stallone Movies

April 1, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

Every hero needs a formidable villain and action titan Sylvester Stallone has faced plenty. We look at the ten best villains in Stallone movies… Most action films live or die on the strength of the villain. An underwhelming villain can kill a film, especially if the hero isn’t all that interesting. We’ve taken a look […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Antonio Banderas, Armand Assante, Assassins, Brian Dennehy, Brian Thompson, Cliffhanger, Demolition Man, Dolph Lundgren, Donald Sutherland, Eric Roberts, First Blood, Jack Palance, James Woods, Jason Mamoa, Jean-Claude Van Damme, John Lithgow, Judge Dredd, lock up, Mr T, Nighthawks, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rutger Hauer, Steven Berkoff, Tango and Cash, The Expendables 2, Wesley Snipes

The Essential One Man Army Action Movies

March 30, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

We take a deep dive into the explosive brilliance of the one-man army action movie with ten essentials you have to see… The 1980s were a glorious time for action cinema. They took all the tropes of the Western with near indestructible and stoic heroes taking on hordes of bad guys. They moved completely away […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Atomic Blonde, Commando, Hard Target, Invasion USA, John Wick: Chapter 2, Rambo: First Blood Part II, red scorpion, Sisu, taken, The Raid 2

Studios defiantly stick to reboots and sequels but are we bored yet?

March 28, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

It seems every day a new reboot or sequel is given the green light or drops on the big screen and the streamers. How badly do audiences really want them? In the space of a few weeks, we’ve had Dune 2, a new Ghostbusters film, a Road House reboot, a Beetlejuice sequel teaser, a Happy […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Barbie, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Civil War, Dune: Part Two, Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Happy Gilmore 2, Oppenheimer, Road House, Skinamarink, TERRIFIER, Terrifier 3, The Crow, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2

10 Essential Films From 2004

March 17, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s time to venture back in time some twenty years as we feast on ten essential films from 2004… We’ve looked back at 1974, 1984 and 1994 to pick out some essentials from those years, as well as shock ourselves at just how long ago those years were. 2004 might seem like only yesterday, but […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Collateral, Dead Man's Shoes, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Eterinal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Layer Cake, Shaun of the Dead, sideways, The Aviator, The Machinist

The 10 Best Villains in Arnold Schwarzenegger Movies

March 16, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of cinema’s greatest action heroes and he’s come up against some great villains. Here’s the 10 best! Arnold Schwarzenegger was one of the defining heroes of the 1980s and early 90s, ruling the action genre alongside Sylvester Stallone and making up one-half of an iconic cinematic rivalry. When you look through […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Charles Dance, Commando, Conan the Barbarian, conan the destroyer, End of Days, Escape Plan, Gabriel Byrne, James Earl Jones, Jim Caviezel, Kevin Peter Hall, Last Action Hero, Michael Ironside, Predator, Robert Patrick, Ronny Cox, Sarah Douglas, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Total Recall, Vernon Wells

The Return of the Moderate Budget Action Movie?

March 10, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

Could 2024 bring about a surge in moderately budgeted big-screen action movies?  It’s been a talking point for some years now. The big studios, particularly Disney and their innumerable arms, have been preoccupied with huge blockbusters as well as gargantuan budget shows. The low-budget indie films up to about ten million bucks make up a […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Bill Skarsgård, Boy Kills World, Cinderella's Revenge, Dev Patel, Jason Statham, monkey man, Nobody, The Beekeeper, Upgrade

10 Stunning Performances Outrageously Snubbed by the Oscars

March 10, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s the Oscars, so it’s time to look at ten stunning performances the Academy outrageously snubbed… Oscar season is an exciting time of the year. It’s fair to say that every year, for one reason or another, contentious decisions are made as well as glaring omissions. The desperation from some actors to snag an Oscar […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Awards Season, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Blade Runner, David Thewlis, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, Gene Hackman, Hereditary, In the Heat of the Night, Isabelle Adjani, Jim Carrey, Naked, Parasite, Paul Giamatti, Possession, Rutger Hauer, sideways, Sidney Poitier, Song Kang-ho, The Conversation, Toni Collette

Fantastical, Flawed and Madcap: 80s British Horror Cinema

March 9, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

We take a look back at the curious case of 80s British Horror – an era of odd fusions, oddities, indulgent auteurs and flawed cult favourites… Think of those iconic periods in horror around the world. German expressionist horror of the 1920s and 30s, the Giallo boom of the 60s and 70s, British hammer horror […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Alien, An American Werewolf in London, Annabelle Lanyon, Black Rainbow, dream demon, Hellraiser, inseminoid, Lifeforce, Maryam d'Abo, the company of wolves, The Hunger, The Lair of the White Worm, xtro

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