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MTV Generation-Era Comedies That Need New Sequels

June 9, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

Happy Gilmore 2 is on the way, but what other MTV generation-era comedies deserve revisiting? Here’s ten… Adam Sandler’s about to take to the fairways again with the triumphant return of Happy Gilmore. The slacker-turned-unorthodox golf pro lit up the screens in the mid-90s and got into a fistfight with Bob Barker. It was a […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Ace Ventura, Airheads, Beavis and Butthead, Dead Man On Campus, Deuce Bigelow, Encino Man, Happy Gilmore 2, Office Space, Wayne's World, Young Einstein

Is 2024’s Blockbuster Season Totally Uninspiring?

June 8, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

We look ahead at what’s in store for the second half of 2024 and ponder whether there are any must-see, sure-fire hits… Having recently looked at the state of the cinema industry and whether the big screen experience is on its last legs, now seems like a good time to look ahead to the rest […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Bad Boys: Ride or Die, borderlands, Deadpool / Wolverine, Dune: Part Two, Furiosa, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Godzilla Minus One, Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire, Joker: Folie à Deux, MaXXXine, Nosferatu, sonic the hedgehog 3, The Fall Guy, Venom: The Last Dance

Is Cinema On Its Last Legs?

June 2, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

After some notable big-budget bombs, is the big screen experience on its last legs? Remember Barbenheimer? It felt like a shot of adrenaline that could reinvigorate a struggling big screen industry with audiences preferring to catch films on streaming. Had you been asked about your expectations for the success of a three-hour biopic of Oppenheimer […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Aftersun, Avatar: The Way of Water, Barbie, Civil War, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Godzilla Minus One, Mandy, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, Oppenheimer, Salò or the 120 Days of Sodom, saltburn, The Fall Guy, Top Gun: Maverick

Movie Review – The Last Kumite (2024)

May 28, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

The Last Kumite,2024. Directed by Ross W. Clarkson. Starring Mathis Landwehr, Matthias Hues, Kurt McKinney, Billy Blanks, Cynthia Rothrock, Michel Qissi, Abdul Qissi, David Kurzhal, Kira Kortenbach, Mona Moula and Mike Derudder. SYNOPSIS Michael Rivers, a skilled martial artist is forced to fight in an illegal fighting tournament in order to save his daughter. Along […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Abdel Qissi, Billy Blanks, Cynthia Rothrock, David Kurzhal, Kurt McKinney, Mathis Landwehr, Matthias Hues, Michel Qissi, Paul Hertzog, Ross W Clarkson, Stan Bush, The Last Kumite

How Roger Corman Changed Cinema

May 13, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

After the sad news that Roger Corman has passed away, we look at his legacy and how he changed cinema… Roger Corman leaves behind an imperious résumé, with over 500 credits. Most prolific as a producer, Corman was also a director who made some incredible films (most notably his Edgar Allan Poe adaptations) and even […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Apollo 13, Bloodfist, Boxcar Bertha, Death Race 2000, Fitzcarraldo, Francis Ford Coppola, frankenstein unbound, House of Usher, Jack Nicholson, jonathan demme, Little Shop of Horrors, Martin Scorsese, peter bogdanovich, Piranha, Roger Corman, Ron Howard, Silence of the Lambs, The Intruder, The Masque of the Red Death, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Raven

5 Reasons Why Flesh of the Gods Will Be THE Film to Watch in 2025

May 12, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s time to look at five reasons why Panos Cosmatos’ next film Flesh of the Gods will be a MUST see… It’s been a long wait to see how Panos Cosmatos will follow up his cult favourite, Mandy. The 2019 kaleidoscopic horror classic was a key moment in the Nicolas Cage renaissance and a film […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Andrew Kevin Walker, Flesh of the Gods, Kristen Stewart, Oscar Isaac, Panos Cosmatos

10 Essential Frankenstein-Inspired Films

May 9, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

Tighten those neck bolts, it’s time for ten essential Frankenstein-inspired movies… Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a literary classic and one of my all-time favourite books, from an era of fiction I love. The tale of the titular doctor creating a reanimated monster has inspired plenty of literature since but it has also provided ample inspiration […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Blade Runner, frankenhooker, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Poor Things, Re-Animator, RoboCop, The Fly, The Terminator, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, Young Frankenstein

10 Essential Films From 1984

May 7, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s time to venture back 40 years as we look at the best movies of 1984… The 80s were a glorious era for movies and music. As the years drift on, the kids born and raised in the decade such as me, suddenly find themselves in their 40s, careering headlong to the big 5-0. When […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: 1984, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Amadeus, Beverly Hills Cop, Blood Simple, Ghostbusters, Once Upon a Time in America, Paris Texas, Purple Rain, The Terminator

5 Underrated Jean-Claude Van Damme Movies

May 4, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

The Muscles from Brussels returns soon with Darkness of Man, so here’s five of his most underrated films to get you in the mood… There are two kinds of people who don’t like Jean-Claude Van Damme, Crazy folk and Steven Seagal. The rest of us love to partake in a little bit of Van Dammage, […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Assassination Games, Desert Heat, Enemies Closer, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Legionnaire, Maximum Risk, Nowhere to Run, replicant, Six Bullets, The Bouncer, Wake of Death

A Triple Hit of Vintage Pam Grier

May 1, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks back on three of Pam Grier’s iconic Blaxploitation era films, Foxy Brown, Coffy and The Big Bird Cage… Remember the theme song for The Spy Who Loved Me? Nobody does it better… Well, when it comes to being the undisputed Queen of Blaxploitation cinema, really, nobody did it better than Pam Grier. […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Coffy, Foxy Brown, Jack Hill, Pam Grier, Sid Haig, The Big Bird Cage

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