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Cannon Films and the Masters of the Universe

August 7, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks back at one of Cannon Films’ most iconic movies, Masters of the Universe… 36 years ago, Cannon Films unleashed upon the world a movie adaptation of a long-running kids cartoon and toy line with the release of Masters of the Universe. In the modern era, such a weighty IP and pop culture […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Bill Conti, Billy Barty, cannon films, Chelsea Field, Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Masters of the Universe, Meg Foster

It Happened One Night: The Essential Single Night Movies

August 5, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

There’s misadventures from dusk ’til dawn as Tom Jolliffe presents ten essential one night movies… The humble night odyssey. A protagonist finds them self on a dusk ’til dawn journey or quest. There have been plenty of films over the years which have taken place in a very contained period of time. We’ve seen a […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: After Hours, American Graffiti, Assault on Precinct 13, Clue, Die Hard, Glengarry Glen Ross, harold and kumar go to white castle, Judgment Day, Miracle Mile, The Warriors

Why is CGI Getting Worse?

August 1, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

We look at the strange case of CGI, which for an array of reasons, appears to be getting worse. Why is shoddy CGI deemed acceptable in massive-budget movies?  It’s been 30 years since Jurassic Park really kickstarted a major fascination with computer-generated imagery.  We’d seen some revolutionary CGI prior to that with films like Terminator […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Avatar, Disney, Harrison Ford, indiana jones and the dial of destiny, Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, Matt Reeves, Steven Spielberg, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Batman, The Flash, Tom Cruise

Ten Essential Korean Cinema Gems

July 27, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe offers up some essential Korean cinema gems… While Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite garnered global attention on its way to becoming the first non-English language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture back in 2020, Korean cinema has been crafting trend setting, ahead of the curve cinema for years and always comfortable to […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Essential..., Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: A Day Off, A Girl At My Door, Bong Joon-ho, Lady Vengeance, mother!, Night Journey, Oldboy, Parasite, Peppermint Candy, Sympathy For Mr Vengeance, The Good the Bad The Weird, The Handmaiden, The Vengeance Trilogy, The Wailing, The Witch: Part One – The Subversion

Five films to watch in preparation for Nicolas Cage’s Sympathy for the Devil

July 23, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

We offer up five films that will warm you up perfectly for the upcoming (and bound to be a cult hit) Nicolas Cage film Sympathy for the Devil… Nicolas Cage is a gift from the cinema Gods. His Cagenaissance in recent years has seen him in an array of colourful films like Color Out of […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Alone, Ben Affleck, C.Thomas Howell, Changing Lanes, Cillian Murphy, John Hyams, Joy Ride, Jules Willcox, Leelee Sobieski, Marc Menchaca, Nic Cage, Nicolas Cage, Paul Walker, Rachel McAdams, red eye, Robert Harmon, Rutger Hauer, Samuel L. Jackson, Steve Zahn, Sympathy for the Devil, The Hitcher, Wes Craven

The gold nuggets in Danny Dyer’s film career

July 15, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at Danny Dyer’s film career and some of the standout gems lurking within… A right sort. A British character from the East End with a way with words and charms you might call divisive. Perhaps to some, a little to gauche, to others a caricature milking his background stereotype and maybe not […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Danny Dyer, Doghouse, Human Traffic, Mean Machine, Outlaw, Severance, Straightheads, The Business, The Football Factory, Vendetta

Exclusive Interview – Actor Andy Gatenby

July 14, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Up and coming actor Andy Gatenby stops by to chat about his career so far and his latest projects… Andy Gatenby won’t be the first person to transition from being a sportsman to becoming an actor. The former undefeated boxer and one-time reality TV star of Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week, made the leap into […]

Filed Under: Exclusives, Interviews, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Andy Gatenby, Flying Tiger, Mr Hyde: The Untold Story, nemesis, Renegades, Shogun Films

1993 and 2002: Steven Spielberg Rules Cinema!

July 8, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

We look back at 1993 and 2002 when Steven Spielberg had not one but two masterpieces in both years… Most directors would love to have a critically acclaimed hit movie. The legendary Steven Spielberg has had dozens throughout his career. What’s more, the prolific filmmaker has occasionally had two releases in a year.  Now, if […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Ben Kingsley, Catch Me If You Can, Christopher Walken, Colin Farrell, Janusz Kaminski, Jeff Goldblum, John Williams, Jurassic Park, Laura Dern, Leonardo DiCaprio, Max von Sydow, Minority Report, ralph fiennes, Sam Neill, samantha morton, Schindler's List, Steven Spielberg, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks

Ranking the Mission: Impossible Franchise

July 5, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

With Dead Reckoning Part One coming very soon, we look back at the Mission: Impossible Franchise so far to give you our ranking from worst to best… Tom Cruise is about to kick off his latest cinema salvation exercise and stunt show, continuing his awesomely successful franchise. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol, Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Mission: Impossible 5, Mission: Impossible II, Mission: Impossible III, Tom Cruise

The Essential Movies About Memory

July 2, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tattoo this list to your chest, because you’ll want to remember these essential films about memory…  The brain is a complex machine and memories are a fascinating and complicated part of being human. As a cinematic motif, memory has provided filmmakers with a huge amount of inspiration in so many unforgettable films. We’ve seen films […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Citizen Kane, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Memento, Mirror, Mulholland Drive, Shutter Island, Solaris, the bourne identity, Total Recall, Vertigo, Wild Strawberries

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