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20 Years Back: The Films of 2003

May 1, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s time to take a journey twenty years back in time to look at the cinematic landscape of 2003… Another year passes and another anniversary comes around. 2003 was 20 years ago. 20 years!!! Take a stiff drink people and come along with me to revisit a cinematic year that was stuffed with so so […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: 2 Fast 2 Furious, 21 Grams, A Man Apart, American Wedding, Bad Boys 2, Bad Santa, Beyond Re-Animator, Biker Boyz, Bruce Almighty, Daredevil, Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, Dogville, Finding Nemo, Freddy vs. Jason, Gigli, How to Lose A Guy In 10 Days, Identity, johnny english, Kangaroo Jack, Lost In Translation, Memories of Murder, Mystic River, Old School, Oldboy, Once Upon A Time In Mexico, Open Range, OUt of Time, Paycheck, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Return of the King, Runaway Jury, scary movie 3, Shanghai Knights, Shattered Glass, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, The Brown Bunny, The Cat in the Hat, The House of Sand and Fog, The Last Samurai, the matrix reloaded, the matrix revolutions, The Rundown, The Triplets of Belleville, Underworld, Wrong Turn, X2: X-Men United

Indie Horror Filmmaking: The birth of The Baby in the Basket

April 29, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

As Flickering Myth steps into the world of indie filmmaking, Tom Jolliffe details how and why The Baby in the Basket was born… As a screenwriter working in the indie filmmaking world for five years, I made a conscious decision late last year to pull away from hired commissions (slightly) and shift my focus more […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Alexandra Faye Sadeghian, Amber Doig-Thorne, Annabelle Lanyon, Elle O'Hara, Firenado, Flickering Myth, gary collinson, Michaela Longden, Nathan Shepka, Paul Barber, Renegades, The Baby in the Basket, Tom Jolliffe, war of the worlds: the attack, When Darkness Falls

Is John Wick the Best Action Franchise of All Time?

April 16, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

In the wake of John Wick: Chapter 4, we look at whether Keanu’s iconic franchise has now become the best action series of all time… What is the best action franchise? Which series of three or more films have the most consistent levels of quality? It’s pretty hard to look beyond John Wick, which has […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Die Hard, fast & furious, James Bond, John Wick, John Wick: Chapter 2, John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, John Wick: Chapter 4, Mad Max, Mission: Impossible

Exclusive Interview – Michaela Longden on The Ghost Within, The Baby in the Basket and horror movies

April 9, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

We talk to up-and-coming actress Michaela Longden about acting, her recent film The Ghost Within, and her upcoming role in Flickering Myth’s first feature venture The Baby in the Basket… Michaela Longden is a British actress making waves in the horror genre having starred in cult films like Book of Monsters, The Creature Below and […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Exclusives, Interviews, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Barren, Book of Monsters, cara, Eating Miss Campbell, How to Kill Monsters, Jack in the Box: Awakening, Lord of Wolves, Michaela Longden, Run from Hell, The Baby in the Basket, The Ghost Within, When Darkness Falls

The Best of Bruce Willis

April 1, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

With the release of the legendary screen star’s final movie, Tom Jolliffe celebrates the best of Bruce Willis… All of Hollywood was saddened last year by the news that Bruce Willis had been forced to hang up his gloves and retire from making movies, with a dementia diagnosis bringing to an end the career of […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: 16 Blocks, Armageddon, Bruce Willis, Death Becomes Her, Die Hard, Die Hard 2, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Last Man Standing, Looper, moonrise kingdom, Pulp Fiction, Red, Sin City, Sixth Sense, The Expendables 2, The Fifth Element, Twelve Monkey's, Unbreakable

The Most Incredibly Annoying Movie Characters

April 1, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at some of the most annoying movie characters ever… Cinema at its best delights and enthrals. For that to work, we need engaging characters we can get behind. There’s a problem though. Sometimes for an array of reasons, some characters just end up being incredibly annoying. It can be the cherry on […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: American Pie, Awesomely Righteous and Radical, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Chris Klein, Hayden Christensen, Jesse Eisenberg, Jingle All the Way, jon cryer, Kellan Lutz, Kirsten Stewart, Macaulay Culkin, Mike Myers, Orlando Bloom, Party Like It's 1984, Pirates of the Caribbean, Richie Rich, Robert Pattinson, Sinbad, Sofia Coppola, Star Wars, Star Wars: Revenge of The Sith, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Superman IV: Quest For Peace, Taylor Lautner, The Godfather: Part III, The Love Guru, Twilight

Michael Caine’s Bizarre B-Movie Choices

March 14, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

As Michael Caine turns 90, Tom Jolliffe looks at a few of the iconic actor’s more bizarre B-movie choices… It’s fair to say that Michael Caine has had a productive career in his 90 years. He’s been going since the late 50’s, he was a breakout megastar in Britain in the 60’s, and has had […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Jaws: The Revenge, Michael Caine, The Hand, The Swarm

Academy Re-Awards: Fixing the Best Picture Oscar Winners of the 1980s

March 12, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Coinciding with the Oscars, we take a trip back to the 1980s to fix the Best Picture winners… The Oscars are upon us. Year after year, controversy and debate rages, over the nominations, the oversights and the eventual winners. Over the years there have been plenty of safe and so-so choices for Best Picture at […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Awards Season, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Aliens, Amadeus, Chariots of Fire, Commando, Dead Poets Society, Die Hard, Full Metal Jacket, Ordinary People, Out of Africa, Platoon, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Rain Man, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Terms of Endearment, The Thing

8 Rounds with Rocky and Creed: Ranking the Rocky Franchise

March 2, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

As Adonis Creed steps into the ring for his third cinematic outing, it’s high time we looked back at the previous adventures of Rocky Balboa (and Adonis) and ranked them from Rocky V to best… Creed III is punching into cinemas right now and it’s the first time that Adonis Creed gets to step out […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Creed, creed II, Michael B. Jordan, Rocky, Rocky Balboa, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V, Sly Stallone

Action Movies Blessed with Stunning Cinematography

March 1, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at ten action movies blessed with stunning cinematography… There are great action movies and there is great cinematography. Not always, but occasionally, the two meet in the middle and we get an action film that also looks especially incredible. In general, the action genre may go for a more neutral palette, to […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Brotherhood of The Wolf, Drive, Hard Boiled, Highlander, John Wick 3, John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, Point Break, Seven Samurai, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Matrix

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