Boy in the Corner, 2022. Directed by Joshy Lee. Starring Cyran Vergara, Victoria Shepherd, Akil Largie, Shaun Pelayo, Solly McLeod, Ewan Perry, Luka Arpino Pereira, and Jon-Paul Gates. SYNOPSIS: The backward system of society pushes another dream-filled boy to the curb, and with his aspiration suppressed, he is at risk of falling into the attractive […]
Is “Cinema” turning the tide against “Theme Park” blockbusters?
With 2022 particularly impressive so far, we look at whether great films which might pass the Scorsese “cinema” test might be turning the tide against formulaic blockbusters… 2022 has been pretty horrible all told. From a cost of living crisis to the war in Ukraine to skyrocketing energy bills and a farcical political landscape, real […]
10 Essential Football Films
With the World Cup about to get underway, Tom Jolliffe offers up ten essential football films… The beautiful game. It inspires fevered passion across the globe. Football (let’s not open this can of worms my US chums…it is football, the one with the round ball you might call soccer), it’s a communal experience that can […]
No Country For Old Men: The best Terminator movie of the 21st century
Tom Jolliffe looks back at No Country For Old Men, the relentless chase film which did ‘Terminator’ better than every 21st century sequel in the Arnold Schwarzenegger franchise… The year is 2022. We’re well into the 21st century. Franchise fascination has never been higher and likewise, the lustre in Hollywood for remakes, reboots and sequels […]
The Top Ten MCU Movies (From a Non-Marvel Fan)
Tom Jolliffe casts a slightly MCU-fatigued eye over the catalogue to provide a Top 10 list… I’m sure you’ll have seen many a ranking list or top 10 focused on the MCU. There have been so many films now since Iron Man kicked off the whole shebang that they’ve been separated into phases. We’re coming […]
Babylon: A Dazzling Throwback to Classic Cinema?
Tom Jolliffe looks ahead to Babylon, the star-studded upcoming film from Damien Chazelle, and wonders if it might be a movie like they used to make… When Martin Scorsese bemoaned an evolution in cinema that was leading to a dearth in the cinematic style of old, he caused something of an uproar. Increasingly, others have […]
The Films of 1992: A Great Year For Movies
Tom Jolliffe ventures back 30 years to 1992, a year full of breakouts, action spectacle, iconic soundtracks and more… In my retrospective delve into the year of 1982, I boldly claimed that it might have been the greatest year of film ever. As I thrust my time machine forward a decade, I wandered the cinematic […]
Movie Review – Accident Man: Hitman’s Holiday (2022)
Accident Man: Hitman’s Holiday, 2022. Directed by the Kirby Brothers. Starring Scott Adkins, Ray Stevenson, Perry Benson, Sarah Chang, George Fouracres, Flaminia Cinque, Andreas Nguyen and Beau Fowler. SYNOPSIS: The Accident Man, is back and this time he must beat the top assassins in the world, to protect the ungrateful son of a mafia boss, save […]
God, Gangsters and Robbie Coltrane: Nuns on the Run and The Pope Must Die!
Tom Jolliffe looks back at the late great Robbie Coltrane’s duo of farcical Catholic capers, Nuns on the Run and The Pope Must Die… The late great Robbie Coltrane’s passing came as a sad surprise to many. Coltrane’s comedic talents were offset by an ability to play tough characters, or those with a hearty dose […]
Twenty Years Back: The Films of 2002
Tom Jolliffe ventures back 20 years to look at the cinematic landscape of 2002… I come bearing bad news. 2002 was not a couple of years ago. No, it was 20 years ago now. I feel very old now in the wake of such a revelation. Has cinema changed much in those two decades? Looking […]
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