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Tom Jolliffe

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, Opinions and Long Reads, 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, Opinions and Long Reads, 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, Opinions and Long Reads, 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

The Essential Paranoia Films

July 1, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe offers up an essential selection of paranoia films… Who likes a good hearty dose of paranoia? Okay, in real life it’s not too enjoyable. In cinema? It’s a gift for film-makers looking to tap into that feeling within their audience. There are a lot of great examples of paranoia-themed films, and when a […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Essential..., Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Blow Out, Cutters Way, Eyes Wide Shut, Les Diaboliques, Marathon Man, Pi, Repulsion, The Conversation, The Machinist, The Thing

The End of an Era? Harrison Ford: The Great Blockbuster Headliner

July 1, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

With the release of the fifth and likely final Indiana Jones movie starring Harrison Ford, could this be the Hollywood legend’s final bow as the blockbuster headline act..? The cinema landscape has evolved so much in the past few decades. Movie stars used to rule the world, and even at the dawn of the event […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Blade Runner, Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones, indiana jones and the dial of destiny, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars, the fugitive

Microbudget Horror Movies You Have To See

June 24, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

As Flickering Myth launches into the world of microbudget film production, we look at five recent microbudget horror movies you need to see… Making movies is tough. Right now the differential between the big studio pictures and what is below seems to be huge. It’s a near-unjumpable chasm between $5 million budgets and that limited […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Amber Doig-Thorne, Charlie Steeds, Craving, Geoff Fowler, Ghost Crew, Jason Horton, Lawrence Fowler, Lawrie Brewster, Megan Tremethick, Michaela Longden, Rhys Frake-Waterfield, Scott Jeffrey, The Ghost Within, Tom Staunton, Werewolf Castle, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey

Superman III: An Underrated Entry in the Man of Steel Canon?

June 17, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks back at Superman III, the much-maligned third outing for Christopher Reeve as the Man of Steel, released 40 years ago today… In more recent times it’s gained in cult appeal, but for long-time fans of Christopher Reeve’s original run of films, Superman III’s saving grace tended to be the fact that it […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Christopher Reeve, DC, Richard Lester, Richard Pryor, Robert Vaughan, Superman, Superman 3

The 90s VR Movie: The Lawnmower Man had a lot to answer for

June 14, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks back at the wave of straight to video Virtual Reality films that followed in the wake of The Lawnmower Man in the mid to late ’90s… The idea of virtual reality worlds has been something of a sci-fi staple for many decades. Cronenberg toyed with the concept in Videodrome. Philip K Dick’s […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Albert Pyun, Arcade, brainscan, Brett Leonard, Cybertech P.D, Expect No Mercy, Grid Runners, Hologram Man, Sci-Fighter, Strange Days, The Lawnmower Man, The Matrix, Total Recall, videodrome, Virtual Assassin, Virtual Combat, virtuosity

Ranking Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Post-Governator Starring Roles

June 4, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

10 years since Arnold made his full return to acting after a stint as Governor of California, we rank his major projects from worst to best… In the 80s and 90s at the height of video store popularity, I was but a youth watching films that I wasn’t supposed to be watching. I lapped up […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Aftermath, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Escape Plan, fubar, Killing Gunter, Maggie, Sabotage, terminator Gensisys, Terminator: Dark Fate, The Last Stand

The Film Feud of the 90s: Steven Seagal vs Jean-Claude Van Damme

June 2, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks back at the film feud to end them all: Seagal vs Van Damme… The 90’s begin. Action cinema is at the height of popularity, headed up by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone, with Bruce Willis and Mel Gibson also throwing their hats into the mix. The video boom would contribute to a […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Steven Seagal

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