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The Cinematic Crossovers We Need To See

August 15, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

20 years on from the release of Freddy vs Jason, here are more cinematic crossovers we really need to see… It doesn’t happen too often in cinema but when it does, the crossover special definitely tickles the viewers’ curiosity. Whether it was Freddy vs Jason bringing two horror universes crashing together or the first bout […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Aliens, Arnold, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ash vs. Evil Dead, Bruce Campbell, Daniel Craig, Evil Dead, fast and furious, Freddy vs. Jason, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Hellboy, Hellraiser, Idris Elba, James Bond, Jamie Clayton, John Wick, Keanu Reeves, Knives Out, Ludacris, luther, Mel Gibson, Morgan Freeman, Pitch Black, Predator, Rambo, Robert Englund, Ron Perlman., Sylvester Stallone, Tom Cruise, Tyrese Gibson, Vin Diesel

William Friedkin: The Cinematic Sorcerer

August 9, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

We look at the stellar career of the late William Friedkin and in particular his underappreciated masterpiece, Sorcerer… William Friedkin has sadly passed away but left behind a resume filled with masterful cinema including several films which redefined genres. When it comes to cinema, there are some filmmakers who have never quite had the level […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: bug, Cruising, Good Times, Killer Joe, Sorcerer, The Boys in the Band, The Exorcist, The French Connection, To Live and Die in L.A., William Friedkin

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

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