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Movie Review – Final Recovery (2025)

May 7, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Final Recovery, 2025. Directed by Harley Wallen. Starring Charlene Tilton, Richard Tyson, Jasper Cole, Michael Emery, Kaiti Wallen, Cherish Lee, and Damien Chinappi. SYNOPSIS When Rodney winds up in the Sage Treatment Facility and in the care of the twisted Nanny Lou, his drive to do better for his family and new friends leads him to […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Charlene Tilton, Cherish Lee, Damien Chinappi, Final Recovery, Harley Wallen, Jasper Cole, Kaiti Wallen, Michael Emery, Richard Tyson

Ten Great 80s Movie Stars Who Disappeared

May 6, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

These big stars made the 80s better but disappeared from the limelight the following decade…. Grab your neons, shoulder pads, ripped sweater and your aviators. It’s time to venture back to the 1980s on a nostalgic journey to a simpler time – a time you could buy a house for the price of a cup […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Bobcat Goldthwait, Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, Jennifer Grey, Ke Huy Quan, Lou Ferrigno, Mia Sara, Michael Winslow, Mr T, Phoebe Cates, Rick Moranis

10 Great Action Movies from 1995

May 6, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

We take a trip back 30 years to high kick through ten essential action movies from 1995… Action films in the 90s were a mixed bag, to say the least. A lot of the stylistic trends in that era of cinema didn’t particularly date well, at least to the comparatively simplistic way of shooting action […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Assassins, Bad Boys, Crying Freeman, Desperado, Die Hard with a Vengeance, GoldenEye, Last Man Standing, Rumble in the Bronx, sudden death, The Shooter, Tough And Deadly

Great Movies That Are An Absolute Masterclass in Acting

May 5, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

We take a look at eight films featuring incredible acting that should certainly be on the watch list for any aspiring actors… Great actors are one key piece of a jigsaw and the big picture everyone hopes for is a great movie at the end of it. Some actors can be so great they often […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: 12 Angry Men, A Woman Under the Influence, Autumn Sonata, Dead Poets Society, Decision to Leave, Naked, Rocky, Taxi Driver

The Essential Action Movies of the 1980s

May 3, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe with his picks of the essential 1980s action movies… Cheesy, excessive, over the top and funny. Something about the 1980s action movie marks it as the most extravagant, bold and explosive era of the genre. The 90s infused MTV stylistics into the genre and certainly went for a flashier style of shooting and […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Above the Law, Armour of God, Bloodsport, Commando, Death Wish 3, Die Hard, Invasion USA, Lethal Weapon, Police Assassins, Rambo: First Blood Part II, red scorpion, Road House, The Killer, Yes Madam

Made for Cinemas: Can Sinners Save the Big Screen Experience?

April 26, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Original films have been met with apathy lately, but can Sinners help turn that tide and save the big screen experience? Without sounding like a broken record, it’s pretty clear that the studios greenlighting the majority of Hollywood’s tentpole pictures steer hugely in favour of recognisable IPs. Whether it’s sequels, remakes, reboots, biopics, or adaptations […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: a minecraft movie, Michael B. Jordan, netflix, Ryan Coogler, sinners, the substance

20 Essential Criterion Collection Films

April 22, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s time to cast an eye on the Criterion Collection, a distribution company renowned for giving cult, classic and world cinema a new lease of life… The art of film curation and preservation is something one company in particular seems to exceed above all else. For the niche market of cinephile collectors, Criterion also has […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Physical Media, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Blow Out, Brazil, Cries And Whispers, Cronos, Days Of Heaven, Diabolique, Do the Right Thing, Following, La Haine, Le Samourai, My Life as a Dog, Naked, On the Waterfront, Pale Flower, Paris Texas, Quadrophenia, Stalker, The Passion of Joan of Arc, The Piano Teacher, woman in the dunes

The Long Good Friday: Still the Definitive British Gangster Film

April 18, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

With Easter upon us, Tom Jolliffe looks back at The Long Good Friday… The season of Chocolate eggs is upon us, and whilst anyone pondering seasonal viewings tied to the Easter may be looking at Faith-based cinema, there’s also another film that is intrinsically tied to Easter… The Long Good Friday. Coming at a transitional […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Barry Keeffe, Bob Hoskins, Derek Thompson, Francis Monkman, Helen Mirren, John Mackenzie, Phil Meheux, Pierce Brosnan, the long good friday

10 Great Val Kilmer Performances

April 7, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

The late, great Val Kilmer had an eclectic career full of memorable roles and films. Here are ten of his standout performances… Val Kilmer’s time as a Hollywood icon was never less than interesting. Depending on the film set, he was either an enigmatic genius, a fun presence, or a director’s nightmare. What can’t be […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Batman Forever, Heat, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Doors, The Salton Sea, Tombstone, Top Gun, Top Secret, True Romance, Val Kilmer, willow

The Essential Action Movies of 1985

April 2, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Time for a tooling up montage, as we travel back 40 years to look at the essential action movies from 1985… We’re midway through the decade now and I can’t be alone in finding it almost unfathomable that 1985 was 40 years ago. No, not 10, not 20… 40 years ago man! The midpoint of […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Commando, Gymkata, Invasion USA, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, My Lucky Stars, No Retreat No Surrender, Rambo: First Blood Part II, To Live and Die in L.A., Yes Madam

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