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Ten Essential Films of the 1960s

November 4, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Following on from the 1940s and 1950s, it’s back to the swinging sixties as we look at ten essential films from the decade that you cannot miss… When you think back to key transitions in cinematic history there are a number of eras that saw an almost seismic shift in the kind of films being […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, News, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: 8 and a Half, Bonnie and Clyde, Dr Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, High and Low, In the Heat of the Night, Lawrence of Arabia, Once Upon a Time in the West, Psycho, The Ipcress File, woman in the dunes

The B-Movie Queens

November 1, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe celebrates some of the most popular B-movie queens of the video era onward… Think of those legendary actresses of the last few decades. Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Scarlett Johansson, Margot Robbie… Big names, capable of selling a film themselves and a regular big screen fixture. As someone who grew up in the VHS […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, News, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Bai Ling, Brigitte Nielsen, Cynthia Rothrock, Joan Severance, Linnea Quigley, Shannon Tweed, Sybil Danning

Essential Vampire Movies To Sink Your Teeth Into

November 1, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe takes a look at the essential vampire movies to sink your teeth into… Nosferatu (1922) This iconic piece of cinema remains timeless and its visual influence can still be seen today. If you’ve seen anything from Tim Burton, you’ve seen run off from films like Nosferatu. German director F.W Murnau, blazed a stylistic […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, News, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: a girl walks home alone at night, Cronos, Dracula, Fright Night, From Dusk Till Dawn, Let The Right One In, Near Dark, Nosferatu, Only Lovers Left Alive, The Hunger, The Lost Boys, Vampires Kiss

The Essential 80s Action Movies

November 1, 2023 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, News, Tom Jolliffe 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

The Essential Man vs Machine Sci-Fi B-Movies

November 1, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe offers up a selection of low-budget B-movie gems and the theme of the day is man vs. machine… What’s going to wipe out humanity? Good question, thanks for asking. It’s going to be one of a few possibilities including alien invasion, mother nature, human stupidity (we are a world where you can buy […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, News, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Automatic, Circuitry Man, class of 1999, hardware, Mandroid, Nemesis 2: Nebula, project shadowchaser, Screamers, TC 2000, Universal Soldier: Regeneration

20 Great Performances from the Past Decade

November 1, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks back at 20 great performances from the past decade… There have been plenty of legendary performances through the years. Some gain the greatest of acclaim from the off, culminating in Oscar glory. Others hit below the radar, or don’t get the marketing push required for an Oscar run. Award season is in […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, News, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: 12 Years a Slave, Adam Sandler, Anthony Hopkins, Avengement, Burning, Chadwick Boseman, Elle, Frances McDormand, Hereditary, isabelle huppert, jake gyllenhaal, jk simmons, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker, Locke, Lupita Nyong'o, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, mads mikkelsen, Nightcrawler, olivia colman, Parasite, Scarlett Johannson, Scott Adkins, Song Kang-ho, Steven Yeun, The Father, The Favourite, The Hunt, The Lighthouse, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Tom Hardy, Toni Collette, Uncut Gems, Under the Skin, Viola Davis, Whiplash, Willem Dafoe

Great Horror-Comedy Films to Watch This Halloween

October 31, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s time to laugh and jump with fright, with these great comedy horror films… The horror genre is currently experiencing a resurgence, as comic book movies and studio action films are faltering. The budget-friendly genre is also more driven by concept over star power. One genre that seems to have disappeared from the big screen, […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, News, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: BrainDead, Evil Dead 2, Little Shop of Horrors, Scary Movie 2, Shaun of the Dead, the 'burbs, The Lost Boys, Tucker and Dale vs Evil, What We Do in the Shadows

Perfect Non-Horror Movies for Halloween Viewing

October 31, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

We take a look at some non-horror films that will still creep you out, disturb you or deliver a nightmarish scenario… It’s almost Halloween and so the perfect time to dive into some horror. The genre sees a perfect boost during Halloween season but a film doesn’t need to belong to the horror genre to […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, News, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Adam Sandler, Alfonso Cuaron, Anthony Edwards, Anthony Hickox, Anthony Perkins, Apocalypse Now, Contaminated Man, Dolph Lundgren, Donald Pleasence, Francis Ford Coppola, george clooney, Gravity, Javier Bardem, Jeff Burr, Jill Rips, Josh Brolin, martin sheen, Miracle Mile, Natasha McElhone, No Country for Old Men, Old Boy, Orson Welles, Park Chan-Wook, Peter Weller, Safdie Brothers, Sandra Bullock, Spoiler, The Coen Brothers, The Trial, Uncut Gems, Wake In Fright, william hurt

13 Obscure Horror Movies You Need to See

October 29, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Forget Michael, Freddy and Jason. Check out these thirteen obscure and underrated horror movies… The horror genre is stuffed to the gills with an array of popular and iconic films. There are plenty of overlooked and undervalued films, some of which might have been overshadowed by bigger box office successes, or some which have been […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, News, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: blood rage, City of the Living Dead, deadly blessing, Images, Intruder, Mute Witness, Pieces, pin, Sleepstalker, The Brood, the funhouse, the lift, The Midnight Meat Train

Ten Trashy Cult Horror Classics to Enjoy this Halloween

October 29, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s the Halloween season and before Mariah Carey emerges from her slumber make sure you check out these ten trashy horror films… Chainsaws, mysterious masked killers and gallons of blood. Horror season is upon us and whilst you might fancy some top-tier cerebral horror like The Shining or Rosemary’s Baby, it’s also a time to […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, News, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Chopping Mall, edge of the axe, frankenhooker, Maniac Cop, Nightmare Beach, Pieces, Return of the Living Dead, Sleepaway Camp, Stage Fright, The Toxic Avenger

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