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Tom Jolliffe

Exclusive Interview – Indie filmmaker Nathan Shepka talks action thriller Holiday Monday and more

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Nathan Shepka stops by Flickering Myth to talk about his first feature release, and his many creative roles as a self-starting filmmaker from Scotland… Nathan Shepka is a film producer from Scotland. He also acts, directs and writes most of his films. Last year he embarked on creating his first feature film, action thriller Holiday […]

The Expendables 4: How To Get It Right

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the impending production of The Expendables 4, long-delayed but now seemingly ready to rumble… Eleven years on from the first film, the time seems nigh for the fourth instalment in a somewhat unexpected franchise. The faded appeal of a collection of action icons from the 1980s was the starting point in […]

Is Nicolas Cage the most interesting actor in the business right now?

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the eclectic work of Nic Cage and his recent resurgence. Is there anyone more interesting to watch right now? Nicolas Cage started his career in earnest. He progressed through a series of bit player roles, initially as Nicolas Coppola. A few of these roles, in Rumble Fish, Peggy Sue Got Married […]

Dave Bautista May Become the Man of the Moment

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Tom Jolliffe looks at Dave Bautista’s rise from being another wrestler-turned-actor to cultivating an impressive and varied CV… There has long been an assumption, that wrestlers turned actors are missing a key ingredient when it comes to their new craft. To be an actor, it always helps if you can act. Whilst Hulk Hogan’s short […]

Why John Wick 4 will be the action event of 2022

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Tom Jolliffe looks ahead to John Wick: Chapter 4, with a cast that is shaping up beautifully… With three films under his belt, John Wick shows no signs of hanging up his gun-fu weaponry, or retiring from judo throwing his way through hordes of enemies. The Keanu Reeves star vehicle, which boosted his appeal like […]

Taika Waititi and Flash Gordon? Perfection

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Tom Jolliffe on Taika Waititi’s upcoming live action Flash Gordon movie… Sam J. Jones and Timothy Dalton are chained up in a prison and it seems like doom is certain. Dalton (as Prince Barin) turns to Earthling football hero, Flash and asks, “tell me again about this Houdini…” It’s one of many irreverent gags throughout […]

Masters of the Universe: Revelation – The biggest fan revolt since The Last Jedi?

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Tom Jolliffe takes a look at Kevin Smith’s much anticipated Masters of the Universe: Revelation and the fan furore it has sparked… He-Man and the Masters of the Universe was a rite of passage for my generation. A campy, colourful, just ever so slightly shoddily constructed animated series with the all good hero, He-Man, fighting […]

Ten Essential Gambling Films

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Tom Jolliffe puts his chips on ten essential gambling films… The money goes down. You’ve placed your bets. Now it’s time for the nitty gritty. Win or lose. If you win, do you quit while you’re ahead or go again? Cinema has long held a fascination with gambling across its many forms, but the predominant […]

Pentathlon: The Best Olympics Movie You Never Saw

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With the Olympics in full swing, Tom Jolliffe looks back at a forgotten Olympics themed movie, Pentathlon… The Olympics are well underway. Gold medals are flying around and national pride for respective nations is at a high. Whether it’s the expected medals glut for Olympic heavy hitters like China, Japan and the USA, or first […]

Cynthia Rothrock: The First Lady of International Action

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Tom Jolliffe takes a look at the career of action heroine Cynthia Rothrock… Western stars who have managed to break China and Hong Kong successfully are a rare breed. In fact there’s probably only one person who has found success as a major action star in China, as well as in the west. Some have […]