Tom Jolliffe looks back at Brian Dennehy’s iconic role in First Blood and how he stole the film… It was very sad to hear the news that Brian Dennehy has passed away. Like many film fans, he’s a familiar face to me. A long and industrious career certainly had a share of highlights including cult […]
Robby Müller: A Genius Among Cinematographers
Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at the work of cinematographer Robby Müller… The cinematic process involves a mass of people. Whether you’re an indie production shooting for no money, or the biggest film on the planet, it takes a team to make things happen. Actors get on screen and take most of the acclaim […]
A Peep Into Peeping Tom: Is it time for a modern reboot?
As it celebrates its 60th anniversary, Tom Jolliffe looks back at the seminal classic, Peeping Tom and whether the film could be successfully remade… Having recently re-watched the seminal psychological horror/thriller, Peeping Tom (celebrating its 60th anniversary this week), there are several things that stand out. In terms of the setting, mise-en-scene, social attitudes and the […]
Please, can we just scrap Indiana Jones 5?
Tom Jolliffe on why another delay for Indiana Jones 5 should spell the end of the character… I love Indiana Jones. I love Harrison Ford. Both character and actor are absolutely iconic in cinema. Ford has had the distinct pleasure and star power to be both Jones and Han Solo, as well as star in […]
The Joys of Old School Practical Effects
Tom Jolliffe looks at the use of old school effects and filming techniques and whether they still have a place in the CGI age… Computers are a wonderful thing. The computer generated image has take cinema up to a point where almost limitless creative possibilities are at a film-makers disposable. You can create a whole […]
Willem Dafoe: An Underrated Great of his Generation
Tom Jolliffe looks at the career of Willem Dafoe, and why he should be held in even higher regard… There are some actors who magnetise the limelight. Historically we’ve had the movie stars, those great headliners who would surf acclaim and awards as long as they were in good standing in a big studio. Further […]
A Double Hit of Ron Shelton Sports Films
Tom Jolliffe double bills two Ron Shelton sports films, White Men Can’t Jump and Bull Durham… Some will never get the passion that sport can inspire in fans and indeed the athletes (whether professional of amateur). Whether you love a sport as a spectator, or an active participant, that love is something almost unique to […]
Revisiting the Cinematic Landscape of 2000
Tom Jolliffe takes a look back 20 years to the film offerings of 2000… I’ve got news for people older than 30. The year 2000 wasn’t a couple of years ago. Colour me quite shocked but apparently it’s not 2004? When did this happen? It is in fact 2020. This means people born this century […]
Crisis of Faith in Cinema
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at films about crisis of faith… The subject of faith in cinema has been around since the beginning. Whether this is faith in a religious sense, or spiritual, or of the self, it is in that test, or crisis of faith which sees a character put through a quest to […]
Movie Review – Acceleration (2019)
Acceleration, 2019. Directed by Michael Merino and Daniel Zirilli. Starring Natalie Burn, Dolph Lundgren, Sean Patrick Flanery, Danny Trejo and Chuck Liddell. SYNOPSIS: A mom has one night to do some tasks in LA requiring a gun, if she wants to see her son alive. He’s held by a mob boss. I’m a sucker for […]
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