EJ Moreno on Chucky season 2 and its importance to queer horror… We are entering a new era for pop culture. LGBTQ characters are on the big screen and television like never before, and the horror genre leads that movement in many ways. While the queer community and horror entertainment have shared bonds for decades, […]
No Effects, No Set Pieces, Just Exceptional Acting: Glengarry Glen Ross at 30
Released thirty years ago today, Tom Jolliffe looks back at Glengarry Glen Ross, a masterclass in screen acting… The lights go down, the film rolls and everyone in the cinema (except THAT guy) go silent in anticipation of what’s to come. The film must then grip its audience. The cohesion between writer, director and cast […]
Essential Forgotten Films That Are Well Worth Seeking Out
Tom Jolliffe offers up essential films that were overlooked at the time, or have been forgotten in the years since release… Sometimes for whatever reason a film doesn’t strike a wide audience. It may just get released in the wrong era, or take a while to regain a cult following. Some films in retrospect end […]
The Most Disturbing Horror Movies of the 1980s
EJ Moreno on the most disturbing horror movies of the 1980s… The 1980s is the prime time for horror films, but oddly, the decade’s movies aren’t as shocking as the 70s or even the torture porn era of the 00s. Hunting for the most shocking and disturbing movies of the decade wasn’t hard, but it […]
Hocus Pocus: A Masterclass in Camp
EJ Moreno revisits the Halloween classic Hocus Pocus – a masterclass in camp… To celebrate the Hocus Pocus sequel currently on Disney+, I wanted to take a look at the Disney Halloween classic. While it’s hard to call a film from 1993 that now sits around 38% on Rotten Tomatoes a “classic,” there’s something to […]
Can we just pick and choose which X-Men join the MCU?
The mutants are coming! EJ Moreno on the introduction of the X-Men to the Marvel Cinematic Universe… The news breaking of Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine appearing in Deadpool 3 caused ripples through the fandoms. Not only is it a moment for Deadpool’s re-debut, but it signals the growing changes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Mutants are […]
Babylon: A Dazzling Throwback to Classic Cinema?
Tom Jolliffe looks ahead to Babylon, the star-studded upcoming film from Damien Chazelle, and wonders if it might be a movie like they used to make… When Martin Scorsese bemoaned an evolution in cinema that was leading to a dearth in the cinematic style of old, he caused something of an uproar. Increasingly, others have […]
The Films of 1992: A Great Year For Movies
Tom Jolliffe ventures back 30 years to 1992, a year full of breakouts, action spectacle, iconic soundtracks and more… In my retrospective delve into the year of 1982, I boldly claimed that it might have been the greatest year of film ever. As I thrust my time machine forward a decade, I wandered the cinematic […]
The Essential Jackie Chan Movies
Tom Jolliffe offers up ten essential Jackie Chan films… Jackie Chan is the master of physical action comedy. His popularity has spread across the world from Hong Kong and China, to the west (even after early false starts to launch him as a star in the States). In the mid-80’s he was part of a […]
Essential Animal Horror Movies To Watch If You Enjoyed Beast
Hasitha Fernando with a selection of essential animal horror movies to watch if you enjoyed Beast… Animal horror, creature feature or whichever way you choose to label them, all these films belong to a subgenre of horror that taps into our primal fear of what would happen if nature went haywire. With the Idris Elba […]
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