Released on this day in 1992, 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 […]
A Bronx Tale: The Underappreciated Gangster Drama at 30
Hasitha Fernando on A Bronx Tale, which celebrates its 30th anniversary… To say the 90s put out some excellent gangster dramas is something of an understatement. But squeezed between the likes of Goodfellas, Reservoir Dogs, Carlito’s Way and Casino is an underrated affair that has gone on to achieve a cult-like status amongst film aficionados […]
Ranking the essential Godzilla films released by Toho
EJ Moreno looks at the must-see Godzilla films from Toho… Fans of the Godzilla universe are eating quite well these days. In the next few years, there will be a new Toho film called Godzilla Minus One, a new Godzilla vs. Kong, a television series, and who knows what else. There’s an overabundance of things, […]
Bad Video Game Movies You Probably Forgot Existed
EJ Moreno with a selection of forgotten video game movies… We all remember plenty of bad video game movies: Street Fighter, Super Mario Bros., House of the Dead, and almost every Resident Evil comes to mind. But if you venture back deeper into the catalog of video game movies, you’ll find some of the most […]
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark at 35: The Birth of a Horror Icon
As the film celebrates its 35th anniversary, EJ Moreno explores the birth of a horror icon with Elvira: Mistress of the Dark… To discuss the anniversary of the cult classic Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, we first need to look at the titular Elvira, played to chic perfection by Cassandra Peterson. Elvira was born Cassandra […]
The Prisoner: The Classic British TV Series Revisited
Hasitha Fernando revisits the classic British TV series The Prisoner… Television series come and go, often being mere products of their time, adhering predictably to ongoing trends and pretty much giving exactly what its audience wants. But every now and then, there appears a television series that breaks that mold, boldly playing against established norms […]
Essential Cult 80s Films You May Have Missed
Tom Jolliffe with ten great cult 80s films you may have missed… The cult film. From the obscure gems with an undying loyalty from their small following, to the mass cults who followed Star Wars back in the 80s (it’s now probably too huge, mainstream and widely spread across mediums to be considered cult). Sometimes […]
The Essential Cannon Films Scores
Tom Jolliffe looks at some of the best musical scores from Cannon Films’ oeuvre… A good film score can elevate the picture and manipulate the viewer. It can illicit excitement, fear, intrigue, melancholy and more. It’s not uncommon for a film score to become just as legendary an aspect of a particular film as anything […]
Fantastical, Flawed and Madcap: 1980s British Horror
We take a look back at the curious case of 80s British Horror – an era of odd fusions, oddities, indulgent auteurs and flawed cult favourites… Think of those iconic periods in horror around the world. German expressionist horror of the 1920s and 30s, the Giallo boom of the 60s and 70s, British hammer horror […]
Ten Underrated Movies From 1988 That Deserve More Love
Tom Jolliffe ventures back to 1988 to look at ten underrated movies which deserve more love… It’s 2023 and that means that the cinematic year of 1988, stuffed with some classics and cult favourites like Beetlejuice (Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!) and Die Hard, was 35 years ago. Pick yourself up off the floor and shake the shock […]
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