Tom Jolliffe on the season of forgiveness. Can Christmas movies get away with being bad? Yes… yes they can….Tis the season to be jolly. As for you. Yes, you! I know you’ve had your tree up since the beginning of November. For a short time, the rotting pumpkin was still perched on your doorstep too. […]
Philip K. Dick & Hollywood: The Essential Movie Adaptations
With the Phillip K. Dick Film Festival taking place this weekend, Hasitha Fernando on the essential Philip K. Dick movie adaptations…The name Philip K. Dick needs no introduction. The indefatigable author’s works have dazzled the minds of readers the world over for several decades now. Hollywood, however, took some time to recognize the author’s brilliance, […]
The Top Ten MCU Movies (From a Non-Marvel Fan)
Tom Jolliffe casts a slightly MCU-fatigued eye over the catalogue to provide a Top 10 list…I’m sure you’ll have seen many a ranking list or top 10 focused on the MCU. There have been so many films now since Iron Man kicked off the whole shebang that they’ve been separated into phases. We’re coming to […]
Kevin Conroy’s Most Legendary Batman Performances
Ricky Church pays tribute to the late Kevin Conroy by revisiting his most legendary Batman performances…For 30 years, voice actor Kevin Conroy provided his voice as Batman in a number of projects ranging from animated series, films and video games. To say he was a generations Batman (arguably more than one generation to boot) is […]
Andor: A Star Wars show by any other name…
Anghus Houvouras on Star Wars: Andor…“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.”This is a quote from William Shakespeare where he establishes two things:1. The convention of naming things is irrelevant 2. While being one of history’s greatest writers, he wasn’t all that adept […]
Avatar: The Most Successful Movie with Zero Cultural Impact
Anghus Houvouras on James Cameron’s Avatar and its total lack of cultural impact…We’re living in an age of entertainment extremism, where passionate fans go to ludicrous lengths to engage in hyperbolic talking points about their favorite film or franchise. It can be exhausting, wading through social media and hearing people make bold declarations not based […]
Michelle Yeoh Gets the Spotlight, And It’s About Damn Time!
Tom Jolliffe pays tribute to Michelle Yeoh, who is finally getting center stage with Everything Everywhere All At Once…Good things come to those who wait, but sometimes it takes way too long for things that should be, to come to pass. Much like a good sourdough, sometimes a bit of patience is required, although in […]
‘Sound’ & Fury: The internet’s obsession with ranking movies
Anghus Houvouras on Sight & Sound’s Top 100, Jeanne Dielman, and the internet’s obsession with ranking movies…A few weeks back, Sight & Sound magazine released its most recent list of the top 100 films. An honor bestowed upon cinematic works once every decade, voted on by 1169 filmmakers who were asked to rank their favorite […]
Albert Pyun: The Trailblazing B-Movie Auteur
With the sad news of Albert Pyun’s passing, we look back at the eclectic career of a B-movie legend…Video-era movie buffs were hugely saddened by the news that Albert Pyun has left the mortal coil. For the uninitiated, Pyun was a director who became synonymous with B-movies. He had a penchant for post-apocalypse wastelands, cyborgs […]
10 Essential Football Films
With the World Cup about to get underway, Tom Jolliffe offers up ten essential football films…The beautiful game. It inspires fevered passion across the globe. Football (let’s not open this can of worms my US chums…it is football, the one with the round ball you might call soccer), it’s a communal experience that can bring […]
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