Tom Jolliffe looks at film analysis and fan theories. Do we over-analyse films? Cinema is a fascinating medium. A combination of carefully constructed (under the watchful eye of an auteur) visual imagery, combined with performance and sound. Some films have a clear and overriding message. Die Hard is Die Hard. You might pick apart some […]
Can we please stop the de-aging and CGI resurrection fascination?
Tom Jolliffe looks at the current fascination with de-aging and digital resurrections… There have been plenty of annoying movie trends in Hollywood over the years. They tend to come and go. 3D was a novelty that didn’t quite work in the 80’s, which was more recently revolutionised by James Cameron (after another brief period of […]
After Hours: Scorsese’s oft overlooked Theme Park experience
Tom Jolliffe looks back at After Hours, Scorsese’s own theme park ride… Martin Scorsese is firmly in the limelight right now. Not only has Marty recently celebrated a birthday, with which (in cinema circles) brings about career retrospection, but he has a brand new film coming out soon (you may have heard of it…The Irishman). […]
Revisiting the Cinematic Landscape of 1999
Tom Jolliffe travels back in time 20 years to 1999 to look over the cinematic landscape… The millennium suddenly draws in. The century is in its final year. Cinema has a pre-occupation with apocalypse and disorder, chaos, among other things. It’s 1999. 20 years ago. That’s pretty frightening, but regardless, hold my hand, lets go […]
How the woke self-righteous ‘protectors’ Anna Paquin never asked for undermine her performance in The Irishman
Tom Jolliffe looks at the controversy surrounding Anna Paquin’s role in The Irishman… As we sit here in an age where voicing an opinion is so simple, we have also witnessed the rise in the self-righteous keyboard warrior, who stands heroically in front of the oppressed (even if said oppressed never asked for it). In […]
Are we watching Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker through routine rather than passion?
Tom Jolliffe on whether audiences are sleepwalking into the latest and possibly final Star Wars instalment… Christmas is almost upon us. The Christmas ‘event’ movie is something that has historically drawn crowds with some years proving more enticing than others. The three year run of Lord Of The Rings proved exciting and something of a […]
Why 2019 is the year of Shia LaBeouf
Tom Jolliffe looks at a productive year for Shia LaBeouf, in what could be a triumphant comeback… There was a time, at the height of his blockbuster fame, when Shia LaBeouf was a persistent presence in the media spotlight. That presence too, as he transitioned into adulthood from teen (and pre-teen) superstar, was often connected […]
Will the studios learn their lesson after a year full of box office duds?
Tom Jolliffe looks at some of the box office bombs in 2019, and whether studios will learn from their mistakes… 2019 has been an interesting year. There have been the expected successes with Marvel (particularly Avengers: Endgame), and unexpectedly gargantuan success with Joker (which was expected to do well, but that well?). Like every year […]
It’s Chinatown Jake: The Joys of the Unhappy Ending
Tom Jolliffe looks at the unhappy ending, and why they often have a more lasting impact (spoilers abound!)… Cinema has the power to move us. It can be an escape. The overriding formula has historically involved a happy resolution, because lets face it, after journeying through the crisis that the protagonist finds himself in, it […]
2019 in Review: Revisiting cinema’s biggest releases, news and talking points
Tom Jolliffe looks back at 2019 in film… Whilst we all come to terms with deleting and retyping 19 as 20 on documents, letters, invoices etc, lets make time to look back at 2019 and further confuse matters. As a year of cinema, 2019 has been interesting and with a usual mix of pop culture […]
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