Tom Jolliffe looks back at Hirokazu Kore-eda’s debut narrative feature Maborosi from 1995 – a masterclass in the art of subtle, meditative storytelling… Hirokazu Koreeda struck a huge chord worldwide in recent years with the acclaimed Shoplifters. A melancholic, gritty and charming depiction of family and class. It travelled well outside of his native Japan […]
A look back at the original Bourne trilogy
Tom Jolliffe looks back at the original Jason Bourne trilogy, its impact on action cinema, and whether it still holds up… At a time when the Bond franchise was growing tired, and a slew of over the top action films attempted to have either edge or attitude (xXx) or riff on The Matrix, another franchise […]
Back to 1991: Ten Essential Movies from Thirty Years Ago
Tom Jolliffe ventures back 30 years to look at 10 essential films from the year 1991… If it was depressing enough realising 2001 was 20 years ago, how about pondering a little on the fact 1991 is now 30 years ago. It’s terrifying how quickly time has flown. Still, whilst it’s with some melancholy that […]
Why Writers are Such Popular Protagonists
Tom Jolliffe on what makes writers a popular choice for a protagonist… There are many popular archetypes for a cinema protagonist. How often do you see a cop as the lead character in a film? It’s a regular character choice, particularly in action and thriller films. Almost every protagonist needs some kind of vocation I […]
Seconds with Eddie Murphy: Beverly Hills Cop 2 and Another 48 Hours
Tom Jolliffe looks back at Eddie Murphy’s first two sequels, Beverly Hills Cop 2 and Another 48 Hours… With Eddie Murphy hitting the comeback trail recently, and venturing back to sequel territory with Coming 2 America, now’s a good time to look back at the beginnings of The Murphy Sequel. The standup comedian turned actor […]
Is Hollywood going to lose a golden goose in China?
Tom Jolliffe looks at an evolving landscape in Chinese cinema, a market that pre-pandemic, had Hollywood seeing dollar signs… Hollywood still remains the hub of cinema around the world. As an entity it churns out money spinning blockbusters across America, and across the world. For a long time the US market seemed to be far […]
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 […]
Ghostwatch Pipeswatch: 30 Years of Spotting Raymond Tunstall
As Ghostwatch celebrates its 30th anniversary, Andrew Brassleay revisits the classic horror-show-sold-as-harmless-BBC-reportage to explore the confirmed – and potential – sightings of Pipes… October 31 1992. Say the date to anyone in the UK who was an adolescent at the time and it might not bring up any immediate reaction. But delve deeper and long-forgotten […]
The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #64 – Buggy Boy
After the brilliance that was Batty we don’t have to travel far as we journey to our next game in the Your Sinclair Top 100 as Buggy Boy – at No. #64 – is also from the Elite Systems Ltd. publishing house too. Buggy Boy was originally released on the arcade from Tatsumi in 1985; […]
Three Rs with Arnold Schwarzenegger: Raw Deal, Red Heat and The Running Man
Tom Jolliffe looks back at three Rs from Arnold Schwarzenegger in Raw Deal, Red Heat and The Running Man… If you’re a physical media hound with a penchant for alphabetizing, who also happens to be a Schwarzenegger fan, chances are you’ll have three great Arnie flicks in close proximity to each other. In Arnold chronology […]
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