Tom Jolliffe looks at some of the best long takes in cinema history… The beauty of cinema, is the sheer litany of techniques available for film-makers to convey their story. It’s a collaborative effort between actors, directors, cinematographers, editors and everyone in between. The power of editing lies in the ability to manipulate the audiences […]
The Book of Boba Fett Paradox
Tom Jolliffe looks at a major reason why Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett is underwhelming: its title character… Some folk have that shining moment in the sun. There’s something they’ve done and they can dine out on it forever. You could be an average football player, but score a winning goal in a […]
Gary Daniels: Britain’s Original Martial Arts Action Hero
Tom Jolliffe looks at the career of British action star Gary Daniels… If you’re into action (and particularly anything to do with Martial arts) and you enjoy seeing some of Britain’s finest flying the flag, then you’ll probably know about Jason Statham and Scott Adkins. There’s another Martial Arts icon that genre fans might well […]
Scream: All the Easter Eggs You May Have Missed in the New Film
George Nash delves into the new Scream movie to uncover the Easter eggs you may have missed… Going very much against its own set of slasher survival rules—never say “I’ll be right back” remember—Scream has returned once again with yet more meta mayhem and razor-sharp self-reference. With a new generation of cine-savvy teens and the […]
The Greatest 80s Fantasy Film Scores
Tom Jolliffe looks at back a great selection of 80’s fantasy film scores… The 80’s was a grand age for fantasy films. Swords, sorcery, wizards, witches, warriors and battles of good versus evil. Some films were great. Others in the well fed genre were not so great, but back then, many still went all out […]
When a Soundtrack Becomes Beautifully Contrary to Violence on Screen
Tom Jolliffe looks at the effective use of contrarian music in films which show violence… There’s something about a great film soundtrack whether it’s the score or songs (or both). You can have a melancholic drama which will usually be laced with melancholic music. You can have the rousing action adventure with the John Williams […]
A Cannon Films Double from ’87: Masters of the Universe and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Tom Jolliffe ventures back to 1987 to look at two films which promised big things from Cannon Films, but would be the beginning of the end for the company… Oh to be six again. Life was much simpler. TV shows were better, films were better, music was better. I didn’t have to pay any bills […]
Has the Meta Movie Been Played Out?
Tom Jolliffe looks at metacinema, and whether the well of engaging meta movie ideas has dried up… Metacinema. In more recent times more popularly referred to as meta, it’s a mode of filmmaking in which the audience is made aware they’re watching a piece of fiction. It goes a little deeper of course, as whilst […]
The Horror Movies To See In 2022
Hasitha Fernando on the top ten horror movies to see in 2022… Ah yes, here we all thought that 2020 was the worst year we endured when we welcomed 2021, but boy were we wrong. 2021 saw the world populace grapple with the worst wave of the still raging COVID-19 pandemic leaving us all masked […]
The Best Slasher Movie Franchises of the Post-Scream Era
EJ Moreno ranks the five best slasher film franchises post-Scream… Slashers were all the rage for a while, but it would quickly fizzle out like most trends. In the 1980s, the horror subgenre was at its peak with series like Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Child’s Play, and Friday The 13th. Then Wes Craven […]
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