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The Fugitive at 30: The Story Behind the Harrison Ford Blockbuster

August 6, 2023 by admin

Hasitha Fernando dives into the story behind The Fugutive on its 30th anniversary… Even by today’s lofty standards 1993’s The Fugitive is something of a rarity – an intelligent blockbuster bolstered by powerful performances and a thought-provoking narrative. It is the kind of effort that makes movie goers say “they don’t make ‘em like they […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Hasitha Fernando, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: Andrew Davis, Harrison Ford, the fugitive, Tommy Lee Jones, U.S. Marshals

Risky Business at 40: Tom Cruise’s Breakout Hit Revisited

August 19, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

We take a look back at Tom Cruise’s breakout hit Risky Business, which turned 40 this month… Tom Cruise is probably the last great movie star and still pulling in the big bucks with the latest in his Mission: Impossible franchise, which despite the naysayers, will still likely tip close to two-thirds of a cool […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Joe Pantoliano, Paul Brickman, Phil Collins, Rebecca De Mornay, Risky Business, Tangerine Dream, Tom Cruise

The Essential Films of John Woo

October 7, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe offers up an essential John Woo selection… John Woo has been a little quiet of late, but the legendary Hong Kong filmmaker is set to make his Hollywood return this year with his “comeback” movie Silent Night, which has just received its first trailer this week.  To the uninitiated, John Woo was once […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Essential..., Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: A Better Tomorrow, Blackjack, Broken Arrow, Bullet in the Head, face/off, Hard Boiled, Hard Target, John Woo, Mission Impossible 2, Red Cliff, Silent Night, The Killer, Windtalkers

The Essential Exorcism Movies of the 21st Century

October 6, 2023 by admin

Hasitha Fernando on the essential exorcism movies of the 21st century… Every year the entertainment industry puts forth a few horror movies that concern exorcism and possession, and for the most part they are either easily forgettable or simply not worth your time. But every now and then, the creatively bankrupt bowels of Hollywood do […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Hasitha Fernando, Movies Tagged With: Deliver Us from Evil, Requiem, The Cleansing Hour, The Conjuring, The Conjuring 2, the exorcism of emily rose, The Last Exorcism, The Possession, The Wailing

The (00)7 Most Underrated James Bond Movies

October 5, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Don’t hit that ejector button, because it’s time to look at the (00)7 most underrated James Bond movies… Every fan has their favourite Bond films. Regular staples which appear high up in those lists include Goldfinger, From Russia With Love, GoldenEye, Casino Royale and Live and Let Die. There have also been some franchise howlers, […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Daniel Craig, For Your Eyes Only, george lazenby, James Bond, Licence to Kill, Maryam d'Abo, Moonraker, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Pierce Brosnan, Roger Moore, Sean Connery, The Living Daylights, The Man with the Golden Gun, Thunderball, Timothy Dalton

Essential Films from The Expendables 4 Cast

September 9, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

With Expend4bles on the way, we look at ten essential films from its stars… It seems like a long old time since we last saw the Expendables crew in action. After a period of false starts and the small matter of a pandemic, (as well as a release that got pushed back) we’re finally going […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Andy Garcia, black rain, Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson, Den of Thieves, Dolph Lundgren, Expend4bles, Iko Uwais, Jason Statham, lock up, Megan Fox, Ong-Bak, Randy Couture, Sylvester Stallone, The Expendables, The Expendables 2, The Expendables 4, The Mechanik, The Raid, The Transporter, Till Death, Tony Jaa, Triple Threat

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – Revisiting Disney’s Swashbuckler at 20

July 15, 2023 by admin

Hasitha Fernando looks back at Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as it turns 20… To say Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl revitalized an entire sub-genre of movies is something of an understatement. Before the flick hit theatres there had nary been a proper live-action pirates […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Hasitha Fernando, Movies Tagged With: Geoffrey Rush, Gore Verbinski, Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Pirates of the Caribbean. Disney

Underrated 90s Cartoons We All Need To Revisit

September 1, 2023 by EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno on overlooked 90s animated shows that are worth revisiting… Not long after the Biker Mice from Mars return announcement, the need for more of these underrated 90s cartoons became too much. I was on the hunt for all of the overlooked animated series from my childhood, leading me to revisit some of the […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, EJ Moreno, Television Tagged With: Beetlejuice, biker mice from mars, extreme dinosaurs, Monster Force, samurai pizza cats, Swat Kats, SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, The Critic, The Mighty Ducks, The Savage Dragon

The Prisoner: The Classic British TV Series Revisited

September 29, 2023 by admin

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 […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Hasitha Fernando, Television, Top Stories Tagged With: Patrick McGoohan, The Prisoner

Ten Essential Films of the 1950s

September 17, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s time to look at ten essential films of the 1950s… Quentin Tarantino has never been shy about expressing his opinions on cinema. He once claimed that the two weakest decades in cinema were the 50s and 80s. Sure, Tarantino directed Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, but I’m still going to disagree.  The 80s were […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: 12 Angry Men, A Streetcar Named Desire, Alice In Wonderland, All About Eve, Animal Farm, Dracula, Godzilla, Les Diaboliques, Night and the City, Night of the Hunter, north by northwest, On the Waterfront, Paths of Glory, Rebel Without a Cause, Seven Samurai, Singing in the Rain, Some Like It Hot, Sunset Boulevard, The 400 Blows, the 7th voyage of sinbad, The Big Heat, The Hitch-Hiker, The Killing, The Lavender Hill Mob, The Searchers, The Wages of Fear, Tokyo Story, Touch of Evil, War of the Worlds, Wild Strawberries

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