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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The First Big Screen Movie vs The Latest

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It’s Turtle time as we look at the first big screen Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles adventure alongside the most recent, Mutant Mayhem…Since the original cartoon, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (“Hero” replacing “Ninja” in some territories) launched in 1987 (based on a 1985 comic book), closely followed by the first toy runs in 1988, the adventures […]

Cobra: Sylvester Stallone and Cannon Films Do Dirty Harry

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Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at Sylvester Stallone’s first fling with Cannon Films…Riding high from a year of box office domination in 1985 having released career high grosses with Rocky IV and Rambo: First Blood Part II, Sylvester Stallone had the world at his feet. He could have picked anything he wanted to follow […]

Perfect Non-Horror Movies for Halloween Viewing

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We take a look at some non-horror films that will still creep you out, disturb you or deliver a nightmarish scenario…It’s almost Halloween and so the perfect time to dive into some horror. The genre sees a perfect boost during Halloween season but a film doesn’t need to belong to the horror genre to make […]

The Enviable “Worst” Films of David Fincher

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It’s time to look at arguably David Fincher’s worst films… but fear not, as they’re all still pretty great…Directors come and go. Some have an enviable legacy born of a stellar CV. Such power usually means they can make what they want and indulge however they please. Martin Scorsese seems to find it increasingly difficult […]

Ten Great Love Letters to Cinema

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We look at ten movies which celebrate the joys of cinema, from Grindhouse to the action genre to the silent era… Esteemed filmmakers the world over lament the rise of content over creativity and shed solemn tears over the near death of physical media and the lingering demise of movie theatres. Nowadays it feels like movies […]

When Movie Artwork Was Great

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the peak of movie artwork (and subsequent decline)…Movie making is a long drawn out process. From those first scrawled notes that slowly evolve into script, to the preparation, production and post, so many elements combine to deliver a final product. Then you have the small matter of selling said film. It’s […]

Films That DEMAND Multiple Viewings

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It’s time to take a look at those layered films you might not get the first time, and therefore demand multiple viewings…Cinema is a beautiful thing and depending on your mood, there is every kind of film out there to give you what you need. Some films hit every mark on the first viewing and […]

Are the Old School Action Veterans Headed Into Forced Retirement?

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With diminishing returns and a lack of interest from big-screen audiences, are old-school action heroes heading to the retirement home…?In the 1980s and 1990s, you couldn’t move for action heroes. Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger led a musclebound movement that led to younger, more grounded heroes like Will Smith, Keanu Reeves and Tom Cruise in […]

20 Great Performances from the Past Decade

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Tom Jolliffe looks back at 20 great performances from the past decade…There have been plenty of legendary performances through the years. Some gain the greatest of acclaim from the off, culminating in Oscar glory. Others hit below the radar, or don’t get the marketing push required for an Oscar run. Award season is in full […]

The Contemporary Queens of Action Cinema

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Tom Jolliffe on the current leading ladies of action…The 21st century has seen many things. Among those has been a push for equality across all spectrums. Of course there’s work still to be done, but progress has at least been made. The action genre has historically been monopolised by male stars. This was slightly different […]