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The Essential Harrison Ford Films

September 29, 2017 by Tom Jolliffe

In the build up to the release of Blade Runner 2049 [read our review here], Tom Jolliffe looks at the essential films of the key cast, starting with Harrison Ford… A long, varied and fine career has seen Ford become iconic in two franchises in particular (and indeed the upcoming reprise of Rick Deckard could […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Essential..., Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049, Harrison Ford, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, the fugitive, Witness

The Essential Ryan Gosling Films

October 1, 2017 by Tom Jolliffe

Continuing in the build up to Blade Runner 2049 [read our review here], Tom Jolliffe takes a look at the essential Ryan Gosling… In the past decade, Ryan Gosling has seen something of a transformation. He’s developed into an actor who can be relied upon to deliver a note worthy performance. He’s gone from being […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Essential..., Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Blade Runner 2049, Crazy Stupid Love, Drive, la la land, Only God Forgives, Ryan Gosling, the big short, The Nice Guys

The Essential Jared Leto Films

October 4, 2017 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at the essential Jared Leto films… Concluding our build up to Blade Runner 2049 with a series of essentials on the principal cast, we finish with Jared Leto. A musician/actor who seems to have been around for a while now, ageless and when perusing his CV you will find that he’s not […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Essential..., Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: American Psycho, Blade Runner 2049, Dallas Buyers Club, Fight Club, Jared Leto, Mr Nobody, Requiem for a Dream

The Essential Helen Mirren Films

January 7, 2018 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at the essential Helen Mirren films…  A British Icon, Mirren has been working since the 60’s and has an array of cult films under her belt, as well as a consistent recognition from the major awards. Never less than stellar, Mirren is an inspiration to aspiring actors. She’s successfully jumped between indie, […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Essential..., Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Calendar Girls, Excalibur, Helen Mirren, Red, Savage Messiah, Teaching Mrs Tingle, The Cook The Thief The Wife And Her Lover, the long good friday, The Queen, Winchester

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

Ten Essential Korean Cinema Gems

July 27, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe offers up some essential Korean cinema gems… While Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite garnered global attention on its way to becoming the first non-English language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture back in 2020, Korean cinema has been crafting trend setting, ahead of the curve cinema for years and always comfortable to […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Essential..., Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: A Day Off, A Girl At My Door, Bong Joon-ho, Lady Vengeance, mother!, Night Journey, Oldboy, Parasite, Peppermint Candy, Sympathy For Mr Vengeance, The Good the Bad The Weird, The Handmaiden, The Vengeance Trilogy, The Wailing, The Witch: Part One – The Subversion

The Essential Paranoia Films

July 1, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe offers up an essential selection of paranoia films… Who likes a good hearty dose of paranoia? Okay, in real life it’s not too enjoyable. In cinema? It’s a gift for film-makers looking to tap into that feeling within their audience. There are a lot of great examples of paranoia-themed films, and when a […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Essential..., Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Blow Out, Cutters Way, Eyes Wide Shut, Les Diaboliques, Marathon Man, Pi, Repulsion, The Conversation, The Machinist, The Thing

10 Essential Football Films

November 19, 2022 by Tom Jolliffe

With the World Cup about to get underway, Tom Jolliffe offers up ten essential football films… The beautiful game. It inspires fevered passion across the globe. Football (let’s not open this can of worms my US chums…it is football, the one with the round ball you might call soccer), it’s a communal experience that can […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Essential..., Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Bend It Like Beckham, Diego Maradona, Escape to Victory, Fever Pitch, Mean Machine, Mike Bassett: England Manager, Shaolin Soccer, The Damned United, The Goalies Anxiety at the penalty kick, When Saturday Comes

10 Essential Revenge Films

October 4, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe offers up ten essential revenge films… A dish best served cold. The humble revenge film. It’s a long tried and tested formula which still proves immensely popular. There have been innumerable films but that overriding quest for vengeance is always there. Picking 10 essential films in such a wide and all encompassing genre […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Essential..., Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Blue Ruin, Dead Man's Shoes, death wish, Get Carter, Memento, Ms.45, Oldboy, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Crow, The Virgin Spring

Ten Essential Time Travel Movies

February 15, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at ten essential time travel movies… There have been many ideas that have persistently fascinated cinema goers. It might be revenge, creatures, outer space or indeed time travel. The idea of travelling forward or backward through time, whether it becomes physically realised or not has been a perpetual source of inspiration for […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Essential..., Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Ghost Story, Anti Matter, Groundhog Day, Looper, Predestination, Primer, Stalker, The Terminator, The Time Machine, Timecop

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