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The Bonkers Comedies of Andrew McCarthy

May 12, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Once a member of a group of actors dubbed ‘The Brat Pack,’ Andrew McCarthy also counts three insane comedy films among his work… The 80s and 90s were a special time for the comedy genre. Aside from classic comedies with brilliant concepts, such as Planes, Trains and Automobiles, the era was also known for concepts […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, Mannequin, Ted Kotcheff, Weekend at Bernies, Weekend at Bernies II

10 Crazy Cult Horror Movies You Need To See

May 10, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Go big or go home with these ten horror movies that dial the crazy up to the max… The horror genre is experiencing a boom right now with plenty of popular films destined to be cult favourites. You can have subtle, atmosphere-driven horror, folk, mind-bending cerebral horror and more. You can also have a horror […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Hiruko The Goblin, House, infinity pool, Lair of the White Worm, Mandy, Nightbreed, Possession, society, Titane, xtro

The Best 90s and 00s Horror Movies That Rotten Tomatoes Hate!

October 2, 2024 by EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno looks at a selection of good horror movies from the 1990s and 2000s that critics hated… As film critics, we don’t always “get it right” when looking at films. There’s been plenty of times I’ve disliked a movie on its first viewing and have grown to love it over time. It seems like […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, EJ Moreno, Featured, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: Event Horizon, Final Destination, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, Hostel, Nightbreed, tales from the hood, The Strangers

10 Great Action Movies from 1995

May 6, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

We take a trip back 30 years to high kick through ten essential action movies from 1995… Action films in the 90s were a mixed bag, to say the least. A lot of the stylistic trends in that era of cinema didn’t particularly date well, at least to the comparatively simplistic way of shooting action […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Assassins, Bad Boys, Crying Freeman, Desperado, Die Hard with a Vengeance, GoldenEye, Last Man Standing, Rumble in the Bronx, sudden death, The Shooter, Tough And Deadly

Great Director’s Cuts That Are Better Than The Original Theatrical Versions

May 8, 2025 by admin

Simon Thompson looks at ten great director’s cuts that improve on the original theatrical editions… Director’s cuts are a strange beast indeed. Some of them completely enhance or make amends for the initial movie’s strengths and/or short-comings, but others usually add far too much water to a perfectly good beer (cough… Apocalypse Now Redux…cough) and […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Simon Thompson, Top Stories Tagged With: Aliens, Blade Runner, Brazil, Daredevil, Kingdom of Heaven, Leon, Metropolis, Once Upon a Time in America, The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Touch of Evil

Ten Great 80s Movie Stars Who Disappeared

May 6, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

These big stars made the 80s better but disappeared from the limelight the following decade…. Grab your neons, shoulder pads, ripped sweater and your aviators. It’s time to venture back to the 1980s on a nostalgic journey to a simpler time – a time you could buy a house for the price of a cup […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Bobcat Goldthwait, Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, Jennifer Grey, Ke Huy Quan, Lou Ferrigno, Mia Sara, Michael Winslow, Mr T, Phoebe Cates, Rick Moranis

Speed: The Story Behind the Pulse-Pounding Action-Thriller

June 16, 2024 by admin

As it celebrates its 30th anniversary, Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind the 90s classic action blockbuster Speed… Often touted as one of the greatest action flicks of the 1990s, Speed was responsible for cementing Keanu Reeves’ reputation as a bona fide action star and launching Sandra Bullock career into the proverbial stratosphere. And […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Hasitha Fernando, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: Dennis Hopper, Jan de Bont, Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Speed

Great Movies That Are An Absolute Masterclass in Acting

May 5, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

We take a look at eight films featuring incredible acting that should certainly be on the watch list for any aspiring actors… Great actors are one key piece of a jigsaw and the big picture everyone hopes for is a great movie at the end of it. Some actors can be so great they often […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: 12 Angry Men, A Woman Under the Influence, Autumn Sonata, Dead Poets Society, Decision to Leave, Naked, Rocky, Taxi Driver

Incredible Character Actors Who Elevate Every Film

May 2, 2025 by admin

Simon Thompson with ten incredible character actors who are guaranteed to elevate any film… If movies and football have one thing in common it’s the fact that whilst having star names to get people in the building is all well and good, it’s what you have to bring off the bench that can make or […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Simon Thompson Tagged With: Alfred Molina, Carl Weathers, Claude Rains, John C. McGinley, Keith David, Patricia Clarkson, Peter Lorre, Philip Baker Hall, Robert Forster

The Essential Action Movies of the 1980s

May 3, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe with his picks of the essential 1980s action movies… Cheesy, excessive, over the top and funny. Something about the 1980s action movie marks it as the most extravagant, bold and explosive era of the genre. The 90s infused MTV stylistics into the genre and certainly went for a flashier style of shooting and […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Above the Law, Armour of God, Bloodsport, Commando, Death Wish 3, Die Hard, Invasion USA, Lethal Weapon, Police Assassins, Rambo: First Blood Part II, red scorpion, Road House, The Killer, Yes Madam

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