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The Enviable “Worst” Films of David Fincher

December 3, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

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 […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Alien 3, David Fincher, Fight Club, Gone Girl, Mank, Panic Room, Se7en, The Game, The Killer, Zodiac

Ten Great Love Letters to Cinema

December 2, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

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 […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Be Kind Rewind, Bowfinger, Cinema Paradiso, Dolemite Is My Name, Ed Wood, Goodbye Dragon Inn, Last Action Hero, Showdown at the Grand, Singin’ in the Rain, The Artist

When Movie Artwork Was Great

November 26, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

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. […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: A Nightmare on Elm Street, Amityville Witches, Blade Runner, Bruce Willis, Die Hard, First Blood, Goonies, Masters of the Universe, nemesis, Star Wars, the warrior and the sorceress

Films That DEMAND Multiple Viewings

November 25, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

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 […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Andrei Tarkovsky, Burning, Decision to Leave, Lee Chang-dong, Mirror, Park Chan-Wook, Paul Thomas Anderson, Stanley Kubrick, The Master, The Matrix, The Shining, The Wachowskis

The Contemporary Queens of Action Cinema

March 1, 2022 by Tom Jolliffe

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 […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron, Gillian White, Halle Berry, JuJu Chan, Maggie Q, Mayling Ng, Milla Jovovich, Natalie Burn, Olga Kurylenko, Ruby Rose

The Craziest Takashi Miike Movies

November 22, 2023 by EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno on the wildest work of Japanese director Takashi Miike… With over 112 directing credits to his name, the word prolific doesn’t even begin to describe Takashi Miike. His films range from extreme horror to family-friendly romps; there’s no shortage of entertainment here. For this list, we will focus on a collection of the […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, EJ Moreno, Featured, Movies Tagged With: Audition, dead or alive, Fudoh: The New Generation, gozu, ichi the keiller, Takashi Miike, The City of Lost Souls, the happiness of the katakuris, Visitor Q

The Most Disturbing Horror Movies of the 1980s

November 1, 2023 by EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno on the most disturbing horror movies of the 1980s… The 1980s is the prime time for horror films, but oddly, the decade’s movies aren’t as shocking as the 70s or even the torture porn era of the 00s. Hunting for the most shocking and disturbing movies of the decade wasn’t hard, but it […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, EJ Moreno, Featured, Flickering Myth TV, Movies Tagged With: Cannibal Holocaust, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Nekromantik, Sleepaway Camp, society, Tetsuo: The Iron Man

The Essential Man vs Machine Sci-Fi B-Movies

November 1, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe offers up a selection of low-budget B-movie gems and the theme of the day is man vs. machine… What’s going to wipe out humanity? Good question, thanks for asking. It’s going to be one of a few possibilities including alien invasion, mother nature, human stupidity (we are a world where you can buy […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Automatic, Circuitry Man, class of 1999, hardware, Mandroid, Nemesis 2: Nebula, project shadowchaser, Screamers, TC 2000, Universal Soldier: Regeneration

Ten Essential Films of the 1960s

November 4, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Following on from the 1940s and 1950s, it’s back to the swinging sixties as we look at ten essential films from the decade that you cannot miss… When you think back to key transitions in cinematic history there are a number of eras that saw an almost seismic shift in the kind of films being […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: 8 and a Half, Bonnie and Clyde, Dr Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, High and Low, In the Heat of the Night, Lawrence of Arabia, Once Upon a Time in the West, Psycho, The Ipcress File, woman in the dunes

Asian Shock Horror Movies You Have To See

October 20, 2023 by EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno on six shocking movies from Asia… Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite was an entry point into a different side of cinema for a whole generation of film lovers. Not only for South Korean cinema but the world of shocking Asian movies. Yet, it’s probably one of the more tame entries out there, especially when […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, EJ Moreno, Featured, Flickering Myth TV, Movies Tagged With: Audition, Dumplings, Guinea Pig: Flower of Flesh and Blood (, harakiri, Moebius, Oldboy, the eternal evil of asia, The Isle, Tokyo Gore Police, Visitor Q

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