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10 Actors Who Almost Became James Bond

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It’s time to look back at some of the James Bond contenders from years gone by…As we eagerly (or maybe not that eagerly) await final confirmation as to who will play James Bond in the new Amazon era, under the auteur gaze of Denis Villeneuve, there have been lots of rumours and names in the […]

The Top 10 Batman: The Animated Series Episodes

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Simon Thompson presents his picks for the top ten episodes of Batman: The Animated Series…To describe Batman as a pop culture institution would, quite frankly, be an understatement. Ever since his creation by Bill Finger and Bob Kane (who it turns out took a tonne of credit and profit from his creative partner but that’s […]

10 Great Forgotten 90s Thrillers Worth Revisiting

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Tom Jolliffe offers up a selection of essential forgotten 1990s thrillers for your watch list… The 90s was a veritable treasure trove of thrillers. A decade prior, which saw a more growing fascination in the rising blockbuster, as well as other genre cinema, saw your classic pot boiler thriller pushed slightly to the wayside. Not so […]

Lifeforce: A Film Only Cannon Could Have Made

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40 years on from its release, Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at a defining moment in Cannon Films canon…What’s the craziest mo-fo of a film you’ve ever seen? There have been plenty of odd films. The beauty of cinema is in its variety. I’ve written about a slightly more critically acclaimed film Cannon made […]

10 Essential Chuck Norris Movies

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Casey Chong presents ten must-see Chuck Norris movies…Chuck Norris has become the subject of memes in today’s era, attributed to his larger-than-life, tough-guy persona that defined his action movies back in the day. A world champion in Karate, Norris made his big-screen breakthrough when he fought against Bruce Lee in The Way of the Dragon […]

10 Tarantino-Esque Movies Worth Adding to Your Watch List

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Casey Chong with a selection of Quentin Tarantino-esque movies well worth checking out…Love him or loathe him, it’s hard to deny that Quentin Tarantino’s works, particularly his first two features in Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, have influenced many filmmakers who’ve tried to ape his unique style. His trademarks from signature non-linear storytelling to over-the-top […]

Ralph Bakshi: A Forgotten Pioneer

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Simon Thompson takes a deep dive into the career of pioneering animated filmmaker Ralph Bakshi…This is only tangentially related to the topic at hand but I’m going to draw this parallel anyway; when the great American author Hubert Selby Jr died and a documentary was made about him and one of the talking heads being […]

10 Essential Ninja Movies

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Get your shurikens and masks at the ready, because it’s time for ten essential ninja movies…They glide through trees and leap between buildings. They blend with the shadows. They wear really cool outfits and fight each other with swords and shuriken. Back in the golden 8 and 16-bit eras, there were innumerable and awesome games […]

The Definitive Top 10 Alfred Hitchcock Movies

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Alfred Hitchcock was an undoubted master of cinema; here are his best works…When you’re a master of cinema with a resume that is stuffed with incredible movies, sometimes the hardest thing for fans to agree upon is how to rank them. It’s easy if you’re looking at Richard Kelly, for example, whose best by a […]

The Essential Action Movies From Cannon Films

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Casey Chong on the essential action movies from Cannon Films…If you lived through the 80s and 90s era, you’d likely have been familiar with Cannon Films, an indie production company synonymous with low-budget, B-movies that focused on certain niches such as action, martial arts and sci-fi & fantasy. Cannon initially got off to a rocky […]