Tom Jolliffe looks at the greatest action directors of all time… The action genre has never particularly had the greatest respect associated with it. Maybe there’s a feeling that they’re dramatically anaemic, or sometimes intellectually inferior, but this isn’t always the case. It’s a genre that doesn’t always have consistent specialists, because certain directors who […]
Michael Bay’s Crowning Glory: The Rock
Tom Jolliffe looks back at Michael Bay’s greatest film… Michael Bay. Just how does one sum up the man’s cinematic legacy? Cast your mind back to the mid-90’s. He hurls himself onto the world stage and with ruthless aplomb figuratively unzips and plonks Bay Jnr down on the table and announces a new form of […]
Quit While You’re Ahead: Why Bad Boys 4 is Too Much of a Good Thing
Tom Jolliffe looks at the prospect of Bad Boys 4 after the success of Bad Boys For Life… Bad Boys For Life, a long awaited third entry in the franchise, came out earlier this year to not only the best reviews of the series, but a surprisingly strong opening weekend on its way to almost […]
A look back at Clive Barker’s Hellraiser
Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at Clive Barker’s Hellraiser… For a good few years, rumours of a Hellraiser reboot have been on the table. The whispers and near starts have persisted for a long time along with a number of other false starting reboots like Highlander and The Crow. Now it appears that HBO […]
Exclusive Interview – Action legend Mark Dacascos discusses Crying Freeman, Drive, The Island of Dr Moreau and more
Tom Jolliffe chats with action legend Mark Dacascos about his illustrious career… Among action aficionados, Mark Dacascos is a name associated with a string of cult favourites like Crying Freeman, Drive and Brotherhood of the Wolf. He’s also known to TV audiences for his recurring villainy in Hawaii 5-0 and the recent Wu Assassins (not […]
Why Taika Waititi is the man to bring the force back to Star Wars
Tom Jolliffe on why Taika Waititi is the man to bring the force back to Star Wars, but Disney needs to let him loose… In a week that has seen Nic Cage cast as Joe Exotic, we also have Taika Waititi signing on to direct a Star Wars movie. Suddenly a slow few weeks of […]
Exclusive Interview – Action legend Mark Dacascos on Brotherhood of the Wolf, John Wick: Chapter 3 and his upcoming projects
In the second part of our interview, action legend Mark Dacascos talks to Flickering Myth about his career to date… Brotherhood of the Wolf was a big hit and brought you back with Christophe Gans. How was your experience on the film? I was in France for 6 months. Some prep before and then the […]
The Nicolas Cage Castings Just Keep Getting Better
Tom Jolliffe on some of the recent characters Nicolas Cage has been tasked with playing (including himself and now Joe Exotic)… It’s been a couple of months now. We’ve all seen Tiger King right? Good. Well, this only in America tale of exotic animals, cults, murder plots, murder cover ups (potentially) and everything in between […]
DNA: Anatomy of an Indiana Jones, Predator, Alien and Jurassic Park ripoff
Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at DNA, William Mesa’s video special from 1996, a hodge podge of clear influences…. For every big screen box office smash, there is a low budget circle of copycats just around the corner. Success breeds imitation. For Snakes on a Plane you get Snakes on a Train. For E.T […]
Is Robert Pattinson’s Batman workout routine that important?
Tom Jolliffe on the furore surrounding Robert Pattinson’s workout (or lack thereof) confession in lockdown… It would be fair to say that Robert Pattinson as Batman has been a contentious choice since it was first murmured as even possible. Now fully confirmed, and having already spent time on set, the decision is evidently final. In […]
