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10 Essential Films From 1984

May 7, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s time to venture back 40 years as we look at the best movies of 1984… The 80s were a glorious era for movies and music. As the years drift on, the kids born and raised in the decade such as me, suddenly find themselves in their 40s, careering headlong to the big 5-0. When […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: 1984, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Amadeus, Beverly Hills Cop, Blood Simple, Ghostbusters, Once Upon a Time in America, Paris Texas, Purple Rain, The Terminator

10 Great Val Kilmer Performances

April 7, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

The late, great Val Kilmer had an eclectic career full of memorable roles and films. Here are ten of his standout performances… Val Kilmer’s time as a Hollywood icon was never less than interesting. Depending on the film set, he was either an enigmatic genius, a fun presence, or a director’s nightmare. What can’t be […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Batman Forever, Heat, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Doors, The Salton Sea, Tombstone, Top Gun, Top Secret, True Romance, Val Kilmer, willow

Japan Is Winning Cinema Right Now

June 16, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

Several great Japanese movies have come out in the past year, adding to a recent golden period, so is Japan making the best of the best right now? Cinema around the world is all about cycles. You’ll see peaks and troughs where a nation is producing stellar work followed by a period of creative lull […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Godzilla, Godzilla Minus One, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Monster, Perfect Days, Sakura Ando, Shoplifters, Wim Wenders

The Essential Richard Norton Movies

March 30, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

One of action cinema’s unheralded greats, Richard Norton, has sadly passed away. Here are ten essential movies where Norton kicked ass… Action fans were heartbroken to learn that the perennially underrated but legendary Richard Norton passed away recently. The Australian tough guy and martial arts master has had a colourful background, which has included working […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: China O'Brien, Cyber Tracker, equalizer 2000, Force: Five, Magic Crystal, Millionaires Express, Mr Nice Guy, Richard Norton, Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars, Under the Gun

Why is CGI Getting Worse?

August 1, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

We look at the strange case of CGI, which for an array of reasons, appears to be getting worse. Why is shoddy CGI deemed acceptable in massive-budget movies?  It’s been 30 years since Jurassic Park really kickstarted a major fascination with computer-generated imagery.  We’d seen some revolutionary CGI prior to that with films like Terminator […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Avatar, Disney, Harrison Ford, indiana jones and the dial of destiny, Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, Matt Reeves, Steven Spielberg, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Batman, The Flash, Tom Cruise

10 Essential Films From 1975

March 16, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

We journey back half a century to look at ten unmissable films from 1975… We’re now half a century since 1975, an era of American cinema that was incredible. It was also a key year in terms of the first film that really started the ball rolling in shaping the kinds of films audiences would […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Barry Lyndon, Deep Red, Dog Day Afternoon, Jaws, Mirror, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Man Who Would Be King, The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Essential Gene Hackman Movies

March 10, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

We celebrate one of the all-time greats, the late Gene Hackman, with ten essential movies… One of the best to ever step in front of the camera sadly left us recently. Gene Hackman’s long and illustrious career, in many ways, felt like an anomaly. He was intense and enthralling whenever he was on screen. An […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Another Woman, Gene Hackman, Hoosiers, Mississippi Burning, night moves, Scarecrow, Superman, Superman: The Movie, The Conversation, The French Connection, The Royal Tenenbaums, Unforgiven

What Will Amazon Do with James Bond?

February 23, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Will James Bond deliver next-day parcels? What can we expect from Amazon’s 007? It didn’t come with a huge amount of surprise that Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, after decades of overseeing the cinematic adventures of James Bond, would finally call it a day. Nor was it a surprise that following Amazon’s purchase of […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Amazon, Daniel Craig, Henry Cavill, James Bond, MGM, Pierce Brosnan, Theo James

10 Hidden Gems from 2024 You Have To See

December 29, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

2024 has been a pretty stellar year for films, so much so that some have slipped under the radar; here’s ten recommendations for hidden gems you may have missed…  It feels like cinema has had something of a creative upswing lately beneath the mainstream. In the last few years, we’ve seen some interesting auteur horrors […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Ama Gloria, Didi, Girl You Know It's True, House of Screaming Glass, i saw the tv glow, Kneecap, La Chimera, Monster, Sky Peals, The Teachers' Lounge

The Incredible Presence of Tony Todd

November 11, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

The late, great Tony Todd became synonymous with villains; we look at the incredible legacy he leaves behind… Cinema was dealt a blow with the news that Tony Todd has passed away. A prolific veteran of predominantly genre films (with over 250 credits), Todd was never less than memorable. For one, he just dominated a […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Candyman, Final Destination, Night of the Living Dead, Platoon, The Crow, The Rock, Tony Todd

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