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10 Essential Films From 1994

March 1, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s time to go back 30 years to look at 10 essential movies from 1994… If you’re my age then 1994 feels like it was about 10 years ago. Sadly, it was actually 30 years ago and the cinematic offerings of the year were hugely impressive. Whether it was ruminations on life being like a […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Chungking Express, forrest gump, Leon: The Professional, Pulp Fiction, Shallow Grave, Speed, The Crow, The Lion King, The Shawshank Redemption, Three Colours Red

10 Essential Action Movies from 2005

February 2, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Grab a weapon and a ride, and get on down to 2005 for these 10 essential action movies… The noughties were an odd time in cinema. There seemed to be a dearth in standout blockbusters and a number of lacklustre sequels. Maybe not so different from today, but we also had an array of stylistic […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: A Bittersweet Life, batman begins, Lady Vengeance, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Serenity, The Mechanik, The Protector, Transporter 2, Unleashed, V for Vendetta

Movie Review – Freelance (2025)

February 1, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Freelance, 2025. Directed by John Balazs. Starring Nicole Pastor, Jordan Fraser-Trumble, Stephen Degenaro, Jasper Bagg and Hannah Brooke.  SYNOPSIS When a down-on-her-luck video editor takes on a mysterious, well-paying job cutting snuff films, she is haunted by visions of the people in her videos. With mainstream indie distributors like A24 and Neon pushing the boundaries with […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: freelance, Hannah Brooke, Jasper Bagg, John Balazs, Jordan Fraser-Trumble, Mike Gerbino, Nicole Pastor, Stephen Degenaro

Essential Demonic Horror Movies To Send Shivers Down Your Spine

January 31, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Grab your Holy Bible and rosary beads as we look at ten essential demonic horror movies that will send shivers down your spine… As Flickering Myth takes a leap into independent film with The Baby in the Basket, our own little slice of demonic horror (releasing on DVD and Digital this February!), maybe now is […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Demons, Evil Dead 2, Hellraiser, Hereditary, Rosemary's Baby, The Baby in the Basket, The Entity, The Exorcist, the omen, The Wailing, the witch

Are the Oscars Daring Enough to Nominate Demi Moore for The Substance?

October 12, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s the talk of cinephile circles and Demi Moore gives a career-best performance. But is The Substance too icky for the Oscars? At its best, cinema will sneak up on you and deliver something no one could have expected. A dazzling kaleidoscopic rollercoaster body horror starring Demi Moore? No one would have predicted a project […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Awards Season, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Academy Awards, Coralie Fargeat, Demi Moore, Dennis Quaid, Margaret Qualley, Oscars, Revenge, the substance

How 2024 Belongs to Josh O’Connor

October 28, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

2024 has been a great year for cinema and especially for Josh O’Connor… For every actor who finds themselves becoming a highly sought-after commodity, their rise can often be traced back to a particular film. Josh O’Connor looks set to be the next big thing in Hollywood and as seems to be highly commonplace, is […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Alice Rohrwacher, Bonus Track, Carol Duarte, Challengers, Josh Oconnor, Kate Winslet, La Chimera, LEE, Luca Guadagnino, Mike Faist, Paul Mescal, The Crown, Zendaya

Essential Gothic Horror Movies To Scare You Senseless

January 12, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

As we prepare for the release of The Baby in the Basket, Tom Jolliffe presents essential selection of gothic horror films guaranteed to scare you senseless… Dark, macabre psychological stories set in isolated locations with the uncanny or supernatural. Gothic horror movies are often dripping in atmosphere, enveloping the audience in a deeply unsettling story. […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Black Narcissus, Black Sunday, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Dracula, Eyes Without a Face, Sleepy Hollow, Suspiria, The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, The Lighthouse, The Pit and the Pendulum

The Essential Cannon Films Scores

January 11, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at some of the best musical scores from Cannon Films’ oeuvre… A good film score can elevate the picture and manipulate the viewer. It can illicit excitement, fear, intrigue, melancholy and more. It’s not uncommon for a film score to become just as legendary an aspect of a particular film as anything […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Bloodsport, Hercules, Highlander, Invasion USA, King Solomons Mines, Lifeforce, Masters of the Universe, Runaway Train, Sahara, The Hitcher

100 Years of Horror: Unmissable Movies from 1924 to 2024

December 8, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

We’re diving back through a hundred years of horror and picking one unmissable film every ten years from 1924 to 2024… The history of cinema, from silent pictures to a stellar selection of horror films this year alone, shows that the horror genre has plenty to offer discerning viewers. If you want to add some gems […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: A Nightmare on Elm Street, Black Christmas, Blood and Black Lace, Dumplings, Godzilla, Immaculate, It Follows, longlegs, MaXXXine, New Nightmare, Nightwatch, Onibaba, Saw, The Baby in the Basket, The Black Cat, the company of wolves, The First Omen, The Hands of Orlac, The Masque of the Red Death, the substance, The Terminator, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The Uninvited

The Best and Worst Christmas Movie Presents

December 24, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

Christmas is a time for giving. Some presents are great, some are terrible, and we’ve seen plenty of both in Christmas movies… It’s the season of goodwill and sharing festive cheer (and beer) with friends and family. Big Red dumps his goods down the chimney and kids across the land open their presents in baited […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: 8-Bit Christmas, A Christmas Story, Bad Santa, Die Hard, home alone, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, It's a Wonderful Life, Jingle All the Way, Love Actually, Santa Claus: The Movie

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