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10 Alien Franchise Rip-Offs That Are Worth A Watch

November 30, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

With Alien: Romulus currently terrorising audiences, here are ten Alien knock-offs to watch if you love the franchise…  The Alien franchise is a pretty eclectic mix, made up of distinct stabs at effectively the same concept repeated. A group of largely disposable humans are hunted and picked off by a fearsome alien creature (or multiple). […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Alien, Alien Predators, Alien: Romulus, Aliens, D.N.A, forbidden world, Leviathan, Pitch Black, Screamers, Species, starship troopers, Terminator II, xtro

Movie Review – The Bouncer (2024)

November 24, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

The Bouncer, 2024. Directed by Massimiliano Cerchi. Starring John Ozuna, Costas Mandylor, Rosmary Yaneva, Vincent Rivera, Nick Turturro, Gerald Okamura and Tayah Kansik. SYNOPSIS: In Romania, fugitive Frank Sharp takes a job as a bouncer. Saving a woman from abuse, he discovers she’s trafficked. They escape together but are relentlessly hunted. Opening with Frank Sharp (John […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Costas Mandylor, Gerald Okamura, John Ozuna, Massimiliano Cerchi, Nick Turturro, Rosmary Yavena, Simon Phillips, The Bouncer

The Possession Remake Makes Me Want To Scream In The Subway

June 15, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s finally happened, the acquired taste cult-classic Possession is being given the Hollywood remake treatment. Is nothing sacred? Hollywood’s baffling lack of creative ideas is nothing new, nor is the preoccupation with remaking cult movies from decades ago. We have a reboot of The Crow on the way that could have chosen a number of […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Andrzej Zulawski, Isabelle Adjani, Parker Finn, Possession, Robert Pattinson, Sam Neill

The Essential Donald Sutherland Films

June 22, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

With the sad news that the legendary Donald Sutherland has passed away, we look at eight essential Sutherland movies that you must see… Donald Sutherland was a fixture on the big screen for 60 years, remaining prolific even in recent years. The iconic actor left us at 88 years old and given his constant presence […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Don't Look Now, Donald Sutherland, Eye of the Needle, Invasion of the body snatchers, Kelly's Heroes, Klute, lock up, Mash, Ordinary People

The Queens of the B-Movie

November 9, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe celebrates some of the most popular B-movie queens of the video era onward… Think of those legendary actresses of the last few decades. Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Scarlett Johansson, Margot Robbie… Big names, capable of selling a film themselves and a regular big screen fixture. As someone who grew up in the VHS […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Bai Ling, Brigitte Nielsen, Cynthia Rothrock, Joan Severance, Linnea Quigley, Shannon Tweed, Sybil Danning

Is 2024’s Blockbuster Season Totally Uninspiring?

June 8, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

We look ahead at what’s in store for the second half of 2024 and ponder whether there are any must-see, sure-fire hits… Having recently looked at the state of the cinema industry and whether the big screen experience is on its last legs, now seems like a good time to look ahead to the rest […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Bad Boys: Ride or Die, borderlands, Deadpool / Wolverine, Dune: Part Two, Furiosa, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Godzilla Minus One, Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire, Joker: Folie à Deux, MaXXXine, Nosferatu, sonic the hedgehog 3, The Fall Guy, Venom: The Last Dance

Trashy Cult Horror Classics To Enjoy This Halloween

October 31, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s Halloween so if you’re looking for some shlock horror fun make sure you check out these ten trashy cult classics… Chainsaws, mysterious masked killers and gallons of blood. Horror season is upon us and whilst you might fancy some top-tier cerebral horror like The Shining or Rosemary’s Baby, it’s also a time to get […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Chopping Mall, edge of the axe, frankenhooker, Maniac Cop, Nightmare Beach, Pieces, Return of the Living Dead, Sleepaway Camp, Stage Fright, The Toxic Avenger

Great Horror-Comedy Movies to Watch This Halloween

October 26, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s time to laugh and jump with fright, with these great comedy horror films… The horror genre is currently experiencing a resurgence, as comic book movies and studio action films are faltering. The budget-friendly genre is also more driven by concept over star power. One genre that seems to have disappeared from the big screen, […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: BrainDead, Evil Dead 2, Little Shop of Horrors, Scary Movie 2, Shaun of the Dead, the 'burbs, The Lost Boys, Tucker and Dale vs Evil, What We Do in the Shadows

13 Underrated Horror Franchise Sequels That Deserve More Love

October 25, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at 13 underrated franchise horror sequels that deserve more love… Franchise horror rule of thumb generally goes like this: the first film is a trailblazing classic. The sequels increasingly diminish in quality. Some franchises might well have die hard fans, but it can often be the case that those classic originals such […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, Alien 3, Cube 2: Hypercube, Freddy vs. Jason, Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth, New Nightmare, Predator 2, Psycho III, The Exorcist III, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Wes Craven's New Nightmare

10 Movie Franchises That Need To End

October 17, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

With a remake, reboot, or sequel every week, it’s time to look at ten franchises that need to end… Look at a coming soon list of mainstream movies across the next 12 months and you’ll notice something. The titles all seem familiar. We’ve been there and we’ve done it already. Sometimes for 10 movies no […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Alien, Alien: Romulus, Aliens, Evil Dead, fast and furious, Furiosa, Ghostbusters, indiana jones and the dial of destiny, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark, James Bond, Jurassic Park, Mad Max, Mad Max: Fury Road, Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, Star Wars, Star Wars: Andor, Terminator, Terminator 2, The Fast and the Furious, The Mandaloran, XXX 3

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