Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at the Australian outback classic, Wake In Fright…Occasionally I’ll see a film which almost escaped attention upon initial release. Perhaps a great piece of cinema that didn’t quite stick upon its release. Wake In Fright, a key landmark in Australian cinema never quite captured the world outside the land […]
Goblins, Monsters, Brown Loafers and Paranoid Schizophrenia: The True Nature of Labyrinth
Tom Jolliffe goes deep underground in the Labyrinth to uncover a darker underbelly…Celebrating its 33rd anniversary, the cult kids classic, Labyrinth has grown in reputation over the years. Initially an unsuccessful theatrical release, critically dismissed (as many kids films tended to be then), it has spent the best part of 32 years invading the brain […]
90s Video Action Stars Part III – Hulk Hogan, Don ‘The Dragon’ Wilson, Loren Avedon, Jeff Speakman and Bobbie Phillips
Tom Jolliffe returns with the latest instalment of the 90s Video Action Stars Rampage [read part one and part two]…At this stage in my revisit of 90’s video action stars, I find myself not only dredging through the dark recesses of my brain in order to think up who to run the rule over next, […]
A Little Bit Of Love For Tom Cruise
Tom Jolliffe shows his appreciation for Tom Cruise on the actor’s 57th birthday…Approaching 40 years in the industry. Tom Cruise has spent over 30 of those as a superstar. He’s been a box office behemoth. A star turn, a headliner and a poster boy for blockbuster pulling power.He’s also been maligned and dismissed. He’s been […]
Why Cinema Needs Nicolas Cage Cranked Up to 11
Tom Jolliffe on why Nicolas Cage at his wildest is a gift to cinema…To say Nic Cage is a divisive character would be quite the understatement. Likewise, as an actor. You could say, with great understatement, that he’s an oddball. As an actor, you could also say he tends to be most known for theatrical […]
90s Video Action Stars Part IV – Gary Daniels, Joe Lara, C. Thomas Howell and Thomas Ian Griffith
Tom Jolliffe with the latest delve back to the video shelf with 90’s video action stars [read part one, part two and part three]…With so many 90’s action icons worked through already, you’d imagine I was beginning to struggle for subjects to cover. You’d be mistaken. It feels like I’ve barely scratched the surface of […]
Enter The Muscles from Brussels: The Jean-Claude Van Damme Tournament Fight Film
Tom Jolliffe looks at Jean-Claude Van Damme’s history of tournament fight films…If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. For a while in the earlier career of Jean-Claude Van Damme, that seemed to be more or less the case. When Enter the Dragon ended up as a cultural and cinematic phenomenon, a host of imitators followed […]
Three Films and Six Van Dammes: The JCVD Dual Role Routine
Tom Jolliffe looks back at Jean-Claude Van Damme’s dual role films…Who doesn’t love an action star? Oi, put your hands down now! Still, for us that do, we all have our favourites. Occasionally there were rivalries and camps. You could be an Arnold Schwarzenegger kid or a Sylvester Stallone kid. Maybe you were secretly both, […]
30 Years On: Steven Seagal in Marked For Death
Tom Jolliffe looks back at one of Steven Seagal’s early works, as Marked For Death turns 30…After breaking out with Above The Law, a lot was expected among action fans for what would follow from Steven Seagal. It would take a couple of years waiting until the next one, but 1990 saw two Seagal pictures […]
A Double Hit of Luc Besson Assassin Films: Nikita and Leon
Tom Jolliffe double bills Luc Besson’s Nikita and Leon… Think back to the 90’s. A transitional time for action films. It was also an era that saw a French director hit it big in Hollywood. Then think about the best assassin films of the decade. Chances are when piling up candidates, you’re likely to have at […]
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