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Cannon Films and the Search for Critical Acclaim

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A look back at Cannon Films and their search for critical acclaim which led to some memorable successes and failures… When aficionados think back to the glory days of Cannon Films, most notably in the peak years under Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, they invariably cast their minds to unashamedly schlocky and low-budget genre fare […]

An American Werewolf in London Revisited

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Released on this day in 1981, John Landis’ iconic and groundbreaking An American Werewolf in London is no less impressive in the modern era… When you think of iconic horror there may be a number of images which spring to mind. It might be Leatherface doing his tribal chainsaw dance at the end of The […]

An Action Classic That Never Happened: William Friedkin directs Stallone and Rothrock in The Executioner

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Tom Jolliffe dives back to a potential action classic that never got rolling. Sylvester Stallone as directed by William Friedkin, with Cynthia Rothrock also attached at one point… Let’s talks action. Let’s throw the name of an icon into the mix…Sylvester Stallone. The man who gave the world Rambo and Rocky. At a time during […]

William Friedkin: The Cinematic Sorcerer

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We look at the stellar career of the late William Friedkin and in particular his underappreciated masterpiece, Sorcerer… William Friedkin has sadly passed away but left behind a resume filled with masterful cinema including several films which redefined genres. When it comes to cinema, there are some filmmakers who have never quite had the level […]

Cannon Films and the Masters of the Universe

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Tom Jolliffe looks back at one of Cannon Films’ most iconic movies, Masters of the Universe… 36 years ago, Cannon Films unleashed upon the world a movie adaptation of a long-running kids cartoon and toy line with the release of Masters of the Universe. In the modern era, such a weighty IP and pop culture […]

Exclusive Interview – Actor Andy Gatenby

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Up and coming actor Andy Gatenby stops by to chat about his career so far and his latest projects… Andy Gatenby won’t be the first person to transition from being a sportsman to becoming an actor. The former undefeated boxer and one-time reality TV star of Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week, made the leap into […]

Ten Essential Korean Cinema Gems

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Tom Jolliffe offers up some essential Korean cinema gems… While Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite garnered global attention on its way to becoming the first non-English language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture back in 2020, Korean cinema has been crafting trend setting, ahead of the curve cinema for years and always comfortable to […]

Five films to watch in preparation for Nicolas Cage’s Sympathy for the Devil

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We offer up five films that will warm you up perfectly for the upcoming (and bound to be a cult hit) Nicolas Cage film Sympathy for the Devil… Nicolas Cage is a gift from the cinema Gods. His Cagenaissance in recent years has seen him in an array of colourful films like Color Out of […]

The End of an Era? Harrison Ford: The Great Blockbuster Headliner

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With the release of the fifth and likely final Indiana Jones movie starring Harrison Ford, could this be the Hollywood legend’s final bow as the blockbuster headline act..? The cinema landscape has evolved so much in the past few decades. Movie stars used to rule the world, and even at the dawn of the event […]

The gold nuggets in Danny Dyer’s film career

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Tom Jolliffe looks at Danny Dyer’s film career and some of the standout gems lurking within… A right sort. A British character from the East End with a way with words and charms you might call divisive. Perhaps to some, a little to gauche, to others a caricature milking his background stereotype and maybe not […]