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Lock, Stock and The Essential Guy Ritchie Movies

August 28, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

On the 25th anniversary of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, we look at the essential Guy Ritchie films… In 1998, Guy Ritchie burst onto the British film scene with his dazzling debut hit Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Since then he’s revisited guns and gangsters, adapted a classic spy show, adapted an iconic […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Guy Ritchie, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, RocknRolla, Sherlock Holmes, Snatch, The Gentleman, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Indie Horror Filmmaking: The birth of The Baby in the Basket

April 29, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

As Flickering Myth steps into the world of indie filmmaking, Tom Jolliffe details how and why The Baby in the Basket was born… As a screenwriter working in the indie filmmaking world for five years, I made a conscious decision late last year to pull away from hired commissions (slightly) and shift my focus more […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Alexandra Faye Sadeghian, Amber Doig-Thorne, Annabelle Lanyon, Elle O'Hara, Firenado, Flickering Myth, gary collinson, Michaela Longden, Nathan Shepka, Paul Barber, Renegades, The Baby in the Basket, Tom Jolliffe, war of the worlds: the attack, When Darkness Falls

Indie Horror Filmmaking: Creating The Baby in The Basket – From Script to Green Light!

May 20, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

A look inside scripting The Baby in the Basket, Flickering Myth’s first foray into Film Production… The week so far has been up and down but perfectly encapsulating life as an indie screenwriter who in the midst of an insanely busy spring,  has been co-handling  a Kickstarter campaign that has thankfully seen us hit its […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Alexandra Faye Sadeghian, Amber Doig-Thorne, Annabelle Lanyon, Elle O'Hara, Michaela Longden, Nathan Shepka, Paul Barber, The Baby in the Basket, Tom Jolliffe

Exclusive Interview – Amber Doig-Thorne on Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey and The Baby in the Basket

May 6, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Amber Doig-Thorne joins us to discuss her recent role in the monster hit Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey and her role in Flickering Myth’s upcoming horror The Baby in the Basket… A woman of many talents, Amber Doig-Thorne is an up-and-coming actress, a presenter, a comedienne and an influencer among other things. Having starred […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Alien Invasion, Amber Doig-Thorne, Dying Breed, Mr Hyde: The Untold Story, Run from Hell, The Baby in the Basket, The Haunted Studio, The Little Ones, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey

Cannon Films and the Search for Critical Acclaim

August 27, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

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 […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Andrei Konchalovskiy, Barbet Schroeder, Barfly, Bolero, cannon films, Duet For Love, Faye Dunaway, Hanna's War, Jean-Luc Godard, John Cassavetes, King Lear, Love Streams, Menahem Golan, Mickey Rourke, Runaway Train, Sahara, Shy People, The Assisi Underground, Yoram Globus

An American Werewolf in London Revisited

August 21, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

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 […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: An American Werewolf in London, David Naughton, Griffin Dunne, Jenny Agutter, John Landis

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

September 6, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

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 […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Cynthia Rothrock, Sylvester Stallone, The Executioner, William Friedkin

William Friedkin: The Cinematic Sorcerer

August 9, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

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 […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: bug, Cruising, Good Times, Killer Joe, Sorcerer, The Boys in the Band, The Exorcist, The French Connection, To Live and Die in L.A., William Friedkin

Cannon Films and the Masters of the Universe

August 7, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

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 […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Bill Conti, Billy Barty, cannon films, Chelsea Field, Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Masters of the Universe, Meg Foster

Exclusive Interview – Actor Andy Gatenby

July 14, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

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 […]

Filed Under: Exclusives, Interviews, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Andy Gatenby, Flying Tiger, Mr Hyde: The Untold Story, nemesis, Renegades, Shogun Films

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