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The Film Feud of the 90s: Steven Seagal vs Jean-Claude Van Damme

June 2, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks back at the film feud to end them all: Seagal vs Van Damme… The 90’s begin. Action cinema is at the height of popularity, headed up by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone, with Bruce Willis and Mel Gibson also throwing their hats into the mix. The video boom would contribute to a […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Steven Seagal

The Essential 90s Action Movies

May 28, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Following our deep dive into 1980s action cinema, lock and load for our list of essential 1990s action movies… The 1990s brought about a shift in the action genre. As the decade progressed there seemed to be shift from the 80s icons into the likes of Nicolas Cage and Keanu Reeves becoming action stars. Likewise […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Assassins, Bad Boys, Blade, Cliffhanger, Crying Freeman, Demolition Man, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Drive, Eraser, Hard Boiled, Hard Target, Marked For Death, Out for Justice, Passenger 57, Point Break, Rapid Fire, Rumble in the Bronx, Rush Hour, Showdown In Little Tokyo, Speed, Stone Cold, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Last Boy Scout, The Matrix, Timecop, True Lies, Under Siege, Universal Soldier

Is John Wick the Best Action Franchise of All Time?

April 16, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

In the wake of John Wick: Chapter 4, we look at whether Keanu’s iconic franchise has now become the best action series of all time… What is the best action franchise? Which series of three or more films have the most consistent levels of quality? It’s pretty hard to look beyond John Wick, which has […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Die Hard, fast & furious, James Bond, John Wick, John Wick: Chapter 2, John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, John Wick: Chapter 4, Mad Max, Mission: Impossible

Exclusive Interview – Michaela Longden on The Ghost Within, The Baby in the Basket and horror movies

April 9, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

We talk to up-and-coming actress Michaela Longden about acting, her recent film The Ghost Within, and her upcoming role in Flickering Myth’s first feature venture The Baby in the Basket… Michaela Longden is a British actress making waves in the horror genre having starred in cult films like Book of Monsters, The Creature Below and […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Exclusives, Interviews, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Barren, Book of Monsters, cara, Eating Miss Campbell, How to Kill Monsters, Jack in the Box: Awakening, Lord of Wolves, Michaela Longden, Run from Hell, The Baby in the Basket, The Ghost Within, When Darkness Falls

The Most Incredibly Annoying Movie Characters

April 1, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at some of the most annoying movie characters ever… Cinema at its best delights and enthrals. For that to work, we need engaging characters we can get behind. There’s a problem though. Sometimes for an array of reasons, some characters just end up being incredibly annoying. It can be the cherry on […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: American Pie, Awesomely Righteous and Radical, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Chris Klein, Hayden Christensen, Jesse Eisenberg, Jingle All the Way, jon cryer, Kellan Lutz, Kirsten Stewart, Macaulay Culkin, Mike Myers, Orlando Bloom, Party Like It's 1984, Pirates of the Caribbean, Richie Rich, Robert Pattinson, Sinbad, Sofia Coppola, Star Wars, Star Wars: Revenge of The Sith, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Superman IV: Quest For Peace, Taylor Lautner, The Godfather: Part III, The Love Guru, Twilight

Ke Huy Quan: From Coolest Kid of the Mid-80s to Comeback King!

February 1, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe on a childhood idol getting a long overdue and triumphant comeback… Growing up in the 80s I was lavished with great movies. I loved all kinds of films, from kidcentric adventure films to movies like Terminator and Die Hard which I really shouldn’t have been watching. Many of my idols growing up were […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Encino Man, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Finding Ohana, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Ke Huy Quan, Michelle Yeoh, The Goonies

Tom Cruise vs. Keanu Reeves: Who will be 2023’s King of Action?

January 1, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe previews what promises to be a stellar year for action cinema as two titans bring franchise heavy-hitters to the table… As far as films have gone, 2022 was pretty damn stellar. It’s the first year in a long time where I can honestly say I’ll struggle to put a top ten together. It’s […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Chad Stahelski, Christopher McQuarrie, Donnie Yen, John Wick, John Wick: Chapter 4, Keanu Reeves, Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One, Scott Adkins, Tom Cruise

Academy Re-Awards: Fixing the Best Picture Oscar Winners of the 1980s

March 12, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Coinciding with the Oscars, we take a trip back to the 1980s to fix the Best Picture winners… The Oscars are upon us. Year after year, controversy and debate rages, over the nominations, the oversights and the eventual winners. Over the years there have been plenty of safe and so-so choices for Best Picture at […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Awards Season, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Aliens, Amadeus, Chariots of Fire, Commando, Dead Poets Society, Die Hard, Full Metal Jacket, Ordinary People, Out of Africa, Platoon, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Rain Man, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Terms of Endearment, The Thing

Great Films Unfairly Forgotten in Time

April 9, 2023 by Gary Collinson

Tom Jolliffe on great films unfairly forgotten in time… Time is a cruel mistress. It’s the one constant and something no one can alter (except Marty McFly and Doc Brown). Looks go, memories fade and in cinematic terms a film can be forgotten over time. Now sometimes it’s probably a good thing. Take for example […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: A Simple Plan, Barton Fink, Dark City, frailty, insomnia, Jackie Brown, Near Dark, Pacific Heights, Strange Days, The Conversation, They Live, thief, True Lies, videodrome

The Best of Bruce Willis

April 1, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

With the release of the legendary screen star’s final movie, Tom Jolliffe celebrates the best of Bruce Willis… All of Hollywood was saddened last year by the news that Bruce Willis had been forced to hang up his gloves and retire from making movies, with a dementia diagnosis bringing to an end the career of […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: 16 Blocks, Armageddon, Bruce Willis, Death Becomes Her, Die Hard, Die Hard 2, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Last Man Standing, Looper, moonrise kingdom, Pulp Fiction, Red, Sin City, Sixth Sense, The Expendables 2, The Fifth Element, Twelve Monkey's, Unbreakable

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