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Is Remaking Sergio Leone Sacrilegious?

July 13, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

A Fistful of Dollars remake has been announced and might be the most egregious modern reboot so far. Should Sergio Leone’s masterworks be untouchable? The remake and reboot fascination continues with announcements fired out almost daily to tell us some iconic film is being unnecessarily spruced up for the modern audience, who have all but […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: A Fistful of Dollars, Clint Eastwood, Enzo Sisti, For a Few Dollars More, Gianni Nunnari, Once Upon a Time in the West, Sergio Leone, Simon Horsman, The Good The Bad and the Ugly

6 Great Rutger Hauer Sci-Fi Films That Aren’t Blade Runner

May 29, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Blade Runner made Rutger Hauer an icon of the sci-fi genre, but don’t miss out on these six other wild sci-fi films… The late great Rutger Hauer saw things you people wouldn’t believe. Having made a name for himself as an acclaimed star in his native Holland, a Hollywood break soon beckoned. After a couple […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Blade Runner, crossworlds, Deathline, Omega Doom, Redline, Rutger Hauer, Salute of the Jugger, Split Second, the blood of heroes, The Hitcher, Wedlock

10 Great Forgotten Movie Gems Worth Seeking Out

May 30, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe offers up essential films that were overlooked at the time, or have been forgotten in the years since release… Sometimes for whatever reason a film doesn’t strike a wide audience. It may just get released in the wrong era, or take a while to regain a cult following. Some films in retrospect end […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Amsterdamned, City of the Lost Children, Cypher, Mute Witness, Nightwatch, Scarecrow, The Entity, the interview, The Legend of the Holy Drinker, Wake In Fright

14 Incredible Sci-Fi Movie Scores

May 27, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

No good sci-fi movie is complete without an awe-inspiring musical score to elevate the on-screen visuals; here are fourteen of the best… A great music score can take the visual landscape of a film and add a whole other dimension to help transport the viewer. For genre movies, an effective score is essential in embellishing […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Bill Conti, Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049, Daft Punk, Don Davis, E.T., Hans Zimmer, Interstellar, John Williams, Jurassic Park, M83, Masters of the Universe, Mica Levi, Miracle Mile, Oblivion, Stanley Kubrick, Star Wars, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, Tangerine Dream, The Matrix, The Terminator, tron legacy, Under the Skin, Vangelis

What’s Next For Tom Cruise?

May 26, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Is there life after blockbuster action cinema for Tom Cruise? At an age-defying 62 years old, Tom Cruise delivers us his latest action opus with Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. It brings to a potential close an eight-film franchise largely built on the stunt du jour that the inimitable Cruise conjures up to perform. […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Jerry Maguire, Magnolia, Minority Report, Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Tom Cruise

10 Great Movies You Can Only Watch Once

May 23, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Some films invite repeat viewings, but these ten great movies are difficult to watch more than once… Everyone has favourite films that strike a chord, whether you rewatch them frequently or revisit them more irregularly. When it comes to seasons so intrinsically tied to cinema, like Halloween and Christmas, many movie fans have those annual […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: A Ghost Story, Blue is the Warmest Colour, Christiane F, Come and See, Dancer in the Dark, Grave of the Fireflies, Nil by Mouth, Schindler's List, The Revenant, The Zone of Interest

10 Great Forgotten 90s Thrillers You Need To See

May 17, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe offers up a selection of essential forgotten 90s thrillers…  The 90s was a veritable treasure trove of thrillers. A decade prior, which saw a more growing fascination in the rising blockbuster, as well as other genre cinema, saw your classic pot boiler thriller pushed slightly to the wayside. Not so much a throwback […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Blue Steel, Breakdown, Final Analysis, Pacific Heights, Ricochet, Single White Female, Snake-Eyes, The Ambulance, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, the interview

13 Great Obscure Horror Movie Gems You Need to See

May 16, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Forget Michael, Freddy and Jason. Check out these thirteen obscure and underrated horror movies… The horror genre is stuffed to the gills with an array of popular and iconic films. There are plenty of overlooked and undervalued films, some of which might have been overshadowed by bigger box office successes, or some which have been […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: blood rage, City of the Living Dead, deadly blessing, Images, Intruder, Mute Witness, Pieces, pin, Sleepstalker, The Brood, the funhouse, the lift, The Midnight Meat Train

From Hated to Loved: Did These Movies Deserve Reappraisal?

May 16, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

We look at ten once-hated films that have been shown more affection in recent years and ask, do they deserve the newfound love? It’s a story as old as cinema. A film comes out greeted with a vitriolic response from critics and audiences. In time we’ve seen the likes of Citizen Kane, The Shining and […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Batman and Robin, Constantine, freddy got fingered, Jennifer's Body, Johnny Mnemonic, Last Action Hero, Showgirls, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Super Mario Bros., The Chronicles of Riddick

How Will Quentin Tarantino Bow Out?

April 20, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

After scrapping his planned final film The Movie Critic, Quentin Tarantino needs a new project for his tenth and final film… Quentin Tarantino needs no introduction. To even casual moviegoers, his name carries the kind of weight that few directors have managed in modern cinema. Whether you think he’s a cinematic deity, or vastly overrated, […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Django Unchained, Inglourious Basterds, Jackie Brown, kill bill, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino, Reservoir Dogs, Star Trek, The Movie Critic

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