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Al Pacino at 80: One of the all time greats

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Tom Jolliffe looks back at the career of Al Pacino as he turns 80… Ready your best Al Pacino impression. We’ve all got them. Those usually tend to be Al at his explosive, unrestrained best. Maybe it’s one of several scenes in Heat, or something in his scenery chomping brilliance in Scent of A Woman. […]

Movie Review – Debt Collectors (2020)

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Debt Collectors,2020. Directed by Jesse V. Johnson. Starring Scott Adkins, Louis Mandylor, Vladimir Kulich, Vernon Wells, Marina Sirtis, Mayling Ng and Ski Carr. SYNOPSIS: A pair of debt collectors are thrust into an explosively dangerous situation, chasing down various lowlifes while also evading a vengeful kingpin. It seems about that time again. It’s time for […]

The Greatest Director of All Time?

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Tom Jolliffe ponders the question: who is the greatest director of all time? One of the toughest of tough film related questions. Who is the greatest director ever? Think over all the icons throughout history. There have been countless, many who crossed from silent to sound, such as Fritz Lang, Carl Theodore Dreyer, D.W Griffith […]

The Greatest Action Directors of All Time

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the greatest action directors of all time… The action genre has never particularly had the greatest respect associated with it. Maybe there’s a feeling that they’re dramatically anaemic, or sometimes intellectually inferior, but this isn’t always the case. It’s a genre that doesn’t always have consistent specialists, because certain directors who […]

Quit While You’re Ahead: Why Bad Boys 4 is Too Much of a Good Thing

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the prospect of Bad Boys 4 after the success of Bad Boys For Life… Bad Boys For Life, a long awaited third entry in the franchise, came out earlier this year to not only the best reviews of the series, but a surprisingly strong opening weekend on its way to almost […]

A look back at Clive Barker’s Hellraiser

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Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at Clive Barker’s Hellraiser… For a good few years, rumours of a Hellraiser reboot have been on the table. The whispers and near starts have persisted for a long time along with a number of other false starting reboots like Highlander and The Crow. Now it appears that HBO […]

Exclusive Interview – Action legend Mark Dacascos discusses Crying Freeman, Drive, The Island of Dr Moreau and more

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Tom Jolliffe chats with action legend Mark Dacascos about his illustrious career… Among action aficionados, Mark Dacascos is a name associated with a string of cult favourites like Crying Freeman, Drive and Brotherhood of the Wolf. He’s also known to TV audiences for his recurring villainy in Hawaii 5-0 and the recent Wu Assassins (not […]

Exclusive Interview – Action legend Mark Dacascos on Brotherhood of the Wolf, John Wick: Chapter 3 and his upcoming projects

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In the second part of our interview, action legend Mark Dacascos talks to Flickering Myth about his career to date… Brotherhood of the Wolf was a big hit and brought you back with Christophe Gans. How was your experience on the film? I was in France for 6 months. Some prep before and then the […]