Tom Jolliffe pays tribute to Rutger Hauer after the news of his passing… I’ve been a huge fan of Rutger Hauer from the very first time I watched Blade Runner. The film shouldn’t have connected so instantly with me, for someone so young, but it did. Though it was Harrison Ford a.k.a. Solo, a.k.a. Indiana […]
Short Film Review – Dacryphilia + Hematolagnia (2019)
Dacryphilia + Hematolagnia, 2019. Directed by Shane Ryan, Lilith Singson Starring Lilith Singson, Lily Montano and Shane Ryan. Controversial film-maker Shane Ryan returns with a new short film, Dacyrphilia + Hematolagnia. A two part arthouse short with a distinct look at life and death. The film itself marks one of several projects that sees Ryan […]
Essential Cinema: Paris, Texas
Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at Paris, Texas… A drawn out, gut-wrenching, beautiful scene, lasting all of 10 minutes has not long ended. A resolution and re-connection has come and gone, and then we’re left with Harry Dean Stanton in a carpark. He’s swamped in green light. He drives off, and just like every […]
90s Video Action Stars Part IV – Gary Daniels, Joe Lara, C. Thomas Howell and Thomas Ian Griffith
Tom Jolliffe with the latest delve back to the video shelf with 90’s video action stars [read part one, part two and part three]… With so many 90’s action icons worked through already, you’d imagine I was beginning to struggle for subjects to cover. You’d be mistaken. It feels like I’ve barely scratched the surface […]
Why Cinema Needs Nicolas Cage Cranked Up to 11
Tom Jolliffe on why Nicolas Cage at his wildest is a gift to cinema… To say Nic Cage is a divisive character would be quite the understatement. Likewise, as an actor. You could say, with great understatement, that he’s an oddball. As an actor, you could also say he tends to be most known for […]
Too Much Johnson to Handle: How Jesse V. Johnson (with help from Scott Adkins) is keeping old school action alive
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at the work of director Jesse V. Johnson… If you’re in the UK right now and you like action films you might have seen a recent double helping of Johnson (that’s my last ‘Johnson’ gag I swear) pop up. Streaming platforms dual dropped a double whammy of Triple Threat and […]
Totally Sponge Worthy: 30 Years of Seinfeld
As Seinfeld celebrates its 30th Anniversary, Tom Jolliffe looks back at the iconic sitcom… It’s been over 20 years since the final episode of a 9 season run brought Seinfeld to a close. The show ‘about nothing’ has just hit 30 years old since the airing of the first episode. Jerry Seinfeld would play the […]
Why it’s time for the #NotMyAriel movement to grow up
Tom Jolliffe looks at the recent furore surrounding the casting of Halle Bailey in The Little Mermaid… As comes with many casting decisions, the recent announcement that Halle Bailey has been cast as Ariel in the Disney reboot of The Little Mermaid has been met with a mixed reaction. For the most part people seem quite […]
A Little Bit Of Love For Tom Cruise
Tom Jolliffe shows his appreciation for Tom Cruise on the actor’s 57th birthday… Approaching 40 years in the industry. Tom Cruise has spent over 30 of those as a superstar. He’s been a box office behemoth. A star turn, a headliner and a poster boy for blockbuster pulling power. He’s also been maligned and dismissed. […]
The B to Z of Movies: How B Movies Ruled the Cinema
In this short series of features, Tom Jolliffe will look at the humble B Movie and everything below. From the golden period of B cinema, to the rise in popularity of the B picture, to the underground mavericks making films on a shoe string from the 50’s right up to the present. To begin with, […]
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