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Movie Review – Bethany (2017)

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Bethany, 2017. Directed by James Cullen Bressack. Starring Shannen Doherty,Tom Green Stefanie Estes, Zack Ward, Keith Jardine, Leon Russom, and Felissa Rose. SYNOPSIS: After Claire’s mother dies, she and her husband move back to her childhood home only to have the abusive and traumatic memories of her mother come back and bring unrest into the […]

30 Years Back: Celebrating the Cinematic Delights of 1987

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Tom Jolliffe celebrates the cinematic delights of 1987… The 80’s mark a special period in cinema for me. It’s predominantly an age thing. I grew up throughout the 80’s, soaking in some fantastic films. It was a rising golden age of blockbusters which took the foundations of what guys like Spielberg and Lucas launched in […]

Second Opinion – Dig Two Graves (2014)

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Dig Two Graves, 2014. Written and Directed by Hunter Adams. Starring Ted Levine, Samantha Isler, Danny Goldring, Troy Ruptash, and Rachael Drummond. SYNOPSIS: DIG TWO GRAVES tells the story of a young girl’s obsession with the death of her brother, taking her on a nightmarish journey where she must a face a deadly proposition to […]

The Essential British Films

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Tom Jolliffe on the essential British films… Article 50 is due to drop soon. Britain flies the Euro coop. With that in mind, and more importantly because any time is a good time to acknowledge it, I thought I would list my essential British films. I’ve collated a list of not only my favourites, but […]

East Loves West: The ever growing Chinese interest in Hollywood

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Tom Jolliffe on the ever-growing Chinese interest in Hollywood… It used to be that the success or failure of a Hollywood film rested on its domestic box office results. In fact success or failure was often established by the time the opening weekend results had come in, and even further you could say by the […]

Losing A Grip On Greatness: Dropping the Ball with Logan

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Tom Jolliffe on Logan’s final third and losing a grip on greatness. Warning. Major spoilers follow… So there you are. You’re bowling a near perfect game. You’ve had the odd spare here and there but largely you’ve had strikes. Then you hit a gutter ball and your game starts falling apart. Sometimes it can end […]

Movie Review – Don’t Kill It (2016)

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Don’t Kill It, 2016. Directed by Mike Mendez. Starring Dolph Lundgren, Kristina Klebe, and Billy Slaughter. SYNOPSIS: An ancient evil is unleashed in a small Alaskan town leaving a trail of death and destruction as it passes from host to host. The only hope of survival lies with a grizzled demon hunter (Dolph Lundgren) who has […]

Why John Wick director Chad Stahelski is the perfect choice to reboot Highlander

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Tom Jolliffe on why John Wick director Chad Stahelski is the perfect choice to helm the Highlander reboot… Stunt-man turned director Chad Stahelski has certainly had a good start to his burgeoning career as an action auteur. John Wick began what is now in the process of becoming a hugely successful franchise. Two films in, […]

Keanu Reeves: The King of Action!

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Tom Jolliffe on Keanu Reeves, the king of action… With John Wick: Chapter 2 in cinemas now, it seems a good time to take a look back over Keanu Reeves’ forays into the action genre. Over the years Reeves has dipped his toes into just about every genre. He broke out of course in comedy, […]