The Covenant, 2017. Directed by Robert Conway. Starring Monica Engesser, Clint James, Owen Conway, Sanford Gibbons, and Maria Olson. SYNOPSIS: After the tragic deaths of her husband and daughter, Sarah Doyle moves back to her childhood home with her estranged brother, Richard. It’s not long before Sarah begins to experience supernatural phenomena of a violent […]
The Death of Good Screenwriting in Hollywood
Tom Jolliffe on the death of good screenwriting in Hollywood… Awards season is in full swing, so it seems somewhat ironic to come and bemoan the dearth of good screenwriting within the modern studio system, but I’m going to anyway. Putting aside the award nominated films, my focus is more on those films that are […]
The 80s Movie Guide For The New Parent
Tom Jolliffe with the 80s movie guide for the new parent… Last December I welcomed my baby daughter into the world. It was a momentous day. My first, and like all new parents who find the weight of responsibility fall into their lap after 9 months of increasing inevitability, I suddenly realised I had absolutely […]
Movie Review – Hotel of the Damned (2016)
Hotel of the Damned, 2016. Directed by Bobby Barbacioru. Starring Louis Mandylor, Peter Dobson, Bogdan Marhodin, Roxana Luca, Manuela Harabor, Natalia Mateut and Florin Kevorkian. SYNOPSIS: No use hanging up a ‘Do Not Disturb’ sign here. After a car accident and stranded in the middle of nowhere, an ex-con and his daughter find themselves in […]
DVD Review – The Small World of Sammy Lee (1963)
The Small World Of Sammy Lee, 1963. Directed by Ken Hughes. Starring Anthony Newley, Julia Foster and Robert Stephens. SYNOPSIS: The compère of a seedy strip club struggles to keep one step ahead of the bookies to whom he owes money. Before video came along, the only way to see a film was at the […]
Movie Review – The Shelter (2015)
The Shelter, 2015. Directed by John Fallon. Starring Michael Paré, Lauren Alexandra and Rachel G. Whittle SYNOPSIS: A homeless man named Thomas (Michael Pare) finds shelter for the night within a lavish abandoned two-story house. He eventually discovers that he is not alone and the premises won’t let him leave. When you have a body […]
DVD Review – Gridiron UK (2016)
Gridiron UK, 2016. Directed by Gary Delaney Starring Michael Dixon, Rebecca Summers, Andrew Harwood Mills, Stephen Marcus, Paul Nicholas, Dorsey Levens, Anthony Quinlan, Giles Alderson, Annie Vanders and Mem Ferda. SYNOPSIS: It’s 1985… and in a country dominated by Soccer, Rugby, Cricket, and Fish n’ Chips, one man risks everything to play American Football. My […]
Movie Review – Kickboxer: Vengeance (2016)
Kickboxer: Vengeance, 2016. Directed by John Stockwell. Starring Jean Claude Van-Damme, Alain Moussi, Dave Bautista, Gina Carano, Georges St-Pierre, Sara Malakul Lane, Darren Shahlavi and Matthew Ziff. SYNOPSIS: When his brother is killed during a Muay Thai tournament, a martial artist heads to Thailand to seek revenge. Jean-Claude Van Damme made a name for himself in the late […]
Good Concept, Bad Delivery
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at when good concepts are badly executed… Occasionally you’ll see a film or a TV show and you wonder why they bothered at all. Everything goes wrong. Sometimes it starts from the very concept. In the case of remakes for example, you know right off the bat that some films […]
Movie Review – Blood Is Blood (2016)
Blood Is Blood, 2016. Written and Directed by Stuart Sauvarin. Starring Fiona Dourif, Daniel DiTomasso, Kate French, Andrew James Allen, Caitlin Harris, and Teni Panosian. SYNOPSIS: A young girl seeks revenge after an unexpected death, while the world around her unravels revealing horrifying secrets about her life and family. If you don’t have a lot of money to […]
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