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The Essential Joe Dante Movies

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We take a look at the essential works of the vastly underrated Joe Dante…  Some directors are rightly heralded as part of the grand pantheon of legendary directors. Thinking of Steven Spielberg immediately brings to mind an array of iconic masterpieces, not least some of his trailblazing films in the blockbuster realm.  Arriving in the […]

An Action Christmas: Ten Action Movies Set At Christmas

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Tom Jolliffe offers up ten action films set at Christmas… It’s time to pull your cracker and polish your baubles. Yep, Christmas is upon us. This means a festive period with a watch list of decidedly Christmassy films. By law we’ll all be watching Home Alone, The Snowman and It’s a Wonderful Life. Christmas is […]

10 Essential Noir Films for Noirvember

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Tom Jolliffe offers up ten essential noir films in celebration of Noirvember… We’re into November, also known in some select cinephile circles as Noirvember. In celebration of the film noir genre as well as Neo-noir which evolved some of the classic staples in more contemporary styles, here is a selection of essential noir films. It’s […]

How Roger Corman Changed Cinema

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After the sad news that Roger Corman has passed away, we look at his legacy and how he changed cinema… Roger Corman leaves behind an imperious résumé, with over 500 credits. Most prolific as a producer, Corman was also a director who made some incredible films (most notably his Edgar Allan Poe adaptations) and even […]

Noirvember: The Straight-to-Video Selection

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Tom Jolliffe takes us into Noirvember with a selection of straight to video noir films… Dark tales of murder, intrigue, adultery, crime, punishment, femme fatales and lots of ominous dark shadow. Film noir and in more recent cinema history, neo-noir, have offered up an array of moody gems. Noir has infused so much of the […]

10 Great Movies To Watch in November

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It’s the void between Halloween and Christmas, but here are 10 great movies set in November that you need to see… You’re just getting over your Halloween candy waist expansion and the jingle of jingle bells is just around the corner too. Michael Myers has been packed away for another year and Mariah Carey and […]

Five More Sylvester Stallone Movies That Need a Sequel After Cliffhanger

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With Sly returning as Gabe Walker in a Cliffhanger sequel, we look at five other Sylvester Stallone films that need a sequel… Sylvester Stallone is going to hit the mountains in a surprising and long awaited sequel to Cliffhanger with filming having been set for summer 2024. The Die Hard in the Snowy Mountains hit […]

Die Hard on a Shoestring: The Low Budget Die Hard Clones

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As the festive season approaches and Die Hard becomes mandatory viewing, we take a look at some low budget clones… It may not have been the first of its kind, but when Die Hard came out, from the moment Bruce Willis entered the Nakatomi plaza, a new sub-genre all of its own was launched – […]

10 Alien Franchise Rip-Offs That Are Worth A Watch

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With Alien: Romulus currently terrorising audiences, here are ten Alien knock-offs to watch if you love the franchise…  The Alien franchise is a pretty eclectic mix, made up of distinct stabs at effectively the same concept repeated. A group of largely disposable humans are hunted and picked off by a fearsome alien creature (or multiple). […]

Movie Review – The Bouncer (2024)

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The Bouncer, 2024. Directed by Massimiliano Cerchi. Starring John Ozuna, Costas Mandylor, Rosmary Yaneva, Vincent Rivera, Nick Turturro, Gerald Okamura and Tayah Kansik. SYNOPSIS: In Romania, fugitive Frank Sharp takes a job as a bouncer. Saving a woman from abuse, he discovers she’s trafficked. They escape together but are relentlessly hunted. Opening with Frank Sharp (John […]