Tom Jolliffe on the 1970s and why it is the best era in cinema history… There will always be a great deal of debate about the best era for cinema. For my two cents I’ll say with a great deal of assurance that the best period in cinema history was the 1970’s. There was most […]
Industry analysts give HBO Max launch a C+, call it an “opportunity lost”
With only a few days under its belt, it seems like HBO Max has not made everyone happy just yet. The head analysts from the independent media and communications research company MoffettNathanson have released their rating for its first day, and it’s not too kind at all. In their report, Michael Nathanson and Craig Moffett […]
James Cameron and Jon Landau arrive in New Zealand to restart Avatar 2 production
James Cameron and his Avatar 2 producer Jon Landau have returned to New Zealand ahead of an expected restart of production on the follow-up to the 2009 blockbuster. The pair were among the npassengers onboard a chartered Air New Zealand plane, which departed on Friday night on for a 13-hour flight from LAX to Wellington. […]
Movie Review – Becky (2020)
Becky, 2020 Directed by Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion. Starring Lulu Wilson, Joel McHale, Kevin James, Amanda Brugel, Robert Maillet, and Ryan McDonald. SYNOPSIS: A teenager’s weekend at a lake house with her father takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts wreaks havoc on their lives. Bearded and inked up in […]
Extreme Cinema – Maniac (1980)
Maniac, 1980. Directed by William Lustig. Starring Joe Spinell, Caroline Munro, Abigail Clayton, Kelly Piper, and Tom Savini. SYNOPSIS: An unhinged man on the streets of New York City kills and scalps young women. Maniac is a peculiar breed of horror film – it doesn’t set out to scare, but instead attempts to unsettle. It […]
Goosebumps: Dead of Night coming to PC and consoles this summer
Sony Pictures, developer Cosmic Forces and leading children’s book publisher Scholastic have revealed their spooky first-person survival horror game Goosebumps: Dead of Night. The game is scheduled to release this summer on Xbox One, Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch and PC. A new trailer for the upcoming game can be seen below…. Inspired by the film […]
Le Tigre: The Dolph Lundgren/Andrzej Zulawski Film That Never Was
Tom Jolliffe looks back at Le Tigre. A film that never was with the strange combination of Dolph Lundgren and director Andrzej Zulawski… Cinema is absolutely loaded with films that came tantalisingly close to seeing the light of day before falling at the final hurdle. Even this year will bring us a new Bond film, […]
Conan the Barbarian: An underrated work of art which ushered in a decade of imitators
Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at Conan The Barbarian, often overlooked for its artistic merits… There were a number of archetypal films which became popular during the 80’s. Some fads lasted longer than others, whilst some died out. The success of First Blood (but more-so Part 2) would usher in a stream of one […]
The Dark Universe That Never Was: A Short History of Universal’s Failed Monster Franchise
EJ Moreno on the short history of Universal’s Dark Universe… Join our host EJ Moreno as he ventures back to 2017 to figure out what happened to the Dark Universe. Universal Pictures had a short-lived plan to create a cinematic universe, a la the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it didn’t last more than a year. […]
Movie Review – To the Stars (2019)
To the Stars, 2019. Directed by Martha Stephens.Starring Kara Hayward, Liana Liberato, Shea Wigham, Malin Akerman, Tony Hale, Adelaide Clemens, Jordana Spiro, Lucas Jade Zumann, Tina Parker, Madisen Beaty, Lauren Ashley Stephenson and Sophi Bairley. SYNOPSIS: Under small town scrutiny, a withdrawn farmer’s daughter forges an intimate friendship with a worldly but reckless new girl […]
