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The Essential Man vs. AI Movies

August 5, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

AI technology is developing to astonishing levels and if you’ve seen any of these sci-fi films, you know it’s all going to go wrong…  Technology is great. Whoever invented the waffle iron is a genius. Video games keep us amused, even though I think that games peaked at 16-bit. When it comes to everyday functions, […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: 2001: A Space Odyssey, AI: Artificial Intelligence, Blade Runner, Metropolis, nemesis, Screamers, Superman III, Terminator, The Matrix, Upgrade

The Art of Ambiguity in Cinema

June 5, 2022 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at the finest in ambiguous cinema, and asks ‘how do you pull it off?’…  Often in the law books of screenwriting there’s a section which might tell the studious aspiring writer that a film must have clarity. Plot threads must lead to resolution. Each act and your central character arcs should be […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Andrei Tarkovsky, Burning, David Cronenberg, Eyes Wide Shut, Lee Chang-dong, Mirror, Point Break, Robert Eggers, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Stalker, Stanley Kubrick, videodrome

15 Great Cinematic Journeys

December 8, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe offers up 15 great cinematic journeys…  When it comes to cinema, the very best films will grab the audience and keep us gripped throughout the runtime. Every character goes on a particular journey that can be literal and/or metaphorical. Those literal epic journeys which might see hobbits on a quest to take a […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Aguirre the Wrath of God, badlands, Conan the Barbarian, Duel, king kong, Labyrinth, Paris Texas, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Saving Private Ryan, Sorcerer, Stalker, Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, The Lord of the Rings, The Straight Story

The Top 10 Rejected Film Scores

September 2, 2021 by Amie Cranswick

Hasitha Fernando on the top ten rejected film scores… Hans Zimmer once famously quipped that, ‘You haven’t made it as a film composer until you’ve had a film score rejected.’ Hollywood plays nasty like that. So much so that having a film score kicked to the curb, at least once in your career, has become […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Hasitha Fernando, Movies Tagged With: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Air Force One, Gangs of New York, Mission: Impossible, The 13th Warrior, The Exorcist, Timeline, torn curtain, Troy, What Dreams May Come

Ten Essential Time Travel Movies

February 15, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at ten essential time travel movies… There have been many ideas that have persistently fascinated cinema goers. It might be revenge, creatures, outer space or indeed time travel. The idea of travelling forward or backward through time, whether it becomes physically realised or not has been a perpetual source of inspiration for […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Essential..., Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Ghost Story, Anti Matter, Groundhog Day, Looper, Predestination, Primer, Stalker, The Terminator, The Time Machine, Timecop

The Joy of a Loving 4K Restoration

February 13, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe on the joy of a loving 4K restoration… In cinema, there’s a progressive fascination with new fangled technology. With every passing year, new tech and new kit is released leaving those with a technological fascination slobbering in anticipation. If you’re a filmmaker with any passing eye upon breaking Netflix you know that the […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Physical Media, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Andrei Tarkovsky, Dario Argento, In the Mood for Love, Mirror, Stanley Kubrick, Suspiria, Wong Kar Wai

Cinema’s Groundbreakers – Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey

August 9, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks back at the groundbreaking sci-fi masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey… There have been some key films in sci-fi cinema throughout the years. Certain films have been genre defining, or redefining. It began with Fritz Lang’s visionary masterpiece Metropolis (also a groundbreaking film), which astonished with its visual imagination and dystopian story-line. The […]

Filed Under: Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick

A Lasting Final Shot

June 3, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at the power a film’s final shot can have… There are many aspects that will make a piece of cinema stay long in your mind. You give yourself over to a film sometimes. It sweeps you away. Moments leave particularly strong and inedible impressions. One thing that many films will strive for […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner, Heat, Ivan's Childhood, No Country for Old Men, Psycho, Rocky, Runaway Train, Stalker, Taxi Driver, The Breakfast Club, The Conversation, The Godfather, The Shining, The Terminator, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Withnail and I

A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon sci-fi movie parody posters released

September 30, 2019 by Amie Cranswick

With its release less than three weeks away, StrudioCanal has released four parody posters for the Aardman’s new animated sci-fi comedy adventure A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon which pay homage to Gravity, Signs, Under the Skin and 2001: A Space Odyssey; take a look here… When the intergalactic visitor – an impish and adorable […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News Tagged With: 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Gravity, Shaun the Sheep, Signs, Under the Skin

Funko’s New York Comic Con exclusive movie-themed collectibles revealed

September 10, 2019 by Amie Cranswick

Funko’s New York Comic-Con 2019 exclusive movie themed collectibles have been unveiled and includes Pop! vinyl figures for Bluntman and Chronic from Kevin Smith’s View Askewniverse, Marty McFly from Back to the Future, Killer Klown from the 1988 cult classic Killer Klowns from Outerspace, Feyd Rautha from Dune, Dr. Frank Poole from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Toys Tagged With: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Back to the Future, Dune, Funko, Harry Potter, Kevin Smith, Killer Klowns from Outerspace, New York Comic-Con, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, The Warriors

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