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Anti-Revenge Cinema

April 1, 2022 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe on when vengeance on screen is shown as futile… It’s a dish best served cold. Cinema has long held a fascination with revenge. As a sub-genre, the revenge picture still carries plenty of market appeal. Many actors over the decades, particularly cinematic tough guys, have made careers in dishing out vengeance. For the […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: American History X, Blue Ruin, I Saw the Devil, Invasion USA, Riders of Justice, The Vengeance Trilogy

Films That Leave You Speechless

August 1, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe on films that leave you speechless… Spoilers ahead. Cinema can enthral, entertain, amuse, and terrify. You finish a film and you ordinarily have an idea of your feelings on it, or said film will help you wind down with a denouement before the credits roll. Sometimes though, a film finishes and you’re left […]

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Four Director’s Cuts We’d Like To See

June 1, 2020 by Anghus Houvouras

Following on from the news that Zack Snyder’s Justice League is coming to HBO Max in 2021, Anghus Houvouras picks four director’s cuts he’d like to see… The idea of a Director’s Cut or ‘Extended Cut’ isn’t necessarily new. There was a time when letting the director back into the editing booth to take another […]

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It’s Chinatown Jake: The Joys of the Unhappy Ending

January 4, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at the unhappy ending, and why they often have a more lasting impact (spoilers abound!)… Cinema has the power to move us. It can be an escape. The overriding formula has historically involved a happy resolution, because lets face it, after journeying through the crisis that the protagonist finds himself in, it […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: American History X, Chinatown, No Country for Old Men, Shutter Island, The Killing, Withnail & I

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