Tom Jolliffe dissects Predator with ten reasons why it’s one of the greatest movies of the 1980s… At 35, Predator remains a timeless classic. Its lithe simplicity and iconic imagery have given it a lasting legacy. It launched a franchise which has never come close to matching the expert delivery and tense thrills of the […]
Blu-ray Review – In Search of Tomorrow (2022)
In Search of Tomorrow, 2022. Directed by David A. Weiner. Starring Lance Guest, Clancy Brown, Sean Young, Wil Wheaton, Catherine Mary Stewart, John Carpenter, Adrienne Barbeau, Paul Verhoeven, Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Kurtwood Smith, Jenette Goldstein, Joe Dante, Carrie Henn, Bruce Boxleitner, Shane Black, Dee Wallace, Mark Rolston, Barry Bostwick, Ivan Reitman, Billy Dee Williams, […]
Revisiting Deep Cover at 30
Tom Jolliffe looks back at the Bill Duke-directed Deep Cover at 30… The year is 1992. A second revolution in black cinema was already underway after Spike Lee’s fresh and inventive hits like Do The Right Thing and She’s Gotta Have It had broken open doorways. That first wave in the 70s, with a boom […]
Movie Review – No Sudden Move (2021)
No Sudden Move, 2021. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Starring Don Cheadle, Benicio del Toro, David Harbour, Ray Liotta, Jon Hamm, Brendan Fraser, Kieran Culkin, Amy Seimetz, Julia Fox, Frankie Shaw, Noah Jupe, Matt Damon, Bill Duke, Craig muMs Grant, Byron Bowers, Hugh Maguire, Claudia Russell, Javon Anderson, Lauren LaStrada, Lauren Rys Martin, Lucy Holt, Tina […]
Commando at 35: Revisiting the Arnold Schwarzenegger Action Classic
Tom Jolliffe revisits the Schwarzenegger classic Commando, which recently turned 35… It pains me to think a seminal film from my childhood has now turned 35. I probably first saw Commando some 30(ish) years ago. That would make me? Urgh, like the old Knight Harrison Ford stumbles on in The Last Crusade probably. Or at […]
Steven Soderbergh assembles all-star cast for No Sudden Move
Warner Bros. and HBO Max have officially announced the start of production on No Sudden Move, the latest project from Oscar and Emmy-winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh. Set in 1955 Detroit, No Sudden Move centers on a group of small-time criminals who are hired to steal what they think is a simple document. When their plan […]
October Horrors 2019 Day 31 – Mandy (2018)
Mandy, 2018. Directed by Panos Cosmatos. Starring Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache, Bill Duke, and Richard Brake. SYNOPSIS: The happy lives of Red and his girlfriend Mandy are ruined by the arrival of a sinister cult leader and his deranged minions, forcing Red into a surreal and increasingly bloody quest for revenge. HAPPY HALLOWEEN […]
Movie Review – High Flying Bird (2019)
High Flying Bird, 2019. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Starring Andre Holland, Zazie Beetz, Melvin Gregg, Sonja Sohn, Zachary Quinto, Glenn Fleshler, Jeryl Prescott, Justin Hurtt-Dunkley, Caleb McLaughlin, Bobbi Bordley, Kyle MacLachlan and Bill Duke. SYNOPSIS: A sports agent pitches a rookie basketball client on an intriguing and controversial business opportunity during a lockout. Less than a year […]
Steven Soderbergh’s High Flying Bird gets a trailer and poster
Netflix has released a poster and trailer for the upcoming drama High Flying Bird ahead of its arrival on the streaming service next month. Directed by Steven Soderbergh (Logan Lucky) and written by Tarell Alvin McCraney (Moonlight), the film features a cast that includes Andre Holland, Zazie Beetz, Melvin Gregg, Sonja Sohn, Zachary Quinto, Kyle MacLachlan, Bill […]
Movie Review – Mandy (2018)
Mandy, 2018. Directed by Panos Cosmatos. Starring Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache, Bill Duke, Ned Dennehy, Clément Baronnet, Line Pillet, Olwen Fouéré, and Richard Brake. SYNOPSIS: Mandy is set in the primal wilderness of 1983 where Red Miller, a broken and haunted man hunts an unhinged religious sect who slaughtered the love of his life. […]
