Tom Jolliffe with his picks of the essential 1980s action movies… Cheesy, excessive, over the top and funny. Something about the 1980s action movie marks it as the most extravagant, bold and explosive era of the genre. The 90s infused MTV stylistics into the genre and certainly went for a flashier style of shooting and […]
The Best and Worst Christmas Movie Presents
Christmas is a time for giving. Some presents are great, some are terrible, and we’ve seen plenty of both in Christmas movies… It’s the season of goodwill and sharing festive cheer (and beer) with friends and family. Big Red dumps his goods down the chimney and kids across the land open their presents in baited […]
An Action Christmas: Ten Action Movies Set At Christmas
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 […]
Die Hard on a Shoestring: The Low Budget Die Hard Clones
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 – […]
7 Essential Christmas Action Movies
Coinciding with the release of Red One, Casey Chong presents a selection of festive-themed action films… Christmas is traditionally a season of spreading joy and getting together with family, friends and loved ones. Not to mention watching movies from something funny to heartfelt and inspiring to get into the yuletide spirit. Holiday classics like It’s […]
The Ultimate Christmas Movie Douchebags
Tis the season to be jolly but it’s also the season to be a douchebag, if some of these iconic Christmas movie douches are anything to go by… We’ve all known a steaming douchebag in our time. It could be someone with an ego that melds perfectly with a shit-eating grin, or someone who takes […]
Iconic Characters Who Deserve Their Own Christmas Movie
Tom Jolliffe places some iconic characters into the festive chaos of the Christmas movie… It’s Christmas. You might already be fed up with the never-ending barrage of Christmas songs, the neighbours who have had their lights going since they threw out their pumpkins, and the barrage of Christmas movies. Are there too many? Maybe. So […]
Flickering Myth’s Christmas Movie Guide
Chris Gelderd presents Flickering Myth’s Christmas Movie Guide… It’s that time of year already. Stuck for something to watch to get you in the festive spirit, or do you need to kill time with the family? Look no further than our selection of top ten Christmas films that will guarantee to leave you feeling (mostly) […]
When Movie Artwork Was Great
Tom Jolliffe looks at the peak of movie artwork (and subsequent decline)… Movie making is a long drawn out process. From those first scrawled notes that slowly evolve into script, to the preparation, production and post, so many elements combine to deliver a final product. Then you have the small matter of selling said film. […]
10 Incredibly Influential Action Movies
We look at ten of the most influential action movies ever made… The action genre excites and entertains like no other and it’s fair to say that the lasting appeal shows that audiences have long held the desire for escapism. Whether it’s Western shootouts at high noon, kung fu battles in the streets of Hong […]
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