Tom Jolliffe travels back in time 20 years to 1999 to look over the cinematic landscape… The millennium suddenly draws in. The century is in its final year. Cinema has a pre-occupation with apocalypse and disorder, chaos, among other things. It’s 1999. 20 years ago. That’s pretty frightening, but regardless, hold my hand, lets go […]
The Disturbed Outsider: A Cinematic Pathway Leading to Joker
In the wake of Joker’s success, Tom Jolliffe looks at similar cinematic examples of the disturbed outsider… With a quarter billion in takings and counting, as well as divisive reviews, media attention up the wazoo, and a status (particularly among the 18-30 viewers) as a cinematic masterpiece, Joker’s depiction of disturbed isolation and disconnect from […]
Chuck Palahniuk teams with Dark Horse for Fight Club 3
Bestselling novelist Chuck Palahniuk is teaming with Eisner Award winning artist Cameron Stewart, letterer Nate Piekos, colorist Dave McCaig and acclaimed cover artist David Mack to continue the story of Tyler Durden in the 12-part comic book maxi-series Fight Club 3. In the 12 part monthly comic book maxi series FIGHT CLUB 3, Marla Singer […]
Mondo announces Fight Club: The Home Game
Mondo has announced the upcoming release of Fight Club: The Home Game, a two-player competitive deck-building card game where you choose to embody one side of a split personality competing for control of a single mind. Take on the role of either The Narrator or Tyler Durden as you play a game of tug of war […]
The Merc with a Mouth photobombs Fox Blu-ray covers to celebrate Deadpool 2 release
In celebration of the release of Deadpool 2, Walmart is offering an exclusive line of limited edition Blu-rays with their covers “photobombed” by the Merc with a Mouth. On offer are sixteen different Fox titles in Logan, My Cousin Vinny, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, Edward Scissorhands, War for the Planet of the Apes, […]
The Essential Jared Leto Films
Tom Jolliffe looks at the essential Jared Leto films… Concluding our build up to Blade Runner 2049 with a series of essentials on the principal cast, we finish with Jared Leto. A musician/actor who seems to have been around for a while now, ageless and when perusing his CV you will find that he’s not […]
How many movies have you watched more than once?
Anghus Houvouras on multiple viewings… How many movies have you watched more than once? I’m sure there are a lot of you out there that have those ‘go to’ movies. Classics that you can pop in from time to time because no matter how many times you’ve seen them they are able to infinitely entertain […]
WATCH: Restore your love in movies, here’s short film ‘100 Years/100 Shots’
Filmmaker and self-pronounced cinephile Jacob T. Swinney has a new video essay called 100 Years/100 Shots. The title’s pretty self-explanatory. It’s about the history of Tequila in the 21st century. Swinney has chosen his most memorable shot from each year in the last 100 and placed them next to each other in chronological sequence. Not only does it […]
UPDATE: New look at Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club 2 comic book
Last week we got our first look at writer Chuck Palahniuk’s upcoming comic book sequel to his 1996 novel Fight Club, and now Rolling Stone has posted some additional artwork, which you can see here… According to the site, “Fight Club 2 picks up a decade after the events of the first book, and finds […]
The Best Year for Blockbusters: 1999
Anghus Houvouras with a discussion on which year had the best blockbusters. First up, 1999…. The Case for: The Matrix Fight Club The Sixth Sense American Pie Galaxy Quest Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut Bowfinger The Blair Witch Project Deep Blue Sea The Case Against: Star Wars […]