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The Essential 80s Action Movies

May 2, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

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 […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Above the Law, Armour of God, Bloodsport, Commando, Death Wish 3, Die Hard, Invasion USA, Lethal Weapon, Police Assassins, Rambo: First Blood Part II, red scorpion, Road House, The Killer, Yes Madam

An Action Christmas: Ten Action Movies Set At Christmas

December 25, 2022 by Tom Jolliffe

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 […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Christmas Rush, Cobra, Dark Angel, Die Hard, Die Hard 2, Invasion USA, Lethal Weapon, Project Shadowchaser II, Riot, the long kiss goodnight

The Maestros of 80s Action Movie Music

October 1, 2022 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at a golden period in action movie scores and some of the maestros who composed them… What is the golden age of action movies? This is of course a rhetorical question. It’s undoubtedly the 1980s. A time of such unique flair and style. Big, bold, brash, silly, sometimes ironic. It was a […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: 48 Hours, Alan Silvestri, Basil Poledouris, Beverly Hills Cop, Bill Conti, Commando, Die Hard, First Blood, Harold Faltermeyer, Highlander, James Horner, jerry goldsmith, john carpenter, Lethal Weapon, Masters of the Universe, Michael Kamen, Predator, RoboCop, Top Gun, Total Recall

Mel Gibson hopes to shoot Lethal Weapon 5 in early 2023

September 26, 2022 by Gary Collinson

Although last year’s passing of legendary filmmaker Richard Donner seemed to put an end to any hopes of a Lethal Finale, Mel Gibson announced back in November that he’d be stepping in for his friend and colleague as director on the long-planned Lethal Weapon 5. Things may have fallen quiet since then, but Gibson has […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Danny Glover, Lethal Weapon, Lethal Weapon 5, Mel Gibson, Richard Donner

Mel Gibson announces that he will direct Lethal Weapon 5

November 15, 2021 by Matt Rodgers

Of the many terrible things to happen over the last couple of years, losing Legendary American filmmaker Richard Donner was a particularly sad blow for film fans around the world, with The Goonies and Superman director announcing earlier in 2021 that he still intended to direct the long-gestating fourth-sequel to his Lethal Weapon franchise. Well, […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: Danny Glover, Lethal Weapon, Lethal Weapon 5, Mel Gibson, Richard Donner

Richard Donner’s massive contribution to my love of cinema

July 6, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks back at the late Richard Donner’s career and pays tribute to a director who made millions fall in love with cinema… You’ll believe a man can fly! It was the promise which preceded the release of Superman, the first major movie adaptation of a comic book character. This was a key moment. […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: 16 Blocks, Assassins, Ladyhawke, Lethal Weapon, Maverick, Richard Donner, Scrooged, Superman, The Goonies, the omen

Looking Back at the Lethal Weapon Franchise

March 6, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

With reports of the long awaited fifth instalment still appearing regularly, Tom Jolliffe looks back at the iconic action franchise on the 34th anniversary of the first movie… As an 80’s kid, the end of the decade and into the 90’s saw two action franchises become particularly prevalent among my video collection. I’d not be […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Chris Rock, Danny Glover, Jet Li, Joe Pesci, Lethal Weapon, Lethal Weapon 2, Lethal Weapon 3, lethal weapon 4, Lethal Weapon 5, Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Richard Donner, shane black

Richard Donner confirms he plans to direct Lethal Weapon 5

January 3, 2021 by Gary Collinson

Fore a moment back in 2017, it appeared that the long-rumoured Lethal Weapon 5 was about to become a reality, with stars Mel Gibson and Danny Glover both on board to join director Richard Donner for Lethal Finale. Things soon fell silent however with progress seemingly stalling, only for Gibson to reveal last month that […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Danny Glover, lethal finale, Lethal Weapon, Mel Gibson, Richard Donner

Mel Gibson says Lethal Weapon 5 is “absolutely” happening

November 21, 2020 by Gary Collinson

Almost twenty years on from the release of Lethal Weapon 4, it was revealed back in 2017 that director Richard Donner and stars Mel Gibson and Danny Glover were looking to get back together for a fifth outing in the buddy cop franchise. There’s been little in the way of news since the initial announcement, […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Danny Glover, Lethal Weapon, Lethal Weapon 5, Mel Gibson, Richard Donner

Ten Essential Buddy Films

August 1, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe offers up ten essential buddy films… Reluctant partners, thrust together. Chalk and cheese, a differing approach to attaining the end goal, or perhaps sometimes from opposite sides of the law. The buddy film genre has been popular for decades. Some writer/directors in fact have a real association with it (see later). It’s a […]

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