Tom Jolliffe looks at the current monopolisation of cinemas from Hollywood tentpoles, and whether timeless classics are at risk of being forgotten… The debate has raged throughout the last half year. Martin Scorsese was at the forefront. Cinemas are being overrun with Theme park rides. The cultural, dramatic and thematic impact with some of these are […]
Movie Review – Uncut Gems (2019)
Uncut Gems, 2019. Directed by Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie. Starring Adam Sandler, Julia Fox, Lakeith Stanfield, Kevin Garnett, Idina Menzel, Eric Bogosian, Jonathan Aranbayev, Mike Francesa, Jacob Igielski, Noa Fisher, Paloma Elsesser, Judd Hirsch, Benjy Kleiner, Josh Ostrovsky, Sahar Bibiyan, Lana Levitin, Keith Williams Richards, Pom Klementieff, The Weeknd, Trinidad James, Tilda Swinton, and […]
2019 in Review: Revisiting cinema’s biggest releases, news and talking points
Tom Jolliffe looks back at 2019 in film… Whilst we all come to terms with deleting and retyping 19 as 20 on documents, letters, invoices etc, lets make time to look back at 2019 and further confuse matters. As a year of cinema, 2019 has been interesting and with a usual mix of pop culture […]
Martin Scorsese says he almost quit making films during The Aviator
Martin Scorsese has claimed he almost quit making movies during 2004’s The Aviator, which was his second collaboration with Leonardo DiCaprio. In a recent interview with The New York Times, the 77-year old filmmaker said he almost walked away from the industry during the post-production phase of The Aviator. “The last two weeks of editing […]
Martin Scorsese is in absolutely no rush to watch Joker
With The Irishman receiving critical raves and Netflix plays, it appears that all anyone wants to ask director Martin Scorsese is about his favourite genre of ‘cinema’ – the comic book movie. So when he was asked about a film he was once attached to produce, and one that stars his Irishman headliner, Robert De […]
Scorsese’s The Irishman scores over 26 million views in its first week
It may have been a risky proposition with a budget reportedly in excess of $175 million, but Netflix’s gamble on Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman certainly seems to have paid off with near-unanimous praise from critics, and plenty of awards buzz including five nominations at the Golden Globes. The Irishman also appears to have been a […]
How the woke self-righteous ‘protectors’ Anna Paquin never asked for undermine her performance in The Irishman
Tom Jolliffe looks at the controversy surrounding Anna Paquin’s role in The Irishman… As we sit here in an age where voicing an opinion is so simple, we have also witnessed the rise in the self-righteous keyboard warrior, who stands heroically in front of the oppressed (even if said oppressed never asked for it). In […]
Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon to start shooting in March
Martin Scorsese is set to follow up The Irishman with another of his long-gestating projects, reuniting with his two frequent collaborators Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro for Killers of the Flower Moon, and now we have word that the project is set to begin filming in March 2020. Based on David Grann’s bestselling book, […]
Great Directors and Their Forgotten Gems
Tom Jolliffe looks at the forgotten gems that most great directors have… If you think of many great directors you cast your mind to their career highlights. Those iconic films. Many of these directors become largely defined by one or two films in particular (sometimes more). Additionally occasionally you might also remember those films that […]
Movie Review – The Irishman (2019)
The Irishman. 2019 Directed by Martin Scorsese Starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Bobby Cannavale, Ray Romano, Stephen Graham, Kathrine Narducci, J.C. MacKenzie, Craig Vincent, Anna Paquin, Gary Basaraba, Jesse Plemons, Jack Huston, Domenick Lombardozzi, India Ennenga, Joseph Russo, John Cenatiempo, Larry Romano, Sebastian Maniscalco, Rebecca Faulkenberry, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Jeremy Luke, Natasha Romanova, […]