Tom Jolliffe looks at some of the best musical scores from Cannon Films’ oeuvre… A good film score can elevate the picture and manipulate the viewer. It can illicit excitement, fear, intrigue, melancholy and more. It’s not uncommon for a film score to become just as legendary an aspect of a particular film as anything […]
The Maestros of 80s Action Movie Music
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 […]
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. […]
Cannon Films and the Masters of the Universe
Tom Jolliffe looks back at one of Cannon Films’ most iconic movies, Masters of the Universe… 35 years ago, Cannon Films unleashed upon the world a movie adaptation of a long-running kids cartoon and toy line with the release of Masters of the Universe. In the modern era, such a weighty IP and pop culture […]
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe season 3 trailer teases the conclusion of the Netflix series
During the Masters of the Universe 40th anniversary panel at Sna Diego Comic-Con International yesterday, a trailer was released for the third and final season of Netflix’s CG-animated reboot of the classic 80s series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe ahead of its premiere on the streamer next month. Check out the trailer below […]
Kevin Smith’s Masters of the Universe: Revolution gets a first teaser poster and synopsis
Coming in hot off the back of an exceptionally well-received trailer, Kevin Smith’s Masters of the Universe: Revelation premiered to uproar last year, with the the Netflix series (and the first half in particular) dividing a fan-base to levels not seen since Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Despite the controversy, the show was a huge […]
She-Ra’s Hordak joins Iron Studios’ Masters of the Universe Battle Diorama line
Sideshow has released promotional images for Iron Studios’ tenth scale limited edition Hordak and Imp statue from the Masters of the Universe Battle Diorama series line. The collectible is available to pre-order now, priced at $160; check it out here… Sideshow and Iron Studios are proud to announce the latest from the Battle Diorama Series […]
Amazon’s live-action She-Ra series enlists Watchmen director Nicole Kassell
Back in September of last year it was announced that Amazon plans to bring the world of Etheria to life with a live-action She-Ra series, and now comes word that the project has set its director. As revealed by Variety, Nicole Kassell is set to direct and executive produce the pilot episode of She-Ra, should […]
The Greatest 80s Fantasy Film Scores
Tom Jolliffe looks at back a great selection of 80’s fantasy film scores… The 80’s was a grand age for fantasy films. Swords, sorcery, wizards, witches, warriors and battles of good versus evil. Some films were great. Others in the well fed genre were not so great, but back then, many still went all out […]
A Cannon Films Double from ’87: Masters of the Universe and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Tom Jolliffe ventures back to 1987 to look at two films which promised big things from Cannon Films, but would be the beginning of the end for the company… Oh to be six again. Life was much simpler. TV shows were better, films were better, music was better. I didn’t have to pay any bills […]
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