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Ten Underrated Movies From 1988 That Deserve More Love

December 9, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe ventures back to 1988 to look at ten underrated movies which deserve more love… It’s 2023 and that means that the cinematic year of 1988, stuffed with some classics and cult favourites like Beetlejuice (Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!) and Die Hard, was 35 years ago. Pick yourself up off the floor and shake the shock […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Amsterdamned, As Tears Go By, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Frantic, Maniac Cop, Midnight Run, Miracle Mile, red heat, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Great Outdoors, The Lair of the White Worm, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Serpent and the Rainbow, They Live, Vice Versa, Waxwork, Young Einstein

Regina Hall to lead Midnight Run sequel, Robert De Niro producing

November 12, 2021 by Gary Collinson

Deadline is reporting that Regina Hall (Girls Trip) is set to star in a sequel to Universal’s cult 1988 comedy Midnight Run, as well as producing the film alongside original star Robert De Niro. The new film is being written by Aeysha Carr (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), with Jesse Collins (American Soul) producing, and will serve as […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Midnight Run, midnight run 2, Regina Hall, Robert De Niro

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 […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: 48 Hours, Dark Angel, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Last Boy Scout, Lethal Weapon, Midnight Run, Planes Trains and Automobiles, See No Evil Hear No Evil, Tango and Cash, White Men Can't Jump

Blu-ray Review – Midnight Run: Collector’s Edition (1988)

August 23, 2016 by Brad Cook

Midnight Run, 1988. Directed by Martin Brest. Starring Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Dennis Farina and Joe Pantoliano. SYNOPSIS: Midnight Run arrives on Blu-ray in the US in a new Collector’s Edition from Shout! Factory that includes a new interview with Robert De Niro along with the interviews that were part […]

Filed Under: Brad Cook, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Charles Grodin, Dennis Farina, Joe Pantoliano, John Ashton, martin brest, Midnight Run, Robert De Niro, Wally Wingert, Yaphet Kotto

Blu-ray Review – Midnight Run (1988)

April 20, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Midnight Run, 1988. Directed by Martin Brest. Starring Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Dennis Farina, Joe Pantoliano, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Wendy Phillips and Philip Baker Hall. SYNOPSIS: Ex-cop-turned-bounty-hunter Robert De Niro has to escort a bail-jumpig Charles Grodin across the country with the FBI, a rival bounty hunter and the mob on their trail. […]

Filed Under: Chris Ward, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Charles Grodin, Dennis Farina, Joe Pantoliano, John Ashton, martin brest, Midnight Run, Philip Baker Hall, Robert De Niro, Wendy Phillips, Yaphet Kotto

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