No good sci-fi movie is complete without an awe-inspiring musical score to elevate the on-screen visuals; here are fourteen of the best… A great music score can take the visual landscape of a film and add a whole other dimension to help transport the viewer. For genre movies, an effective score is essential in embellishing […]
10 Great Cult 80s Movies You Need To See
Tom Jolliffe with ten great cult 1980s movies you need to see… The cult film. From the obscure gems with an undying loyalty from their small following, to the mass cults who followed Star Wars back in the 80s. Sometimes a film just strikes a chord and has a certain unique charm or imperfect quality […]
Ten Underrated Movies From 1988 That Deserve More Love
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 […]
Perfect Non-Horror Movies for Halloween Viewing
We take a look at some non-horror films that will still creep you out, disturb you or deliver a nightmarish scenario… It’s almost Halloween and so the perfect time to dive into some horror. The genre sees a perfect boost during Halloween season but a film doesn’t need to belong to the horror genre to […]
It Happened One Night: The Essential Single Night Movies
There’s misadventures from dusk ’til dawn as Tom Jolliffe presents ten essential one night movies… The humble night odyssey. A protagonist finds them self on a dusk ’til dawn journey or quest. There have been plenty of films over the years which have taken place in a very contained period of time. We’ve seen a […]
Seven Essential Films Scored By Tangerine Dream
Tom Jolliffe looks at seven essential films, and their music from Tangerine Dream… In recent cinematic history there has been a nostalgia loaded fascination with synth scores. The kind of music that was popular through the late 70’s and 80’s, would begin to find itself increasingly used in film. After all, a few solo artists […]
Blu-ray Review – Miracle Mile (1988)
Miracle Mile, 1988. Directed by Steve De Jarnatt. Starring Anthony Edwards, Mare Winningham, Denise Crosby, John Agar, Lou Hancock, Mykelti Williamson, and Kurt Fuller. SYNOPSIS: After answering a pay phone at four in the morning and hearing a message warning of all-out nuclear war, a young man must find his new love and try and […]
