Tom Jolliffe ponders what will get you back to cinemas, and what he will be triumphantly returning for… Cinema has taken a hell of a beating in the last year. Early signs of recovery have been promising in the US, as studios cope with readjusted expectations, and attempt to build a new model that may […]
The Blockbuster Running Time Debate
Tom Jolliffe looks at the trend of excessive running times in blockbuster movies… You make your way to the cinema, you’re bang on time. Then the movie starts right? Nope. 20 minutes of trailers, adverts and P.S.As about turning your phone off, which half the audience misses, because they’re looking at their phone. Finally the […]
Modern Mainstream Film: Passable and Disposable?
Tom Jolliffe looks at modern mainstream cinema. Is it being led by disposable content over long-standing legacy? The pace at which the world evolves can be frightening sometimes. You blink, suddenly you look around and you’re 40, you’ve got a house, wife, kid and you make groaning noises when you bend down to pick something […]
Lea Seydoux teases possible Madeleine Swann return in the next James Bond
Having become the first Bond Girl since Sylvia Trench to return for a second movie, actress Lea Seydoux has been discussing the possibility of her character Dr. Madelieine Swann making her return to the James Bond universe, despite the rather definitive ending to the Daniel Craig era of 007 in last year’s No Time To […]
Danny Boyle says James Bond producers lost confidence in his Russia-based 007 movie
No Time to Die’s journey to the big-screen was a long, arduous, pandemic delayed one, but it’s easy to forget that even before all that Daniel Craig’s swansong was already subject to upheaval when Danny Boyle exited the project due to creative differences with producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson. Now the Trainspotting director […]
Paul Verhoeven is disappointed that Bond ditched sex in No Time to Die
While No Time To Die marked the end of Daniel Craig’s time as 007, it also signalled a new direction for the long-running spy series as Eon looked to modernise the character and his approach towards the opposite sex. However, it seems the decision to do away with one of the franchise’s hallmarks – James […]
Spider-Man: No Way Home lands three Critics Choice Super Awards, Dune & No Time To Die tie at two
Spider-Man: No Way Home led the film winners this year, garnering three awards overall. The film was awarded Best Superhero Movie, while Andrew Garfield took the prize for Best Actor in a Superhero Movie, and Willem Dafoe won Best Villain in a Movie. On the horror side of things, A Quiet Place Part II made […]
Francis Ford Coppola says Marvel is “one prototype movie made over and over and over and over and over again”
One of the first directors to speak out in support of Martin Scorsese’s “not cinema” comments regarding Marvel Studios was that of fellow filmmaking legend Francis Ford Coppola, with the The Godfather and Apocalypse Now helmer going as far as to describe superhero movies as “despicable” back in 2019. Well, it seems that the likes […]
Shaun’s Top 50 Films of 2021
Shaun Munro presents his top 50 films of 2021… And like that, 2021 has come to a close. While hardly heralding cinema’s great return at the box office, the past 12 months have seen the industry inch closer to something approaching “normality,” even as mid-budget films largely seemed to enjoy much greater success streaming at […]
Ghostbusters: Afterlife flies out of the trap with $44 million opening weekend
Sony Pictures will have been screaming “we’ve got one” over the weekend, as their soft projections for Ghostbusters: Afterlife were obliterated at the U.S. box office to the tune of $44M. Predicted to gross somewhere between $27-$35M over the three-day weekend, Jason Reitman’s sequel to his father’s beloved 1984 comedy classic instead munched on an […]
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