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Great Director’s Cuts That Are Better Than The Original Theatrical Versions

May 8, 2025 by admin

Simon Thompson looks at ten great director’s cuts that improve on the original theatrical editions… Director’s cuts are a strange beast indeed. Some of them completely enhance or make amends for the initial movie’s strengths and/or short-comings, but others usually add far too much water to a perfectly good beer (cough… Apocalypse Now Redux…cough) and […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Simon Thompson, Top Stories Tagged With: Aliens, Blade Runner, Brazil, Daredevil, Kingdom of Heaven, Leon, Metropolis, Once Upon a Time in America, The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Touch of Evil

10 Essential Films From 1984

May 7, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s time to venture back 40 years as we look at the best movies of 1984… The 80s were a glorious era for movies and music. As the years drift on, the kids born and raised in the decade such as me, suddenly find themselves in their 40s, careering headlong to the big 5-0. When […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: 1984, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Amadeus, Beverly Hills Cop, Blood Simple, Ghostbusters, Once Upon a Time in America, Paris Texas, Purple Rain, The Terminator

Ennio Morricone: Timeless Work and Defining a Genre

July 6, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe on the timeless work of the late, great Ennio Morricone… Alongside the visual imagery in a film, the accompanying music has an ability to work in perfect unison to boost the emotional impact of a sequence. Sometimes a score can enhance a scene, or the music overall can take a picture up a […]

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