John Hughes 5-Movie Collection. Directed by John Hughes and Howard Deutch. Starring Molly Ringwald, Harry Dean Stanton, Jon Cryer, Annie Potts, James Spader, Andrew McCarthy, Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, Alan Ruck, Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, Craig Sheffer, Lea Thompson, Steve Martin, John Candy, Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth McGovern. SYNOPSIS: If you’re a John Hughes fan […]
Infinitely Repeatable: The Movies We Can Watch Over and Over Again
Tom Jolliffe on the films he could watch over and over again and never tire of… We all have our favourite films. There are some that have a deeply profound effect. There are some that get deep within our bones and leave us in awe, or take a heavy emotional investment. You could watch Requiem For […]
The Definitive Thanksgiving Film: Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at Planes, Trains and Automobiles, the definitive Thanksgiving film… Thanksgiving is upon our American cousins. Just in case any of you celebrating with a nicely bronzed Turkey are wondering about the definitive film accompaniment for such a day, then a Brit is here, with his monocle on, cup of […]
10 Delightful Films to Brighten Your Day
Tom Jolliffe with a selection of 10 delightful films that can’t fail to brighten your day… Well ladies and gents, it looks like we’re still in the midst of some kind of biblical meltdown. Between a virus that’s spread the world, to political discord, societal discord, things are bad and all the while every app […]
Ten Essential Buddy Films
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 […]
30 Years Back: Celebrating the Cinematic Delights of 1987
Tom Jolliffe celebrates the cinematic delights of 1987… The 80’s mark a special period in cinema for me. It’s predominantly an age thing. I grew up throughout the 80’s, soaking in some fantastic films. It was a rising golden age of blockbusters which took the foundations of what guys like Spielberg and Lucas launched in […]