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Five films to watch in preparation for Nicolas Cage’s Sympathy for the Devil

July 23, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

We offer up five films that will warm you up perfectly for the upcoming (and bound to be a cult hit) Nicolas Cage film Sympathy for the Devil… Nicolas Cage is a gift from the cinema Gods. His Cagenaissance in recent years has seen him in an array of colourful films like Color Out of […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Alone, Ben Affleck, C.Thomas Howell, Changing Lanes, Cillian Murphy, John Hyams, Joy Ride, Jules Willcox, Leelee Sobieski, Marc Menchaca, Nic Cage, Nicolas Cage, Paul Walker, Rachel McAdams, red eye, Robert Harmon, Rutger Hauer, Samuel L. Jackson, Steve Zahn, Sympathy for the Devil, The Hitcher, Wes Craven

A Double Hit of Cyberpunk from 1992: Nemesis and Split Second

April 2, 2022 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at a pair of cyberpunk infused sci-fi films from 1992… The year is 1992. Video shops are still a thing. I spend many an hour perusing them and there are a number of VHS covers that stamp themselves into my brain and will remain fresh in my mind almost 30 years. These […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Albert Pyun, Alun Armstrong, Kim Cattrall, nemesis, Olivier Gruner, Pete Postlethwaite, Rutger Hauer, Split Second, Tim Thomerson, Tony Maylam

Tears in Rain: Rutger Hauer’s Underrated Film Gems | Marvelous Videos

July 29, 2020 by Red Stewart

Marvelous Videos with a selection of cult classics from Rutger Hauer’s filmography… The “Tears in Rain” monologue from Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner stands as one of the best speeches in film history. It perfectly captured questions of humanity, existentialism, and mortality that we all think about at some point or another. And yet, it would not […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Random Videos Tagged With: Blind Fury, Flesh + Blood, Marvelous Videos, Nighthawks, Rutger Hauer, Salute of the Jugger, Split Second, The Hitcher, Wanted: Dead or Alive

Arnold Schwarzenegger vs. Jackie Chan in The Iron Mask trailer

February 12, 2020 by Ricky Church

It’s been a long time since the last update on Journey to China: The Mystery of the Iron Mask – now titled simply The Iron Mask – but the film is set for release in the UK this coming April and so we now have our first trailer. The highlight of the footage is Arnold […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Ricky Church, Trailers Tagged With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Charles Dance, Jackie Chan, Jason Flemyng, Rutger Hauer, The Iron Mask

Movie Review – The Sonata (2020)

January 19, 2020 by Matt Donato

The Sonata, 2020. Directed by Andrew Desmond. Starring Freya Tingley, Simon Abkarian, James Faulkner, Rutger Hauer, Catherine Schaub-Abkarian, and Matt Barber. SYNOPSIS: A young violinist unravels her long lost father’s past, triggering dark forces that reach beyond her imagination. Music and horror belong forever entangled in a delicate dance that ends in pure unbridled evil. […]

Filed Under: Matt Donato, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Catherine Schaub-Abkarian, Freya Tingley, James Faulkner, Matt Barber, Rutger Hauer, Simon Abkarian

Poster and trailer for The Sonata starring Freya Tingley and Rutger Hauer

December 18, 2019 by Amie Cranswick

Ahead of its release next month, a poster and trailer have arrived online for the upcoming thriller The Sonata which stars Freya Tingley as a gifted musician who discovers her late father’s (Rutger Hauer) last musical score that is riddled with mysterious symbols that unravel an evil secret; take a look here… After being informed […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Freya Tingley, Rutger Hauer, The Sonata

November 2019: Welcome to Blade Runner

November 1, 2019 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks back at Blade Runner in the month and year it was set… Remember when 2014 was coming to an end? There was a clamour of snorting giggles as people bemoaned the impending 2015’s lack of self drying clothes, flying cars, hydropizza and hover-boards. Granted, Back to the Future Part II did get […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Blade Runner, Daryl Hannah, Harrison Ford, Ridley Scott, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young

A Tribute to Rutger Hauer

July 24, 2019 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe pays tribute to Rutger Hauer after the news of his passing…  I’ve been a huge fan of Rutger Hauer from the very first time I watched Blade Runner. The film shouldn’t have connected so instantly with me, for someone so young, but it did. Though it was Harrison Ford a.k.a. Solo, a.k.a. Indiana […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: batman begins, Blade Runner, Blind Fury, Blood of Heroes, Hobo With A Shotgun, Legend Of The Holy Drinker, Nighthawks, Rutger Hauer, Soldier Of Orange, The Hitcher, Wanted: Dead or Alive

R.I.P. Rutger Hauer (1944 – 2019)

July 24, 2019 by Gary Collinson

It has been announced that prolific Dutch actor Rutger Hauer, perhaps best known for his roles in Blade Runner and The Hitcher, passed away aged 75 on Friday, July 19th, after a short illness. Hauer rose to fame in his home country when he was cast as the lead in the Paul Verhoeven medieval action […]

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Movie Review – The Sisters Brothers (2018)

April 7, 2019 by James Turner

The Sisters Brothers, 2018. Directed by Jacques Audiard. Starring John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Riz Ahmed, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rutger Hauer, Rebecca Root and Carol Kane. SYNOPSIS: In 1850s Oregon, the infamous duo of assassins, Eli and Charlie Sisters, chase a gold prospector and his unexpected ally. Ah, the western, a once hyper-popular genre reduced to […]

Filed Under: James Turner, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Carol Kane, Jacques Audiard, jake gyllenhaal, Joaquin Phoenix, John C. Reilly, Rebecca Root, Riz Ahmed, Rutger Hauer, The Sisters Brothers

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